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English [ edit ] WOTD – 27 April 2010 Etymology [ edit ] From jynx in the transferred sense “a charm or spell”.
Pronunciation [ edit ] ( UK, US ) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪŋks/ Audio ( General Australian ) : (file)
Homophone: jynx Rhymes: -ɪŋks Noun [ edit ] jinx (plural jinxes)
A hex; an evil spell. Synonyms: curse , hoodoo , Indian sign , spell A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck. Derived terms [ edit ] Descendants [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] a hex; an evil spell
— see also bad luck
Bulgarian: проклятие (bg) n ( prokljatie ) Chinese: Mandarin: 厄運 / 厄运 (zh) ( èyùn ) , 詛咒 / 诅咒 (zh) ( zǔzhòu ) Czech: prokletí n Danish: forbandelse c Finnish: kirous (fi) French: maléfice (fr) m , sortilège (fr) m German: Fluch (de) m , Verwünschung (de) f Italian: maleficio (it) m , sortilegio (it) m , iettatura (it) f , malocchio (it) m Japanese: 邪視 (ja) ( じゃし, jashi ) , ジンクス (ja) ( jinkusu ) Korean: 사시(邪視) (ko) ( sasi ) , 징크스 ( jingkeuseu ) Ottoman Turkish: قارش ( karış ) Persian: جادو (fa) ( jâdu ) Polish: przekleństwo (pl) n , klątwa (pl) f , fatum (pl) n Portuguese: enguiço (pt) m , macumba (pt) f , maldição (pt) f Russian: дурно́й глаз (ru) m ( durnój glaz ) , сглаз (ru) m ( sglaz ) , по́рча (ru) f ( pórča ) , злые ча́ры ( zlyje čáry ) Slovak: kliatba f Spanish: maleficio (es) m , maldición (es) f , pava (es) f ( Venezuela ) , yeta (es) f ( Argentina, Uruguay ) Swedish: förbannelse (sv) c
a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck
— see also unlucky
Arabic: Gulf Arabic: قبسة m or f ( gubbusa ) Bulgarian: карък (bg) m ( karǎk ) Chinese: Mandarin: 白虎星 (zh) ( báihǔxīng ) ( of a woman ) , 掃帚星 / 扫帚星 (zh) ( sàozhǒuxīng ) ( of a person ) , 不祥之物 ( bùxiángzhīwù ) Danish: ulykkesfugl c Dutch: ongeluksbrenger m Finnish: pahan onnen tuoja , pahanilmanlintu (fi) French: porte-malheur (fr) , poisseux (fr) m , poissard (fr) m German: Pechvogel (de) m , Unglücksbringer m Greek: γρουσούζης (el) ( grousoúzis ) , γκαντέμης (el) ( gkantémis ) Hungarian: vészmadár (hu) , halálmadár (hu) Italian: iettatore (it) m , iettatrice (it) f Macedonian: малер m ( maler ) , баксуз ( baksuz ) Polish: przekleństwo (pl) n Portuguese: agourento (pt) m Romanian: piază rea f Russian: колду́н (ru) ( koldún ) , колду́нья (ru) ( koldúnʹja ) , ве́дьма (ru) ( védʹma ) Serbo-Croatian: baksuz (sh) m Spanish: gafe (es) m ( person ) , ave de mal agüero f , cenizo (es) m ( colloquial ) , secante m or f ( colloquial ) , yeta (es) f ( South America ) , yetatore f ( South America ) , yetudo m ( South America ) , mufa (es) f Tagalog: kasaykasay
Verb [ edit ] jinx (third-person singular simple present jinxes, present participle jinxing, simple past and past participle jinxed)
( transitive ) ( transitive ) ( transitive ) 2008 , Susane Colasanti, chapter 46, in When It Happens[1], Penguin, →ISBN:“So you'll all be near New York!” Maggie says. “We don't know for sure yet.” Sara stresses. “Don't jinx it.” 2012 , Sally Heinrich, Hungry Ghosts, Hachette UK, →ISBN:I've no idea if she guessed what I was intending to do. I don't know why I was so reluctant to talk about it, even to her. Maybe I was afraid that verbalising my intentions would jinx it in some way. Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] To cast a spell on
Chinese: Mandarin: 蛊祝 (zh) ( gǔzhù ) , 詛咒 / 诅咒 (zh) ( zǔzhòu ) Czech: uhranout (cs) Danish: forhekse Dutch: betoveren (nl) , beheksen (nl) , vervloeken (nl) Finnish: kirota (fi) , manata (fi) French: porter malheur (fr) , porter la guigne , maudire (fr) German: verzaubern (de) , mit einem Zauber belegen Italian: gettare il malocchio Norwegian: Bokmål: forhekse Persian: جادو کردن ( jâdu kardan ) Polish: przeklinać (pl) impf , przekląć (pl) pf , rzucać klątwę impf , rzucić klątwę pf Russian: сгла́зить (ru) ( sglázitʹ ) Slovak: urieknuť , porobiť , uhranúť Swedish: förhäxa (sv) , förtrolla (sv)
To bring bad luck to
Arabic: نَحَسَ (ar) ( naḥasa ) , جَلَبَ اَلنَّحْس ( jalaba n-naḥs ) Azerbaijani: gözə gətirmək Belarusian: суро́чыць ( suróčycʹ ) Danish: forbande (da) Dutch: beheksen (nl) Esperanto: kaŭzi malfeliĉon Finnish: olla pahanilmanlintu , manata (fi) French: porter la poisse (fr) Galician: traer mala sorte , gafar (gl) , gafarse German: verhexen (de) Italian: portare sfortuna , portare scalogna , portare iella , portare sfiga , gufare , iellare , iettare Norwegian: Bokmål: forbanne (no) Polish: zapeszać impf , zapeszyć pf Portuguese: azarar (pt) Romanian: cobi (ro) Russian: сгла́зить (ru) ( sglázitʹ ) , принести́ несча́стье ( prinestí nesčástʹje ) Slovak: prinášať smolu Spanish: traer mala suerte , gafar (es) , gafarse (es) Swedish: ge otur , förbanna (sv) Ukrainian: навро́чити ( navróčyty ) Urdu: منحوس c du
Interjection [ edit ] jinx
Used after the same thing is said by two people simultaneously. Synonym: snap 1991 , Robert Cohen, “Flaming Moe's”, in The Simpsons[2], season 3, episode 10 (television production):Bart: I'm telling Mom and Dad! / Lisa: You're telling who? / Bart: Mom and Dad! / Girls: MOM AND DAD? JINX! / Janey Powell: Now you can't talk, 'til somebody says your name! Translations [ edit ] Used after simultaneous speech
Danish: forhekset Finnish: kupla (fi) , smurffi (fi) , smurffilukko , smurffattu French: chips (fr) f pl German: verhext (de) Japanese: ハッピアイスクリム ( happi aisu kurimu ) Korean: 찌찌뽕 ( jjijjippong ) Polish: raz, dwa, trzy, moje szczęście , moje szczęście, twój pech Spanish: encantado (es) Swedish: smurf (sv)
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