porte-bonheur
French edit
Etymology edit
From porter bonheur (“to carry luck, to bring luck”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
porte-bonheur m (plural porte-bonheur)
- lucky charm
- Antonym: porte-malheur
Descendants edit
- → English: porte-bonheur
Further reading edit
- “porte-bonheur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French porte-bonheur.
Noun edit
porte-bonheur n (plural port-bonheururi)
Declension edit
Declension of porte-bonheur
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) porte-bonheur | porte-bonheurul | (niște) port-bonheururi | port-bonheururile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) porte-bonheur | porte-bonheurului | (unor) port-bonheururi | port-bonheururilor |
| vocative | porte-bonheurule | port-bonheururilor | ||