coincidental

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin co-der.

English co-

English incident

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English incidental

English coincidental

From co- + incidental.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊ.ɪn.sɪˌdɛn.tl̩/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛntəl

Adjective

coincidental (comparative more coincidental, superlative most coincidental)

1. Occurring as or resulting from coincidence.
   • 2009, Alex Horne, Birdwatchingwatching: One Year, Two Men, Three Rules, Ten Thousand Birds, →ISBN:

     Now, I don't know whether this is an example of nominative determinism – a phrase coined by the New Scientist to describe the phenomenon of one's name determining one's career – or aptonymy, the more coincidental occurrence of one's name being particularly fitting for one's personality, but I came across several such examples in the birding world.

2. Happening or existing at the same time.

Derived terms

• coincidentalism
• noncoincidental
• uncoincidental

Related terms

• cohencidence
• cohencidental
• coincidence
• coincident
• coincidentally
• coincidently

Translations

occurring as or resulting from coincidence

• Dutch: toevallig (nl)
• Estonian: kokkusattumuslik
• Finnish: satunnainen (fi), sattumanvarainen (fi)
• French: fortuit (fr), coïncidentiel (fr) m
• German: zufällig (de)
• Greek: συμπτωματικός (el) (symptomatikós)
• Manx: cliassagh, cohuittymagh
• Romanian: coincidental m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin: koincidèntan (sh), slȕčājan (sh)

• Turkish: rastlantısal (tr), tesadüfi (tr)

happening or existing at the same time

• Dutch: samenvallend (nl)
• Estonian: samaaegne, üheaegne
• Finnish: samanaikainen (fi)
• Manx: cliassagh, cohuittymagh
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin: istòvremen (sh), istòdoban (sh)

See also

• coincide
• incident
• accident

Anagrams

• nondialectic

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koinθidenˈtal/ [ko.ĩn̟.θi.ð̞ẽn̪ˈt̪al] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /koinsidenˈtal/ [ko.ĩn.si.ð̞ẽn̪ˈt̪al] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: co‧in‧ci‧den‧tal

Adjective

coincidental m or f (masculine and feminine plural coincidentales)

1. coincidental

Derived terms

• coincidentalmente