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1 unlucky
unlucky [ʌnˈlʌkɪ]a. ( = unfortunate) [person] malchanceux ; [coincidence, event] malencontreux• it was unlucky (for her) that her husband should walk in just then elle n'a pas eu de chance que son mari soit entré à cet instant précisb. ( = bringing bad luck) [number, colour] qui porte malheur* * *[ʌn'lʌkɪ]1) ( unfortunate) [person] malchanceux/-euse; [coincidence, event] malencontreux/-euse; [day] de malchance2) ( causing bad luck) néfaste, maléfique -
2 unlucky
1 ( unfortunate) [person] malchanceux/-euse ; [coincidence, event] malencontreux/-euse ; [day] de malchance ; to be unlucky enough to do avoir la malchance de faire ; it was unlucky for you that they rejected the offer malheureusement pour toi, ils ont rejeté l'offre ; you were unlucky not to get the job c'est pure malchance que tu n'aies pas obtenu le poste ; he is unlucky in love il n'a jamais de chance en amour ;2 ( causing bad luck) [number, colour, combination] néfaste, maléfique ; it's unlucky to walk under a ladder ça porte malheur de marcher sous une échelle ; red is an unlucky colour for me la couleur rouge me porte malheur.lucky at cards, unlucky in love heureux au jeu, malheureux en amour. -
3 unlucky
∎ she was rather unlucky elle a été plutôt malchanceuse;∎ we were unlucky enough to get caught in a jam nous avons eu la malchance d'être pris dans un embouteillage;∎ it was unlucky for him that she arrived just at that moment malheureusement pour lui, elle est arrivée à cet instant précis;∎ to be unlucky in love être malheureux en amour∎ it's supposed to be unlucky to break a mirror c'est censé porter malheur de casser un miroir -
4 unfortunate
unfortunate [ʌnˈfɔ:t∫ənɪt]malheureux ; [person] malchanceux• it is most unfortunate that... il est très regrettable que... + subj* * *[ʌn'fɔːtʃənət]1) ( pitiable) malheureux/-euse2) ( regrettable) [incident, choice] malencontreux/-euse; [remark] fâcheux/-euse3) ( unlucky) malchanceux/-euse -
5 unfortunate
A n malheureux/-euse m/f.B adj1 ( pitiable) [person, situation] malheureux/-euse ;2 ( regrettable) [matter, incident, choice] malencontreux/-euse ; [remark] fâcheux/-euse ; it was unfortunate that il était malheureux que (+ subj) ; how unfortunate comme c'est dommage ;3 ( unlucky) [person, loss, attempt] malchanceux/-euse ; to be unfortunate enough to do avoir la malchance de faire.
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