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/fɔʁ.tyn/

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Translation

fortune, wealth

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Word origin

From Latin fortuna ('chance, luck, the goddess Fortune'), from fors ('chance'). The sense of money follows from the older sense of what luck brings you.

Origin
Latin
Root
fortuna
English cognates
fortune, fortunate, misfortune

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralfortunes

Examples

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He made his fortune in wine.

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That watch must have cost a fortune.

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She inherited her uncle's fortune.

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Fortune favours the bold.

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They spent their whole fortune in two years.

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This word is taught in chapter 20, lesson 6: fortune, propriété, chute and 7 more words.