fortuna

Borrowed from Latin fortūna.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [furˈtu.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [foɾˈtu.na]
• Rhymes: -una

fortuna f (plural fortunes)

1. fortune, chance
2. fortune, riches

• “fortuna” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “fortuna” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fortuna”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “fortuna” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From fortuno (“fortune, luck”) +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): [forˈtuna]
• Rhymes: -una
• Hyphenation: for‧tun‧a

fortuna (accusative singular fortunan, plural fortunaj, accusative plural fortunajn)

1. fortunate

   Synonyms: bonŝanca (“lucky”), feliĉa (“happy, fortunate”)

From Italian fortuna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfort(ː)u(ː)nɑ/, [ˈfo̞rt̪(ː)u(ː)nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ortunɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): for‧tu‧na

fortuna

1. bagatelle, pin bagatelle (table game)

   Synonym: fortunapeli

• “fortuna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• fertuna

Learned borrowing from Latin fortūna, from fors (“chance, luck”).

• IPA^(key): [foɾˈtunɐ]

fortuna f (plural fortunas)

1. luck, fortune

   Synonym: sorte

2. fortune, wealth

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fortuna”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fortuna”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From Latin fortūna, from fors (“chance, luck”).

• IPA^(key): /forˈtu.na/
• Rhymes: -una
• Hyphenation: for‧tù‧na

fortuna f (plural fortune, diminutive fortunèlla, augmentative fortunóna, pejorative fortunàccia)

1. luck
2. fortune

• sorte
• ventura

• sfortuna

• → Byzantine Greek: φορτούνα (phortoúna)
  • Greek: φουρτούνα (fourtoúna)

• fortuna in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• fortuna in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• fortuna in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• fortuna in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• fortùna in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• fortuna in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• fortuna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Compare Ottoman Turkish فورطنه (furtuna, fırtuna, fırtına) and Romanian furtună.

fortuna f (Latin spelling)

1. squall, tempest, a storm with severe winds

   Ke la mar / Esta en fortuna / Mira ke te va yevar

   Because the sea / is under a storm / take heed so it doesn't drag you.

From Proto-Italic *fortūnā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥-tew-n-éh₂. Substantivized feminine form of an unattested adjective *fortūnus, from the -tus-derivation *fortus to ferō, + -nus.^[1] Ultimately from *bʰer- (“bear, carry”).

For the meaning development compare with Russian везе́ние (vezénije, “luck, good luck”) related to везти́ (veztí, “to convey, to carry (by vehicle), to deliver, to transport”); furthermore cf. Ancient Greek ἡ συμφορά ("fortune, good luck, bad luck") and συμ-φέρω ("bear together; happen").

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /forˈtuː.na/, [fɔrˈt̪uːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /forˈtu.na/, [forˈt̪uːnä]

fortūna f (genitive fortūnae); first declension

1. fortune, luck
2. good fortune; misfortune (depending on context)
   • (Can we date this quote by Virgil and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?) Vergilius, Aeneis, Book V, line 710

     Superanda omnis fortuna ferendo est.

     All misfortune is to be overcome by enduring.

   • (Can we date this quote by Virgil and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?) Vergilius, Aeneis, Book X, lines 42-43

     Speravimus ista, dum fortuna fuit.

     Such we hoped, while good fortune was.

3. destiny, fate

   Synonyms: fātum, sors, necessitās

4. prosperity
5. (in the plural) possessions
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.11:

     Quibus rebus adductus Caesar non expectandum sibi statuit dum, omnibus fortunis sociorum consumptis, in Santonos Helvetii pervenirent.

     Caesar, induced by these circumstances, decides that he ought not to wait until the Helvetii, after destroying all the property of his allies, should arrive among the Santones.

   Synonyms: bonum, rēs

First-declension noun.

• fortūnō

• “fortuna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fortuna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fortuna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• fortuna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the position of the lower classes: condicio ac fortuna hominum infimi generis
    
  • to be fortunate, lucky: fortuna secunda uti
    
  • to be favoured by Fortune; to bask in Fortune's smiles: fortunae favore or prospero flatu fortunae uti (vid. sect. VI. 8., note uti...)
    
  • to be favoured by Fortune; to bask in Fortune's smiles: fortunam fautricem nancisci
    
  • Fortune makes men shortsighted, infatuates them: fortuna caecos homines efficit, animos occaecat
    
  • to try one's luck: fortunam tentare, experiri
    
  • to run a risk; to tempt Providence: fortunam periclitari (periculum facere)
    
  • to trust to luck: fortunae se committere
    
  • to have success in one's grasp: fortunam in manibus habere
    
  • to let success slip through one's fingers: fortunam ex manibus dimittere
    
  • luck is changing, waning: fortuna commutatur, se inclinat
    
  • the plaything of Fortune: ludibrium fortunae
    
  • Fortune's favourite: is, quem fortuna complexa est
    
  • to be abandoned by good luck: a fortuna desertum, derelictum esse
    
  • Fortune exalts a man, makes him conspicuous: fortuna aliquem effert
    
  • misfortune, adversity: fortuna adversa
    
  • to struggle with adversity: conflictari (cum) adversa fortuna
    
  • the vicissitudes of fortune: fortunae vicissitudines
    
  • to experience the vicissitudes of fortune; to have a chequered career: varia fortuna uti
    
  • to be exposed to the assaults of fate: fortunae telis propositum esse
    
  • to be abandoned to fate: fortunae obiectum esse
    
  • to be a victim of the malice of Fortune: ad iniurias fortunae expositum esse
    
  • to acquiesce in one's fate: fortunae cedere
    
  • to be in the enjoyment of a large fortune: fortunis maximis ornatum esse
    
  • I am discontented with my lot: fortunae meae me paenitet
    
  • to drive a person out of house and home: exturbare aliquem omnibus fortunis, e possessionibus
    
  • to drive a person out of house and home: evertere aliquem bonis, fortunis patriis
    
  • to take up one's abode in a place, settle down somewhere: sedem ac domicilium (fortunas suas) constituere alicubi
    
  • a degraded, servile condition: infima fortuna or condicio servorum
    
• “fortuna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “fortuna”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
• “fortuna”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

From Latin fortuna.

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fortuna f (plural fortunas)

1. fortune, luck

   Synonyms: sòrt, azard

2. fortune, riches

Learned borrowing from Latin fortūna.

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• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: for‧tu‧na

fortuna f (diminutive fortunka)

1. fortune (favorable destiny)
2. fortune (lots of riches)
3. (Far Masovian) estate (owned land; property)

   Sprzedajta mi swoje fortune. ― Sell me your estate.

• fortuna in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fortuna in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “fortuna”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 107

Learned borrowing from Latin fortūna, from fors (“chance, luck”).

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ũnɐ, (Portugal) -unɐ
• Hyphenation: for‧tu‧na

fortuna f (plural fortunas)

1. fortune (destiny)

   Synonyms: destino, sina

2. fortune (good luck)

   Synonyms: fortúnio, sorte

3. fortune (lots of riches)

• “fortuna”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “fortuna”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “fortuna” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “fortuna”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “fortuna”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “fortuna”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Borrowed from Latin fortūna,^[1] from fors (“chance, luck”).

• IPA^(key): /foɾˈtuna/ [foɾˈt̪u.na]
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: for‧tu‧na

fortuna f (plural fortunas)

1. fortune

   Synonyms: prosperidad, riqueza

2. fortune, prophecy, reading
3. wealth

   Synonym: patrimonio

4. luck

   Synonyms: suerte, dicha

• “fortuna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28