malheur

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French

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Etymology

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Frommal+‎heur.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/ma.lœʁ/
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Noun

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malheurm(pluralmalheurs)

  1. sadness,unhappiness
    Synonym:tristesse
    J’étais tellement déçue qu’il ait plu le jour de notre mariage! C’était vraiment unmalheur.
    I was so disappointed that it rained on our wedding day! It was truly asad [moment].
  2. misfortune
    Il y a eu beaucoup demalheursdans ma vie. Ça craint mais j’en ai beaucoup appris.
    There have been a lot ofmisfortunesin my life. It sucks but I've learned a lot from them.

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Czech:malér
  • German:Malheur
  • Hungarian:malőr

Further reading

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