infortune
French, noun
infortune is spelled I-N-F-O-R-T-U-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 37,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Infortune is a French feminine noun meaning “misfortune” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, infortuné is a different word: “unfortunate person”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Revers de fortune”.
What does infortune mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemisfortune
adjective
- 1
unfortunate (marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune)
noun
- 1
masculineunfortunate person
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est tombé dans l’infortune.
noun: 1. Celui ou celle qui vit dans l’infortune. 2. Celui ou celle qui n’a pas de chance.
noun: 1. Revers de fortune. 2. Malchance, adversité, mauvaise fortune.
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 infortune
- infortunée feminine
- infortunés masculine plural
- infortunées feminine plural
- infortunes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to infortune
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is infortune in French?
infortune appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).