malencontre

French

Etymology

mal- +‎ Old French encontre (“meeting”), corresponding to Modern French rencontre

Noun

malencontre f (plural malencontres)

(dated) bad luck; misfortune

Further reading

“malencontre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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