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English
Etymology
From un- + lucky.
Pronunciation
Adjective
unlucky (comparative unluckier or more unlucky, superlative unluckiest or most unlucky)
- Unfortunate, marked by misfortune.
1603, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies, London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, act V, scene ii, page 338:I pray you in your Letters, / When you ſhall theſe vnluckie deeds relate, / Speake of me, as I am. […] / Of one, whoſe ſubdu'd Eyes, / Albeit un-vsed to the melting moode, / Drops teares as faſt as the Arabian Trees / Their Medicinable gumme.
- Inauspicious.
- Having ill luck.
- Bringing ill luck.
Derived terms
Translations
unfortunate
- Afrikaans: ongelukkig
- Bulgarian: нещастен (bg) (neštasten)
- Catalan: desafortunat (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 唔好彩 (m4 hou2 coi2)
- Danish: unheldig
- Finnish: epäonninen (fi)
- German: unglücklich (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient: δυστυχής (dustukhḗs)
- Italian: sfortunato (it)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: بار کەوتوو (bar kewtû)
- Latin: infēlix
- Macedonian: не́среќен (nésreḱen)
- Maori: wairuatoa, whakarapa, ringahoea (In love and romance)
- Norwegian: unheldig
- Occitan: desfortunat (oc), malastrugat
- Old English: unġesǣliġ
- Ottoman Turkish: اوغورسز (uğursuz), بختسز (bahtsız), قوتسز (kutsuz)
- Plautdietsch: onjlekjlich
- Portuguese: azarado (pt) m
- Romanian: nenorocos (ro) m
- Russian: неуда́чный (ru) (neudáčnyj), неуда́чливый (ru) (neudáčlivyj), несчастли́вый (ru) (nesčastlívyj)
- Spanish: desafortunado (es)
- Vietnamese: xui xẻo (vi), xui (vi), rủi ro (vi), rủi (vi), không may, bất hạnh (vi)
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