fortuitous

English

Etymology

From Latin fōrtuītus.

Adjective

fortuitous (comparative more fortuitous, superlative most fortuitous)

1. Happening by chance; coincidental or accidental.
2. Happening by a lucky chance; lucky or fortunate.
3. (law) Happening independently of human will.

Derived terms

• fortuitously
• fortuitousness

Translations

happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one

• Czech: náhodný (cs) m
• Dutch: toevallig (nl)
• Esperanto: hazarda (eo)
• Finnish: sattumanvarainen (fi)
• French: fortuit (fr) m, fortuite (fr) f
• German: zufällig (de)

• Hungarian: váratlan (hu)
• Portuguese: fortuito (pt) m
• Russian: неожиданный (ru) (n'eožídannyj) 
• Swedish: tillfällig (sv), slumpartad (sv)
• Turkish: kazara (tr), rastlantısal (tr), tesadüfî (tr)

happening by a lucky chance

• Finnish: onnekas (fi)
• German: zufällig (de), durch einen glücklichen Zufall (de) m
• Hungarian: véletlen (hu)
• Ido: hazardala (io), hazarda (io)

• Russian: случайный (ru) (slučájnyj) 
• Swedish: slumpartad (sv)
• Turkish: şans eseri olarak (tr)

law: happening independently of human will

• Finnish: tahaton (fi)

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• Indonesian: secara kebetulan, secara tak disengaja

• Japanese: 偶然 (ja) (ぐうぜん, gūzen)
• Portuguese: fortuito (pt)