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English
Etymology
From Latin infortunium. See in- (“not”), and fortune.
Noun
infortune (usually uncountable, plural infortunes)
- (obsolete) misfortune
Verb
infortune (third-person singular simple present infortunes, present participle infortuning, simple past and past participle infortuned)
- To afflict
- (astrology, of a planet) To have a malign influence
French
Pronunciation
Noun
infortune f (plural infortunes)
- misfortune
1640, Pierre Corneille, Horace, act I, scene I:C’en est peut-être assez pour une âme commune / Qui du moindre péril se fait une infortune- That is enough, perhaps, for a soul of common sort / Who considers as misfortune the smallest danger
1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter XXIX:Ce fut au fond des leurs [leurs âmes] que ceux qui avaient écouté le récit de ses infortunes ressentirent l’étonnement et la compassion qu’elle inspirait.- It happened in the bottom of theirs that those that had listened to the narrative of her misfortunes felt the astonishment and compassion that she inspired.
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Middle English
Noun
infortune (plural infortunes)
- misfortune