How to pronounce fortune in English

wealth or riches

an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

"bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"

a large amount of wealth or prosperity

an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome

"it was my good luck to be there"; "they say luck is a lady"; "it was as if fortune guided his hand"

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

"whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"

the telephone psychic proceeded to tell me my fortune—at great length

the billionaire's huge mansion must have cost a fortune

it was his fortune that he should wander in the wilderness before becoming king

in a streak of good fortune, she won the lottery twice that year

the family fortune is mostly in rare paintings and real estate

• circumstances
• luck
• jeopardy
• chance
• lot
• risk
• destiny
• prospect
• hazard
• peril
• portion
• fate
• opportunity
• probability
• endangerment
• tidy sum
• peck
• mint
• band
• plenty
• batch
• raft
• quite a little
• passel
• parcel
• dowry
• spate
• muckle
• mass
• constituent
• pile
• share
• good deal
• stack
• deal
• serving
• dowery
• dower
• percentage
• caboodle
• wad
• flock
• hatful
• mickle
• component
• slew
• heap
• mess
• part
• bunch
• sight
• mountain
• draw
• helping
• component part
• set
• great deal
• pot
• circle
• case
• circumstance
• consequence
• contingency
• end
• episode
• event
• fact
• incident
• issue
• occurrence
• outcome
• possibility
• result
• sequel
• accident
• hap
• fortuity
• livelihood
• means of living
• estate
• substance
• property
• possessions
• wealth
• riches
• opulence
• destination
• doom
• star
• future condition
• success
• favorable issue
• fortuna
• future
• big bucks
• bomb
• boodle
• bundle
• earth
• megabucks
• packet
• kismet
• fortunateness
• luckiness
• assets
• capital
• means
• wherewithal
• worth

• past
• mite
• peanuts
• pittance
• song
• mischance
• misfortune
• unluckiness

• ثروةArabic
• съдба щастие състояние богатство късмет сполука шанс Bulgarian
• destí fortuna Catalan
• bohatství osud štěstí Czech
• Glück Vermögen Schicksal Verm German
• τύχη Greek
• fortuna Spanish
• adur, zoriBasque
• omaisuus kohtalo tuuri sattuma onni Finnish
• fortune bonne chance destin French
• àighScots Gaelic
• גורלHebrew
• भाग्य Hindi
• végzet vagyon szerencse Hungarian
• fortunaInterlingua
• keberuntungan Indonesian
• fortunoEsperanto
• auðna auður örlög lán gæfa Icelandic
• fortuna sorte dote destino Italian
• 富, 機会, チャンス, 宿命, 幸運, 運命Japanese
• 기회, 機會Korean
• نوخشه خۆشبه‌خت Kurdish
• fortuna fortune latin
• vermogen lot kans noodlot geluk fortuin Dutch
• fortuna szczęście Polish
• sina destino chance sorte fortuna fortúnio Portuguese
• avere noroc soartă şansă Romanian
• состояние участь возможность богатство фортуна шанс удел везение удача судьба рок доля Russian
• förmögenhet tur tillfällighet f Swedish
• servet Turkish
• benofät, mifät, fätVolapuk
• 幸运 Chinese

1. Zelda the fortune teller told me that she was visited by the apparition of my mother, who had a message for me if I would pay Zelda fifty dollars to act as the go-between.

2. Burning incense in a pot, the mystic meditated as he chanted ancient hymns that would help bring back good fortune to his people.

3. Since self-help books sell, it is highly likely the popular author will make a fortune with his autobiography describing his past emotional tumult and self-destructive habits.

4. If the heiress has been taken in by John’s imposture, she may be in danger of losing her fortune to a conman.

5. Plantation owners made their fortune growing and selling cotton, a cash crop.

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