unlucky in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for unlucky in the English»French Dictionary

unlucky [Brit ʌnˈlʌki, Am ˌənˈləki] ADJ

1. unlucky (unfortunate):

unlucky person

malchanceux/-euse

unlucky coincidence, event

malencontreux/-euse

unlucky 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. unlucky (causing bad luck):

unlucky 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

Translations for unlucky in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

malchanceux (malchanceuse)

unlucky

malchanceux (malchanceuse)

unlucky person

il n'est pas verni

he's unlucky

malheureux (malheureuse) candidat

unlucky (en in)

malheureux en affaires

unlucky in business

être malheureux au jeu

to be an unlucky gambler

être malheureux au jeu (aux cartes)

to be unlucky at cards

heureux au jeu, malheureux en amour prov

lucky at cards, unlucky in love prov

être né sous une bonne/mauvaise étoile

to be born under a lucky/an unlucky star

l'avoir dans l'os sl

to be unlucky

il n'a pas de veine (en général)

he's unlucky

ne pas avoir de chance

to be unlucky

il n'a pas eu de chance (à un examen)

he was unlucky

heureux au jeu, malheureux en amour prov

lucky at cards, unlucky in love prov

porter malheur

to be unlucky

ça m'a porté malheur

it was unlucky

unlucky in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for unlucky in the English»French Dictionary

unlucky [ʌnˈlʌkɪ] ADJ

1. unlucky (unfortunate):

unlucky

malchanceux(-euse)

unlucky day

de malchance

unlucky event

malencontreux(-euse)

he was unlucky

tu n'as pas eu de chance

you were unlucky enough to fall ill

tu as eu la malchance de tomber malade

2. unlucky (bringing bad luck):

unlucky

qui porte malheur

it is unlucky to +infin

ça porte malheur de +infin

Translations for unlucky in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

malchanceux (-euse)

unlucky

malheureux (-euse) candidat, joueur

unlucky

être malheureux au jeu/en amour

to be unlucky in sport/love

c'est un joueur malchanceux

he's an unlucky gambler

avoir du pot/ne pas avoir de pot

to be lucky/unlucky

unlucky Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

he was unlucky

tu n'as pas eu de chance

you were unlucky enough to fall ill

tu as eu la malchance de tomber malade

it is unlucky to +infin

ça porte malheur de +infin

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Full months were considered powerful and therefore auspicious; hollow months were unlucky.

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This was regarded as the unluckiest day of the year to undertake anything of importance.

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He was unlucky to have not received more game time in the 2009 campaign.

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As she was growing up, she considered herself unlucky for always getting caught in a series of unfortunate events.

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His only defeat had been an unlucky one.

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Few of these unlucky men survived the campaign.

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For example, claiming that a particular date is unlucky and then citing a dozen or so things that might happen on it.

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Batsmen dismissed on 99 are considered the unluckiest of the nervous nineties victims.

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While some regard toasting with an empty glass as either unlucky or simply rude, others view this as acceptable behavior for the non-drinker.

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However, the films that followed continued to fail one after the other making him the unlucky star.

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