lucky

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English

Pronunciation

• lŭkʹē, IPA: /ˈlʌki/, SAMPA: /"lVki/

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  Rhymes: -ʌki

Etymology

luck +‎ -y

Adjective

lucky (comparative luckier, superlative luckiest)

1. Favoured by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune. Said of persons.

   a lucky adventurer

   The downed pilot is very lucky to be alive.

2. Producing, or resulting in, good chance, or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate.

   a lucky mistake

   a lucky cast

   a lucky hour

Quotations

• 1989, Howard Ashman, “Under the Sea”, The Little Mermaid, Walt Disney Feature Animation

  They sad ’cause they in their bowl / But fish in the bowl is lucky / They in for a worser fate

Synonyms

• (favored by luck): fortunate, successful
• (producing or resulting in good chance): auspicious, favorable, fortunate, fortuitous

Derived terms

• get lucky
• lucky dip
• lucky you

Translations

of people, having good fortune

Afrikaans: gelukkig Albanian: please add this translation if you can American Sign Language: Open8@Chin-PalmBack Open8@NearSideChinhigh-PalmForward Arabic: محظوظ (ar) (maHZuuZ) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Basque: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 幸運 (cmn), 幸运 (cmn) (xìngyùn), 福氣 (cmn), 福气 (cmn) (fúqì), 福 (cmn) (fú), 吉利 (cmn) (jílì), 吉祥 (cmn) (jíxiáng) Croatian: imati sreće Czech: mít štěstí (cs), mít kliku, být klikař (cs) Danish: heldig (da) Dutch: gelukkig (nl) Esperanto: bonŝanca (eo) Finnish: hyväonninen (fi), onnekas (fi) French: chanceux (fr) m., heureux (fr) Georgian: ბედნიერი (ka) (bednieri), იღბლიანი (ka) (iḡbliani) German: glücklich (de) Greek: Modern: τυχερός (el) m. Classical: μάκαρ (mákar), εὐαίων (euaíōn)

Hebrew: בר מזל (bar mazal) m. Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: szerencsés (hu) Italian: fortunato (it) Japanese: 幸運 (ja) (こううん, kōun), 運のよい (ja) (うんのよい, un-no yoi), ラッキー (ja) (rakkī) Korean: please add this translation if you can Kurdish: Sorani: به‌خته‌وه‌ر (ku) (bextewer), خۆشبه‌خت (ku) (xoshbext) Latin: faustus (la), fēlīx (la), fortūnātus (la) Latvian: veiksmīgs m., veiksmīga f. Polish: szczęśliwy (pl) m. Portuguese: sortudo m., sortuda f. Romanian: norocos (ro) m. Russian: удачливый (ru) (udáčlivyj), (verb) везти (ru) (veztí) (e.g. тебе везёт (ru) (tebé vezjót) you are lucky), счастливый (ru) (sčastlívyj), везучий (ru) (vezúčjij), (day, hit) удачный (ru) (udáčnyj) Serbian: срећaн (srećan) Spanish: afortunado (es), suertudo (es) m. Swedish: lyckosam (sv) Thai: มีโชค (mee chôhk), มีโชคดี (mee chôhk dee) Turkish: şanslı (tr) Vietnamese: may (vi), may mắn (vi) Persian: please add this translation if you can

being good by chance

Afrikaans: gelukkig American Sign Language: Open8@Chin-PalmBack Open8@NearSideChinhigh-PalmForward Arabic: محظوظ (maħẓūẓ) Bosnian: sretan (bs) m. Chinese: 幸運, 幸运 (xìngyùn) Croatian: sretan (hr) m. Danish: heldig (da) Dutch: gelukkig (nl), boffend (nl) Finnish: onnekas (fi), onnellinen (fi) French: , fortuné (fr), chanceux (fr) m. German: glücklich (de) Hungarian: szerencsés (hu) Italian: fortunato (it) m., fortunata (it) f. Japanese: 運の良い (うんのよい, un no yoi)

Korean: 운수 좋은 (unsu joheun) Kurdish: Sorani: به‌خته‌وه‌ر (ku) (bextewer), خۆشبه‌خت (ku) (xoshbext) Latin: faustus (la), fēlīx (la), prosperus (la) Persian: خوش‌شانس (fa) (xoššâns) Polish: szczęśliwy (pl) m. Portuguese: sortudo (pt) m., sortuda f. Russian: счастливый (ru) (sčastlívyj), хороший (ru) (xoróšij), удачный (ru) (udáčnyj) Serbian: Cyrillic: срећан m. Roman: srećan m. Spanish: fortunado (es), afortunado (es) Swedish: tursam (sv), lycklig (sv) Thai: โอกาสดี (ohgàat dee) Vietnamese: may (vi), may mắn (vi)