malencontreux

French

Etymology

From malencontre +‎ -eux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.lɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁø/

Adjective

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

1. (dated) of a person:
   1. unfortunate, unlucky (experiencing misfortune)

      Synonym: malchanceux

   2. embarrassing, annoying
2. 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.