malencontreux

French

Etymology

From malencontre +‎ -eux.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.lɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁø/

Adjective

malencontreux (feminine malencontreuse, masculine plural malencontreux, feminine plural malencontreuses)

(dated) of a person:
1. unfortunate, unlucky (experiencing misfortune)
  Synonym: malchanceux
2. embarrassing, annoying
of a thing:
1. (dated) troubling, grievous, woeful (causing or signalling unhappiness, grief, woe, etc.)
2. unfortunate, unlucky (causing or signalling misfortune)
  Synonym: fâcheux

References

“malencontreux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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