/ma.lø.ʁø/
Translation
unhappy, unfortunate
Word origin
From mal ('badly') and the old noun heur ('luck, fortune'), from Latin augurium ('omen, augury'), with the adjective suffix -eux. The same heur survives in bonheur and heureux.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- augurium
- English cognates
- augury, augur
Grammar
Examples
l' ' .
He has looked unhappy since she left.
, .
It was an unfortunate choice, but nobody could have known.
.
One unfortunate miscalculation cost them the match.
.
Do not be unhappy over so little.
tarmac.
The unfortunate passengers waited six hours on the tarmac.
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