"Murphy's law" meaning in All languages combined

See Murphy's law on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: Named after Edward A. Murphy Jr. (1918–1990), a development engineer who worked for a brief time on the rocket-sled experiments of the United States Air Force in 1948. Etymology templates: {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Edward A. Murphy Jr.}} Edward A. Murphy Jr., {{named-after|en|Edward A. Murphy Jr.|born=1918|died=1990|wplink==}} Named after Edward A. Murphy Jr. (1918–1990) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Murphy's law
  1. An adage which states that if anything can go wrong, then it will. Synonyms: Sod's law, Finagle's law, Murphy's Law Derived forms: Muphry's law Coordinate_terms: Ettore's observation, serendipity Translations (adage which states that if anything can go wrong it will): Murphyren legea (Basque), 摩菲定理 (Mófēi dìnglǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 墨菲定律 (Mòfēi dìnglǜ) (Chinese Mandarin), Murphyho zákon [masculine] (Czech), Murphyn laki (Finnish), loi de Murphy [feminine] (French), Murphys Gesetz [neuter] (German), νόμος του Μέρφυ (nómos tou Mérfy) (Greek), Murphy törvénye (Hungarian), マーフィーの法則 (Māfī-no hōsoku) (Japanese), 머피의 법칙 (meopiui beopchik) (Korean), Loven om tingenes iboende faenskap. (Norwegian), Lei de Murphy [feminine] (Portuguese), зако́н по́длости (zakón pódlosti) [masculine] (Russian), зако́н Мёрфи (zakón Mjórfi) [masculine] (Russian), ley de Murphy [feminine] (Spanish), lagen om alltings jävlighet (Swedish), lagen om alltings inneboende ondska (Swedish), Murphys lag (Swedish), Murphy kanunları [plural] (Turkish)

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