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noun
- Destiny or fate.
- A chance.
- Good luck.
- Lots of riches.
Translations: - German: Vermí¶gen
- Italian: fortuna
- Spanish: fortuna
verb (fortun, es)
- (context, obsolete, intransitive) To happen, take place.
- 1885: It fortuned one night that the Sultan purposed setting out on a journey next morning " Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Night 20)
Etymology: From Latin fortuna meaning "fate" or "luck". In its plural form fortunae, it meant "possessions" which also gave the meaning of "riches".
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