opportune

== English == === Etymology === From Old French opportun, from Latin opportunus. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɒ.pəˈt͡ʃ(j)uːn/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌɑ.pɚˈt͡ʃuːn/, /-tjuːn/ Hyphenation: op‧por‧tune === Adjective === opportune (comparative more opportune, superlative most opportune) Suitable for some particular purpose. At a convenient or advantageous time. ==== Synonyms ==== (suitable): appropriate, proper; see also Thesaurus:suitable (convenient time): seasonable, timesome; see also Thesaurus:timely ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “suitable”): inappropriate, inopportune, improper; see also Thesaurus:unsuitable (antonym(s) of “convenient time”): inopportune, unseasonable, untime; see also Thesaurus:untimely ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== opportunity opportuneness ==== Translations ==== == Danish == === Adjective === opportune definite of opportun plural of opportun == French == === Adjective === opportune feminine singular of opportun == Italian == === Adjective === opportune f pl feminine plural of opportuno == Latin == === Etymology 1 === ==== Adverb ==== opportūnē (comparative opportūnius, superlative opportūnissimē) favourably; seasonably; opportunely === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== opportūne 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.