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Detailed Translations for misfortune from English to French

misfortune:

misfortune [the ~] nom

  1. the misfortune (adversity; trouble; bad luck; reverse)
    la malchance; l'échec; le contretemps; la difficultés; l'infortune; le malheur; le revers; la calamité; le contre-temps; l'adversité; la déveine; la détresse; l'ennuis; la misère; la catastrophe; la mésaventure; le désastre; la mauvaise fortune; le besoin; le danger; le déboires
  2. the misfortune (calamity; accident; disaster; )
    la catastrophe; le malheur; la calamité; le désastre; la mésaventure
  3. the misfortune (misery; sorrow; squalor; trouble)
    la misère; le malheur; la tristesse

Translation Matrix for misfortune:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
adversité adversity; bad luck; misfortune; reverse; trouble adverse wind; adversity; contrary wind; destitution; disaster; necessity; need
besoin adversity; bad luck; misfortune; reverse; trouble crisis; dearth; deficiency; destitution; emergency situation; famine; hardship; indigentness; lack; need; neediness; needyness; of limited means; paucity; penury; poorness; poverty; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; state of emergency; tightness; want
calamité accident; adversity; bad luck; calamity; destitution; disaster; evil; misery; misfortune; misère; reverse; squalor; tribulation; trouble calamity; catastrophe; disaster; fatality
catastrophe accident; adversity; bad luck; calamity; destitution; disaster; evil; misery; misfortune; misère; reverse; squalor; tribulation; trouble calamity; catastrophe; danger; disaster; fatality; trouble
contre-temps adversity; bad luck; misfortune; reverse; trouble
contretemps adversity; bad luck; misfortune; reverse; trouble adverse wind; blows; contrary wind; disasters; misfortunes; punches
danger adversity; bad luck; misfortune; reverse; trouble danger; disaster; threat; trouble
difficultés adversity; bad luck; misfortune; reverse; trouble defects; discomforts; flaws; misery; problems; shortcomings; troubles
déboires adversity; bad luck; misfortune; reverse; trouble
désastre accident; adversity; bad luck; calamity; destitution; disaster; evil; misery; misfortune; misère; reverse; squalor; tribulation; trouble calamity; catastrophe; danger; disaster; fatality; trouble
détresse adversity; bad luck; misfortune; reverse; trouble adversity; dejection; depression; destitution; disaster; grief; helplessness; melancholy; mournfulness; necessity; need; regret; sadness; sorrow; wistfulness
déveine adversity; bad luck; misfortune; reverse; trouble
ennuis adversity; bad luck; misfortune; reverse; trouble bother; chicanery; discomfort; discomforts; fuss; hassle; mess; miseries; misery; moaning; nagging; problems; situation; state; trouble; trouble making; troubles; whining; worry
infortune adversity; bad luck; misfortune; reverse; trouble depravedness; destituteness; famine; harbourless; indigentness; meagerness; meagreness; needyness; of limited means; parsimony; paucity; poorness; scantiness; scarcity; seediness; shabbiness; shortage; slenderness; tightness
malchance adversity; bad luck; misfortune; reverse; trouble
malheur accident; adversity; bad luck; calamity; destitution; disaster; evil; misery; misfortune; misère; reverse; sorrow; squalor; tribulation; trouble alarm; annoyance; anxiety; blows; chagrin; concern; disasters; distress; grief; misfortunes; punches; sadness; sorrow; uneasiness; vexation; worry
mauvaise fortune adversity; bad luck; misfortune; reverse; trouble
misère adversity; bad luck; misery; misfortune; reverse; sorrow; squalor; trouble adversity; bad condition; blows; calamity; catastrophe; dearth; deficiency; destitution; disaster; disasters; discomforts; famine; grief; hardship; helplessness; hollowness; lack; lankiness; leanness; meagerness; meagreness; miserable condition; misery; misfortunes; necessity; need; needyness; parsimony; paucity; penury; poor situation; poorness; poverty; problems; punches; sadness; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; skinniness; slenderness; sorrow; sparsity; thinness; tightness; troubles; want
mésaventure accident; adversity; bad luck; calamity; destitution; disaster; evil; misery; misfortune; misère; reverse; squalor; tribulation; trouble
revers adversity; bad luck; misfortune; reverse; trouble back side; back-piece; change-over; covers; drawback; jackets; lapel; other side; reverse; seamy side; wrappers
tristesse misery; misfortune; sorrow; squalor; trouble alarm; annoyance; anxiety; blandness; bleakness; chagrin; concern; dejectedness; dejection; depression; depression of spirits; desolation; despair; desperation; despondency; distress; drabness; dullness; gloom; grief; melancholy; mournfulness; pitifulness; regret; sadness; somberness; sombreness; sorrow; uneasiness; vexation; wistfulness; worry
échec adversity; bad luck; misfortune; reverse; trouble defeat; disgrace; failed; failure; fall-through; fiasco; flop; frustration; let down; miss
- bad luck; ill luck; tough luck

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Related Definitions for "misfortune":

  1. unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event1
  2. an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes1

Wiktionary Translations for misfortune:

misfortune
noun
  1. an undesirable event such as an accident
  2. bad luck
misfortune
Cross Translation:
FromToVia
misfortune abaissement; malchance tegenspoed — ongeluk, onfortuinlijk
misfortune malheur Malheur — Unglücksfall, (peinliches) Missgeschick, Unfall, Pech (immer in Verbindung mit einem Ereignis)
misfortune malheur Unglücknegatives Ereignis

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