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Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Middle English mys-

English misfortune

From mis- + fortune.

(General American) IPA(key): /mɪsˈfɔɹt͡ʃən/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɪsˈfɔːtʃuːn/

misfortune (countable and uncountable, plural misfortunes)

(uncountable) Bad luck.
Synonyms: mishap, misluck, mischance; see also Thesaurus:bad luck
Antonyms: fortune, good fortune, good luck, luck; see also Thesaurus:good luck
The worst tour I have ever had the misfortune to experience.
- 2012 July 15, Richard Williams, “Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track”, in in Guardian Unlimited‎[1]:
  Cycling's complex etiquette contains an unwritten rule that riders in contention for a race win should not be penalised for sheer misfortune.
- 1876, Ulysses S. Grant, Annual Message:
  It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
(countable) An undesirable event such as an accident.
Synonyms: adversity, mishap
Antonym: fortuity
She had to come to terms with a number of misfortunes.
- 1839, Charles Robert Darwin, “Chapter X”, in The Voyage of the Beagle:
  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!

bad luck

Arabic: بَلاء (balāʔ), سُوءُ الحَظّ (sūʔu l-ḥaẓẓ)
Belarusian: няшча́сце n (njaščáscje), го́ра (be) n (hóra), лі́ха n (líxa), бяда́ (be) f (bjadá)
Bulgarian: неща́стие (bg) n (neštástie), неуда́ча (bg) f (neudáča), малша́нс m (malšáns)
Catalan: desgràcia (ca) f, mala sort f
Cherokee: ᎤᏲ ᎢᏳᏓᎵᏍᏓᏁᏗ (uyo iyudalisdanedi)
Chichewa: tsoka
Chinese:
Mandarin: 壞運氣 / 坏运气 (huài yùnqì), 不幸 (zh) (bùxìng)
Czech: smůla (cs) f, pech (cs) m (colloquial), neštěstí (cs) n
Danish: ulykke (da) c
Dutch: ongeluk (nl) n, pech (nl) m
Esperanto: malbona fortuno
Estonian: ebaõnn
Finnish: epäonni (fi)
French: malchance (fr) f
Georgian: ფათერაკი (ka) (pateraḳi), უბედურება (ubedureba), მარცხი (marcxi)
German: Pech (de) n, Ungemach (de) n
Greek: ατυχία (el) f (atychía), κακοτυχία (el) f (kakotychía)
Ancient Greek: δυστυχία (dustukhía)
Hindi: दुर्भाग्य (hi) m (durbhāgya), अभाग्य (hi) m (abhāgya)
Hungarian: balszerencse (hu)
Indonesian: kesialan (id)
Irish: amarrán m, mí-ádh m, drochrath m, mífhortún m
Old Irish: dodcad m
Italian: malasorte (it)
Japanese: 不運 (ja) (ふうん, fuun)
Korean: 불운(不運) (ko) (burun), 불행(不幸) (ko) (bulhaeng)
Latin: adversa n pl, infortūnium n
Latvian: nelaime f, neveiksme f
Lithuanian: nelaimė f
Lun Bawang: bakak
Macedonian: несреќа f (nesreḱa)
Malayalam: നിർഭാഗ്യം (niṟbhāgyaṁ)
Māori: kōtua, kōtuatanga, aituā
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ulykke (no) m or f
Occitan: malastre (oc), malparat (oc), desfortuna (oc) f
Persian: بَدشانسی (fa) (badšânsi), بَدبَختی (fa) (badbaxti)
Plautdietsch: Onjlekj n
Polish: pech (pl) m, nieszczęście (pl) n
Portuguese: azar (pt), má sorte f
Romanian: ghinion (ro) n, neșansă (ro) f
Russian: неуда́ча (ru) f (neudáča), несча́стье (ru) n (nesčástʹje), го́ре (ru) n (góre), беда́ (ru) f (bedá)
Scottish Gaelic: mì-àdh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: нѐсрећа f
Latin: nèsreća f
Slovak: smola (sk) f, nešťastie n
Slovene: smóla (sl) f, nesreča (sl) f
Spanish: infortunio (es) m, gafe (es) m, mala suerte f, desgracia (es) f, desventura (es) f
Swedish: olycka (sv) c, otur (sv) c
Tajik: бадбахтӣ (tg) (badbaxti)
Telugu: దురదృష్టము (te) (duradr̥ṣṭamu)
Ukrainian: неща́стя (uk) n (neščástja), го́ре n (hóre), біда́ (uk) f (bidá), невда́ча f (nevdáča), ли́хо (uk) n (lýxo)
Vietnamese: họa (vi)
Volapük: mifät (vo)

an undesirable event such as an accident

Albanian: fatkeqësi (sq) f
Arabic: مُصِيبَة f (muṣība), شَقْوَة f (šaqwa)
Belarusian: няшча́сце n (njaščáscje), бяда́ (be) f (bjadá)
Bulgarian: неща́стие (bg) n (neštástie)
Catalan: infortuni m, desgràcia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不幸 (zh) (bùxìng), 禍 / 祸 (zh) (huò)
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: ɓaya class 5/6
Danish: ulykke (da) c
Dutch: tegenslag (nl) m
Finnish: onnettomuus (fi)
French: mésaventure (fr) f, malheur (fr) m
German: Unglück (de) n, Unfall (de) m, Unheil (de) n, Mißgeschick (de) n, Missgeschick (de) n
Greek: ατυχία (el) f (atychía), κακοτυχία (el) f (kakotychía), δυστυχία (el) (dystychía)
Ancient Greek: συμφορά f (sumphorá), δυστύχημα n (dustúkhēma)
Hindi: अभाग्य (hi) m (abhāgya)
Hungarian: csapás (hu), szerencsétlenség (hu)
Ingrian: onnettomus
Irish: amaróid f, anachain (ga) f, tubaiste (ga) m
Italian: disgrazia (it) f
Japanese: 不幸 (ja) (ふこう, fukō), 災い (ja) (わざわい, wazawai)
Korean: 불운(不運) (ko) (burun), 불행(不幸) (ko) (bulhaeng)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: لێقەومان (lêqewman)
Latin: calamitas f, clades f, aerumma f, adversa n pl
Latvian: bēda f
Malayalam: അനർത്ഥം (ml) (anaṟtthaṁ)
Māori: maiki, maikiroa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ulykke (no) m or f
Occitan: malparada, malabosena, malastrada
Polish: nieszczęście (pl) n
Portuguese: desgraça (pt) f, infortúnio (pt) m, adversidade (pt) f
Romanian: pățeală (ro) f, pățanie (ro) f, nenorocire (ro) f
Russian: несча́стье (ru) n (nesčástʹje), беда́ (ru) f (bedá)
Spanish: desgracia (es) f, infortunio (es) m, desventura (es) f, adversidad (es) f
Swedish: olycka (sv) c
Tagalog: kasawiang-palad
Ukrainian: неща́стя (uk) n (neščástja), біда́ (uk) f (bidá)
Urdu: نحوست f (nahūsat)
Vietnamese: nạn (vi)
Welsh: anffawd f, anap m or f

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