fortune

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Destiny, especially favorable.
2. (countable, uncountable) A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
3. (countable, uncountable) A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
4. (countable, uncountable) The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
5. (countable, uncountable) Good luck.
6. (countable, uncountable) One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast.
7. (countable, uncountable) A large amount of money.

Verb

1. (transitive) To provide (someone) with a fortune.
2. (transitive) To tell the fortune of (someone); to presage.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To happen, to take place.

Συνώνυμα

luck

🍀

fate

destiny

wealth

chance

🎲

lot

good luck

property

riches

richness

prosperity

fertility

fecundicity

affluence

luxury

doom

assets

success

predestination

good fortune

happiness

estate

happen

treasure

karma

blessing

belongings

horoscope

fluke

portion

capital

possession

kismet

omen

hap

betide

fortuity

goods

fall out

holding

hazard

circumstances

money

💸

prognosticate

prophesy

prosperous

random

share

star

⭐

substance

sufficiency

supervention

tossup

toss-up

transpire

turn up

virtue

weal

wealthy

wheal

wish

worth

hoarded wealth

wealthy person

worldly goods

sunshine and shadow

meritorious deed

happiness and prosperity

effects

king’s ransom

prophetic sign

chance event

good

👍

kismat

amplitude

asset

auspicious

bechance

befall

blessedness

blissfulness

break

bundle

cast

come about

co-occurrence

curious

decree

degree

destination

dower

favor

finances

foretell

fortunate

funds

good deed

go on

grace

great

happenstance

happy

😀

housekeeping

inheritance

joy

😂

legacy

livestock

lucky

means

merit

occurrence

opportunity

opulence

opulent

packet

potential

Μεταφράσεις

fortune

fortuna

Glück

chance

🎲

suerte

🍀

Vermögen

richesse

Schicksal

Reichtum

rijkdom

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈfɔːt͡ʃuːn/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: fortune

In summary

From Middle English fortune, from Old French fortune, from Latin fortuna (“fate, luck”). The plural form fortunae meant “possessions”, which also gave fortune the meaning of “riches”.