fortune
French, noun
fortune is spelled F-O-R-T-U-N-E (7 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written French, the 3,067th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fortune is a French feminine noun meaning “fortune; fate, destiny; luck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, fortuné is a different word: “fortunate (having good luck)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hasard, chance”.
What does fortune mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefortune; fate, destiny; luck
revers de fortune
- 2
femininefortune, wealth
coûter une fortune
adjective
- 1
fortunate (having good luck)
- 2
befortuned, wealthy, rich, well-off
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hasard, chance. 2. Tout ce qui arrive ou peut arriver de bien ou de mal à quelqu’un. 3. Divinité païenne qui était censée distribuer, à son gré, le bonheur et le malheur. 4. Aléas de la vie qui apportent du bien.
adjective: 1. Qui est au comble du bonheur. 2. Qui donne le bonheur, où l’on trouve le bonheur. 3. Qui est pourvu de grandes richesses.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fortune
- fortunes plural
- fortunée feminine
- fortunés masculine plural
- fortunées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to fortune
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fortune in French?
fortune appears 26 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).