English

rank|foreign|native|members|958|fortune|glass|silver|winter

Etymology
From Latin fortuna meaning "fate" or "luck". In its plural form fortunae, it meant "possessions" which also gave fortune the meaning of "riches".

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-fortune.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

1. Destiny or fate.
2. A chance.
3. Good luck.
4. Lots of riches.

Translations
trans-top|destiny or fate
Finnish: kohtalo
German: Schicksal n, Glück n
Interlingua: fortuna
Italian: sorte f, destino m, fortuna#Italian|fortuna f
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Japanese: �� (un'mei)
Latin: fortuna, -ae, f
Spanish: fortuna f
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trans-top|a chance
Finnish: sattuma
German: Glück n
Interlingua: fortuna
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (kikai)
Latin: fortuna, -ae, f
Spanish: fortuna f
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trans-top|good luck
Finnish: onni#Finnish|onni, tuuri (colloquial)
German: Glück n
Hungarian: szerencse
Italian: fortuna#Italian|fortuna f
trans-mid
Japanese: 幸� (kou'un)
Kurdish: KUchar|��خش��
Latin: fortuna, -ae, f
Spanish: fortuna f
Swedish: tur c
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trans-top|lots of riches
German: Vermögen n
Italian: fortuna#Italian|fortuna f, dote f
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Japanese: � (tomi)
Swedish: förmögenhet c
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Antonyms
misfortune

Related terms
fortunate
unfortunate
give hostage to fortune
soldier of fortune

Verb
en-verb|fortun|es

1. context|obsolete|intransitive To happen, take place.

#*1885: It fortuned one night that the Sultan purposed setting out on a journey next morning � Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Night 20)

Italian

Noun
fortune f

1. plural of|fortuna|lang=Italian

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id:fortune
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ku:fortune
hu:fortune
ru:fortune
fi:fortune
ta:fortune
te:fortune
vi:fortune
zh:fortune

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