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handicap

English

Etymology

From hand in cap, in reference to holding the game stakes in a cap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?hænd?kæp/

Noun

handicap (countable and uncountable, plural handicaps)

  1. Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.
  2. An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success.
  3. (sometimes considered offensive) The disadvantage itself, in particular physical or mental disadvantages of people.
  4. A race or similar contest in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.
  5. (obsolete, uncountable, card games) An old card game, similar to lanterloo.

Derived terms

  • Benghazi Handicap

Translations

Verb

handicap (third-person singular simple present handicaps, present participle handicapping, simple past and past participle handicapped)

  1. (transitive) To encumber with a handicap in any contest.
  2. (transitive, figuratively, by extension) To place at disadvantage.
  3. To estimate betting odds.

Translations


Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English handicap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???n.di?k?p/

Noun

handicap m (plural handicaps, diminutive handicapje n)

  1. disability
  2. handicap, disadvantage
  3. (sports, golf) handicap, measure of ability

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English handicap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?hændikæp/, [?hændikæp]

Noun

handicap

  1. (anglicism) handicap (allowance)

Declension

Synonyms

  • tasoitus

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English handicap.

Pronunciation

  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /??.di.kap/

Noun

handicap m (plural handicaps)

  1. handicap
  2. disability

Derived terms

  • handicapé

Further reading

  • “handicap” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English handicap.

Noun

handicap m (invariable)

  1. handicap (disability; horserace)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English handicap.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: han?di?cap

Noun

handicap m (uncountable)

  1. handicap, disadvantage
  2. advantage

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English handicap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /andi?kap/, [ãn?.d?i?kap]

Noun

handicap m (plural handicaps)

  1. handicap

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misfortune

English

Etymology

mis- +? fortune

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /m?s?f??t??n/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /m?s?f??t?u?n/

Noun

misfortune (countable and uncountable, plural misfortunes)

  1. (uncountable) Bad luck.
    • 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
      Cycling's complex etiquette contains an unwritten rule that riders in contention for a race win should not be penalised for sheer misfortune.
    The worst tour I have ever had the misfortune to experience.
    It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training. - Ulysses S. Grant
  2. (countable) an undesirable event such as an accident
    • 1839, Charles Robert Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle., Chapter X
      The snowstorm, which was the cause of their misfortune, happened in the middle of January, corresponding to our July, and in the latitude of Durham!
    She had to come to terms with a number of misfortunes.

Synonyms

  • (bad luck): mishap, misluck, mischance, ill luck, hard luck, tough luck, luckless
  • (undesirable event): adversity, nakba

Antonyms

  • (bad luck): luck, good luck, fortune, good fortune
  • (undesirable event): fortuity

Related terms

  • misfortunate

Translations

Anagrams

  • uniformest

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