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malheur.

mishap, misfortune

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ma.lœʁ/

  1. mishap, misfortune

    masculine
    Il y a eu beaucoup de malheurs dans ma vie. Ça craint mais j'en ai beaucoup appris.

  2. sadness, unhappiness

    masculine
    J’étais tellement déçue qu’il ait plu le jour de notre mariage ! C’était vraiment un malheur.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French mal-heur; univerbation of mal + heur, literally “mishap, misfortune”.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.