FORTUNE - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Noun
a large amount of wealth or prosperity
Categories: Treasure, Hoarded wealth
📖 Fun Facts About Fortune
- • Fortune can mean luck or a large amount of money or treasure.
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Noun
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
Example: whatever my fortune may be; deserved a better fate; has a happy lot; the luck of the Irish; a victim of circumstances; success that was her portion
Categories: Condition
Synonyms
Portion, Chance, Luck, Hazard, Fortune
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "fortune" comes from Latin fortuna. It started in Old French fortune. Then it appeared in Middle English fortune.
🧩 Fun Fact
Each language in this chain added phonetic changes that transformed the original sound.