fortuneとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːtʃuːn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹtʃən/, /ˈfɔɹtʃun/

名詞

fortune (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 fortunes)

1. Destiny, especially favorable.

   She read my fortune. Apparently I will have a good love life this week, but I will have a bad week for money.

   • 1647, Abraham Cowley, The Mistress (“My Fate”):

     you, who men's fortunes in their faces read

   • 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:

     […] his lordship was out of humour. That was the way Chollacombe described as knaggy an old gager as ever Charles had had the ill-fortune to serve.

2. A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
3. A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
4. The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Act 2, Scene 3:

     'Tis more by fortune, lady, than by merit.

5. Good luck.

   Fortune favors the brave.

   • 1623, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act 4, Scene 3:

     There is a tide in the affairs of men / Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.

6. One's wealth; the amount of money one has; especially, if it is vast.

   He's amassed a small fortune working in the Middle East.

   My vast fortune was a result of inheritance and stock market nous.

   Her fortune is estimated at 3 million dollars.

7. A large amount of money.

   That car must be worth a fortune! How could you afford it?

   • 2015 June 24, “Top 10 Chinese Knockoffs of Foreign Products”, in China Uncensored‎^[1], New Tang Dynasty Television, New Tang Dynasty Television, spoken by himself (Chris Chappell), 00:02:53 from the start:

     Why spend a small fortune on Puma when you could buy Numa, Tuna or Pigg? And why buy Adidas when you can buy Adidos or Avivas? Nike, when there's Nire or Hike? Calvin Klein, when clearly, Calvim Klain or Cavern Kernel are just as good? But remember, after a good workout, be sure to clean up with some Okay shampoo.

同意語

• (the arrival of something in a sudden または unexpected manner): hap, luck; see also Thesaurus:luck
• (one's wealth): riches; see also Thesaurus:wealth

反意語

• (good luck): doom, misfortune

派生語

動詞

fortune (三人称単数 現在形 fortunes, 現在分詞 fortuning, 過去形および過去分詞形 fortuned)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To happen, take place. [14th-19th c.]
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew ch. 8:

     Then the heerdmen, fleed and went there ways into the cite, and tolde everythinge, and what had fortuned unto them that were possessed of the devyls.

   • 1885, Sir Richard Burton, “Night 20”, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night:

     It fortuned one night that the Sultan purposed setting out on a journey next morning

2. To provide with a fortune.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Richardson to this entry?)

3. To presage; to tell the fortune of.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)

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