accidente

See also: accidenté

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Homophones: accidentent, accidentes

Verb

accidente

1. inflection of accidenter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at.t͡ʃiˈdɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: ac‧ci‧dèn‧te

Noun

accidente m (plural accidenti)

1. accident, mishap
2. (music) an accidental
3. (Romanesco) hero

   Synonym: eroe

Related terms

• accidentale
• accidentalità
• accidentato

Anagrams

• accedenti

Latin

Participle

accidente

1. ablative singular of accidēns

Participle

accīdente

1. ablative singular of accīdēns

Romanian

Noun

accidente

1. plural of accident

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡθiˈdente/ [aɣ̞.θiˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aɡsiˈdente/ [aɣ̞.siˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: ac‧ci‧den‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin accidentem.

Noun

accidente m (plural accidentes)

1. accident (unexpected event with negative consequences)

   Synonyms: incidente, percance, contratiempo, siniestro, suceso

2. (music) accidental
3. (geography) feature

Derived terms

• accidentalmente
• accidente cerebrovascular
• accidente de trabajo
• accidente geográfico
• por accidente

Related terms

• accidental
• accidentar

Descendants

• → Tagalog: aksidente

Etymology 2

Verb

accidente

1. inflection of accidentar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “accidente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025