porte-malheur
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From porter malheur (“to bring bad luck, to be unlucky”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
porte-malheur m (plural porte-malheur)
- jinx, bad-luck charm
- Antonym: porte-bonheur
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “porte-malheur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.