adversity
- The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
- An event that is adverse; calamity.
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ad‧ver‧si‧ty
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ædˈvɝ.sɪ.ti/
Etymology
From Old French adversité, from Latin adversitātem, the accusative singular of adversitās, from adversus, the perfect passive participle of advertō (“I turn toward”).
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adversité
avversità
Unglück
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