Fortune Meaning in English

word

US

/ˈfɔɹtʃən/

FOR-chuhn

UK

/fˈɔːtʃuːn/

FAW-chuhn

التعريف

Fortune means luck, especially good luck, or a very large amount of money. It can also refer to the way life treats someone, especially in expressions about success or failure.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Common in both everyday and literary English. 'Fortune' is broader and slightly more formal than 'luck'. For money, it usually means a huge amount: 'make a fortune', 'inherit a fortune'. Common expressions include 'good fortune', 'bad fortune', and 'fortune teller'.

• Spanish: fortuna - riqueza
• Portuguese (BR): fortuna - riqueza
• Portuguese (PT): fortuna - riqueza
• Chinese (Simplified): 运气 - 财富
• Chinese (Traditional): 運氣 - 財富
• Hindi: भाग्य - दौलत
• Arabic: حظ - ثروة
• Bengali: ভাগ্য - সম্পদ
• Russian: удача - состояние
• Japanese: 運 - 財産
• Vietnamese: vận may - gia tài
• Korean: 운 - 재산
• Turkish: talih - servet
• Urdu: قسمت - دولت
• Indonesian: peruntungan - kekayaan

جمل نموذجية

She had the good fortune to find a job quickly.

basic

His family lost their fortune in the war.

basic

Some people spend money to hear their fortune.

basic

He made a fortune selling apps before he turned thirty.

natural

By a strange twist of fortune, we ended up on the same flight.

natural

She doesn't believe in fortune tellers, but she went for fun.

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