"misadventure" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-misadventure.wav Forms: misadventures [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English misaventure, from Old French mesaventure, equivalent to mis- + adventure. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|misaventure}} Middle English misaventure, {{der|en|fro|mesaventure}} Old French mesaventure, {{prefix|en|mis|adventure}} mis- + adventure Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} misadventure (usually uncountable, plural misadventures)
  1. An accidental mishap or misfortune. Tags: uncountable, usually Derived forms: death by misadventure Translations (Translations): onnettomuus (Finnish), vahinko (Finnish), tapaturma (Finnish), mésaventure [feminine] (French), niepowodzenie [neuter] (Polish), злоключе́ние (zloključénije) [neuter] (Russian)

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