« lucky » en sept langues
Senslucky
Espagnol
/afoɾtuˈnado/
savant
Built on learned fortuna; tener suerte 'to have luck' is the everyday way to say it.
Français
/ʃɑ̃sø/
autre source · French chance 'luck' (Vulgar Latin *CADENTIA 'the fall of the dice')
fém.: chanceuse
Italien
/fortuˈnato/
savant
Portugais
/sohˈtudu/
autre source · sorte 'luck' (Latin SORTEM 'lot')
Colloquial; ter sorte 'to be lucky' is the usual phrase, afortunado more formal.
Roumain
/noroˈkos/
autre source · noroc 'luck', from Slavic (Old Church Slavonic narokŭ)
fém.: norocoasă
Catalan
/əfurtuˈnat/
savant
Tenir sort 'to have luck' is the everyday phrase.
Anglais
/ˈlʌki/
autre source · luck, from Middle Dutch
The Latin-based synonym is fortunate.
L’ancêtre latin
FORTŪNĀTUM‘blessed by fortune’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Spanish and Italian are 'fortunate'; French is 'chancy', from the way the dice fall (CADERE 'to fall').
Parents anglais: fortunate, fortune
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esEs un hombre afortunado.
- frC'est un homme chanceux.
- itÈ un uomo fortunato.
- ptEle é um homem sortudo.
- roE un om norocos.
- caÉs un home afortunat.
- enHe is a lucky man.