opportune

English

Etymology

From Old French opportun, from Latin opportunus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

opportune (comparative more opportune, superlative most opportune)

1. Suitable for some particular purpose.

   This would be an opportune spot for a picnic.

2. At a convenient or advantageous time.

   The opportune arrival of the bus cut short the boring conversation.

Synonyms

• (suitable): appropriate, proper; see also Thesaurus:suitable
• (convenient time): seasonable, timesome; see also Thesaurus:timely

Antonyms

• (all): inopportune
• (suitable): inappropriate, improper; see also Thesaurus:unsuitable
• (convenient time): unseasonable, untime; see also Thesaurus:untimely

Related terms

• opportunity
• opportuneness

Translations

suitable

• Bulgarian: подходящ (bg) (podhodjašt)
• Catalan: oportú (ca)
• Danish: passende, opportun
• Dutch: passend (nl), geschikt (nl)
• Esperanto: konvena, oportuna (eo)
• German: geeignet (de), passend (de)
• Hungarian: időszerű (hu)
• Icelandic: heppilegur (is)
• Italian: opportuno (it), adatto (it), appropriato (it)
• Japanese: 適切 (ja) (てきせつ, tekisetsu)
• Portuguese: adequado (pt) m, apropriado (pt) m, conveniente (pt) m or f
• Romanian: oportun (ro) m or n, potrivit (ro) m or n, adecvat (ro) m or n
• Russian: подходящий (ru) (podxodjaščij)
• Spanish: oportuno (es), apropiado (es)
• Swedish: lämplig (sv)
• Turkish: uygun (tr)
• Ukrainian: доре́чний (doréčnyj), підходя́щий (pidxodjáščyj)
• Volapük: pötik (vo)

at a convenient time

• Bulgarian: навременен (bg) (navremenen)
• Catalan: oportú (ca)
• Danish: belejlig, opportun
• Dutch: gelegen (nl), gunstig (nl)
• Esperanto: ĝusttempa
• French: opportun (fr)
• German: günstig (de), gelegen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: εὔκαιρος (eúkairos)

• Irish: ócáideach, tráthúil
• Italian: opportuno (it), giusto (it), appropriato (it)
• Latin: opportūnus
• Manx: traaoil
• Portuguese: oportuno (pt) m
• Russian: своевременный (ru) (svojevremennyj)
• Swedish: läglig (sv)
• Ukrainian: своєча́сний (svoječásnyj)
• Volapük: koveniälik (vo)

Danish

Adjective

opportune

1. definite of opportun
2. plural of opportun

French

Adjective

opportune

1. feminine singular of opportun

Italian

Adjective

opportune f pl

1. feminine plural of opportuno

Latin

Etymology 1

Adverb

opportūnē (comparative opportūnius, superlative opportūnissimē)

1. favourably; seasonably; opportunely

Etymology 2

Adjective

opportūne

1. vocative masculine singular of opportūnus

References

• “opportune”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “opportune”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• opportune in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette