"fortuna" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /forˈtu.na/ Forms: fortune [plural], fortunaccia [pejorative]
Rhymes: -una Etymology: From Latin fortūna, from fors (“chance, luck”). Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|fortūna}} Latin fortūna Head templates: {{it-noun|f|pej=fortunaccia}} fortuna f (plural fortune, pejorative fortunaccia)
  1. luck Tags: feminine Synonyms: sorte
    Sense id: en-fortuna-it-noun-p6ReqSPG Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 77 23
  2. fortune Tags: feminine Synonyms: ventura
    Sense id: en-fortuna-it-noun-J6ARPpzo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: di fortuna, fortunato, fortunello, fortunoso, per fortuna, sfortuna

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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