pech

Etymology
Borrowed from, apparently of imitative origin.

Verb

 * 1)  To pant, to struggle for breath.

Noun

 * 1) trap, booby trap

Noun

 * 1) duck

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  bad luck

Etymology
From, from , from. Doublet of inherited. Also cognate with 🇨🇬.

The sense “breakdown” is a Dutch innovation. It is probably modelled on the word, which means both “bad luck, misfortune” and “accident”. Since typically denotes a lesser kind of bad luck, it came to be used for a lesser kind of traffic accident too. German uses instead; compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) bad luck; misfortune
 * 2) breakdown, e.g. of a car

Etymology
From.

Etymology
, from, , from , , from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  bad luck, misfortune

Etymology
Imitative.

Verb

 * 1) to pant, gasp for breath