coincide

See also: coïncide and coïncidé

English

Etymology

From French coïncider, from Medieval Latin coincidere, from con- + incidere, from in- (“into, to”) + cadere (“to fall, fall down, drop”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkoʊɪnˈsaɪd/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪd

Verb

coincide (third-person singular simple present coincides, present participle coinciding, simple past and past participle coincided) (intransitive)

1. To occupy exactly the same space.

   The two squares coincide nicely.

2. To occur at the same time.

   Synonym: concur

   The conference will coincide with his vacation.

   • 1952 December, R. C. Riley, “By Rail to Kemp Town”, in Railway Magazine, page 835:

     The last train ran on December 31, 1932, almost unnoticed, for it coincided with the running of the last steam passenger train down the main line from London to Brighton, a much more momentous event.

3. To correspond, concur, or agree.

   Our ideas coincide, except in certain areas.

Derived terms

• coincidence
• coincident
• coincider
• coincidingly
• noncoinciding

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱh₂d- (0 c, 31 e)

Translations

to occupy exactly the same space

• Armenian: համընկնել (hy) (hamənknel)
• Bulgarian: съвпадам (bg) (sǎvpadam)
• Catalan: coincidir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 位置重合 (wèizhì chónghé)

• Dutch: samenvallen (nl), coïncideren (nl)
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} koincidi
• Finnish: olla täysin päällekkäin, olla kokonaan päällekkäin
• French: coïncider (fr)
• Galician: coincidir (gl)
• German: zusammenfallen (de)
• Greek: συμπίπτω (el) (sympípto)
• Ido: koincidar (io)
• Italian: coincidere (it)
• Japanese: 重なる (ja) (かさなる, kasanaru)
• Macedonian: се со́впадне (se sóvpadne), се со́впаѓа (se sóvpaǵa)
• Portuguese: coincidir (pt)
• Romanian: coincide (ro)
• Russian: совпада́ть (ru) impf (sovpadátʹ), совпа́сть (ru) pf (sovpástʹ), совмеща́ться (ru) impf (sovmeščátʹsja), совмести́ться (ru) pf (sovmestítʹsja)
• Spanish: coincidir (es)

to occur at the same time

• Arabic: تَزَامَنَ (tazāmana)
• Armenian: համընկնել (hy) (hamənknel)
• Bulgarian: съвпадам (bg) (sǎvpadam)
• Catalan: coincidir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巧合 (zh) (qiǎohé), ^{(please verify)} 同時發生 / 同时发生 (tóngshí fāshēng)

• Dutch: samenvallen (nl), coïncideren (nl)
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} koincidi
• Finnish: sattua samaan aikaan, sattua samalla hetkellä
• French: coïncider (fr)
• Galician: coincidir (gl)
• German: zusammenfallen (de)
• Greek: συμπίπτω (el) (sympípto)
• Ido: koincidar (io)
• Japanese: 同時に起こる (dōji ni okoru)
• Latin: coincidō
• Luxembourgish: coincidéieren
• Macedonian: се со́впадне (se sóvpadne), се со́впаѓа (se sóvpaǵa)
• Manx: cohaghyr, cohuitt
• Māori: orua
• Portuguese: coincidir (pt)
• Russian: совпада́ть (ru) impf (sovpadátʹ), совпа́сть (ru) pf (sovpástʹ)
• Spanish: coincidir (es)
• Swedish: sammanfalla (sv)
• Tagalog: magkataon
• Ukrainian: збіга́тися impf (zbihátysja), збі́гтися pf (zbíhtysja)

to correspond

• Armenian: համընկնել (hy) (hamənknel)
• Bulgarian: съответствувам (bg) (sǎotvetstvuvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重合 (zh) (chónghé), 相符 (zh) (xiāngfú)

• Dutch: samenvallen (nl), coïncideren (nl)
• Finnish: vastata (fi)
• French: coïncider (fr)
• Galician: coincidir (gl)
• German: übereinstimmen (de)
• Greek: συμπίπτω (el) (sympípto)

  Ancient Greek: συμπίπτω (sumpíptō)

• Italian: coincidere (it)
• Japanese: 一致する (ja) (いっちする, itchi suru), 相当する (ja) (そうとうする, sōtō suru)
• Latin: congruō
• Macedonian: соодве́тствува (soodvétstvuva), се со́впаѓа (se sóvpaǵa), се по́клопи (se póklopi)
• Portuguese: coincidir (pt)
• Russian: совпада́ть (ru) impf (sovpadátʹ), совпа́сть (ru) pf (sovpástʹ), соотве́тствовать (ru) impf (sootvétstvovatʹ)
• Spanish: coincidir (es)
• Swedish: överensstämma (sv)
• Thai: สอดคล้อง (th) (sɔ̀ɔt-klɔ́ɔng)
• Ukrainian: збіга́тися impf (zbihátysja), збі́гтися pf (zbíhtysja)

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} kongrui (eo)

See also

• simultaneous

Anagrams

• decicoin

Galician

Verb

coincide

1. inflection of coincidir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.inˈt͡ʃi.de/
• Rhymes: -ide
• Hyphenation: co‧in‧cì‧de

Verb

coincide

1. third-person singular present indicative of coincidere

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [koˈɪŋ.kɪ.dɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [koˈin̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.de]

Verb

coincide

1. second-person singular present active imperative of coincidō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ĩˈsi.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ĩˈsi.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ĩˈsi.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kwĩˈsi.dɨ/ [kwĩˈsi.ðɨ]

• Hyphenation: co‧in‧ci‧de

Verb

coincide

1. inflection of coincidir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French coïncider.

Verb

a coincide (third-person singular present coincide, past participle coincis, third-person subjunctive coincidă) 3rd conjugation

1. to coincide

Conjugation

    conjugation of coincide (third conjugation, past participle in -s)

infinitive			a coincide
gerund			coincizând
past participle			coincis
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	coincid	coincizi	coincide	coincidem	coincideți	coincid
	imperfect	coincideam	coincideai	coincidea	coincideam	coincideați	coincideau
	simple perfect	coincisei	coinciseși	coincise	coinciserăm	coinciserăți	coinciseră
	pluperfect	coincisesem	coinciseseși	coincisese	coinciseserăm	coinciseserăți	coinciseseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să coincid	să coincizi	să coincidă	să coincidem	să coincideți	să coincidă
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		coincide			coincideți
	negative		nu coincide			nu coincideți

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koinˈθide/ [kõĩn̟ˈθi.ð̞e] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /koinˈside/ [kõĩnˈsi.ð̞e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ide
• Syllabification: coin‧ci‧de

Verb

coincide

1. inflection of coincidir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative