fortune
Destiny, especially favorableDestiny, especially favorable.
» Tom will probably make a fortune.
Том, мабуть, заробить цілий статок.
Том, мабуть, заробить нечувані гроші.
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)Destiny, especially favorable.
She read my fortune. Apparently I will have a good love life this week, but I will have a bad week for money.
Schicksal, Glück
судьба́sudʹbá, до́ляdólja, у́частьúčastʹ
до́ляdólja
(countable, uncountable)A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
(countable, uncountable)A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
(countable, uncountable)The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
Glück
возмо́жностьvozmóžnostʹ, шансšans
(countable, uncountable)Good luck.
fame and fortune
Fortune favors the brave.
Glück
уда́чаudáča, форту́наfortúna, везе́ниеvezénije
уда́чаudáča, ща́стяščástja, форту́наfortúna
(countable, uncountable)One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast.
He's amassed a small fortune working in the Middle East.
My vast fortune was a result of inheritance and stock market nous.
Vermögen
бога́тствоbogátstvo, состоя́ниеsostojánije
бага́тствоbahátstvo, замо́жністьzamóžnistʹ
a large amount of wealth or prosperity
(countable, uncountable)A large amount of money.
That car must be worth a fortune! How could you afford it?
Vermögen
Examples
449 sentencesTom will probably make a fortune.
Том, мабуть, заробить цілий статок. — deniko
He left his daughter a great fortune.
Він залишив своїй доньці гарний спадок. — ChickenKiev
ruОн оставил своей дочери огромное состояние. — Lenin_1917
Tom gambled away a fortune in one night.
Том програв ціле багатство за одну ніч. — ChickenKiev
ruТом проиграл целое состояние за один вечер. — marafon
deTom hat in einer Nacht ein Vermögen verspielt. — Malkuth
My mistake cost me my fortune.
ruМоя ошибка стоила мне состояния. — entoursis
deMein Fehler kostete mich mein Vermögen. — Ullalia
I came into a huge fortune.
ruЯ получил огромное наследство. — sharptoothed
deIch habe ein beträchtliches Vermögen geerbt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 4
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English fortune, from Old French fortune, from Latin fortuna (“fate, luck”). TFrom 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”.
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Forms
plural: fortunesSynonyms
47 synonyms- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you):destinyfatelucklotcircumstancesportion
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another:luckchancehazard
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome:luck
Antonyms
3 antonymsWord family
21 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
7 patterns- made a fortune
- a large fortune
- fortune teller
- large fortune
- a fortune teller
- a fortune in
- good fortune