fortuitous

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin fortuītus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔːˈtjuːɪtəs/, /fɔːˈtʃuːɪtəs/

Adjective

fortuitous (comparative more fortuitous, superlative most fortuitous)

1. Happening by chance; coincidental, 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

• Bulgarian: случаен (bg) (slučaen)
• Catalan: fortuït (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偶然 (zh) (ǒurán)

• Czech: náhodný (cs) m
• Dutch: toevallig (nl)
• Esperanto: hazarda
• Finnish: sattumanvarainen (fi), satunnainen (fi)
• French: fortuit (fr) m, fortuite (fr) f
• Georgian: შემთხვევითი (šemtxveviti)
• German: zufällig (de)
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• Hungarian: váratlan (hu), véletlen (hu)
• Ido: hazarda (io)
• Italian: fortuito (it) m
• Latin: fortuītus
• Portuguese: fortuito (pt)
• Romanian: fortuit (ro), accidental (ro), întâmplător (ro)
• Russian: неожи́данный (ru) (neožídannyj)
• Spanish: fortuito (es)
• Swedish: tillfällig (sv), slumpartad (sv)
• Turkish: kazara (tr), rastlantısal (tr), tesadüfî

happening by a lucky chance

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幸運／幸运 (zh) (xìngyùn), 幸运 (zh) (xìngyùn)

• Finnish: onnekas (fi)
• Georgian: შემთხვევითი (šemtxveviti)
• German: glücklich (de); durch (einen) glücklichen Zufall
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• Hungarian: szerencsés (hu)
• Ido: hazardala (io), hazarda (io)
• Portuguese: afortunado (pt)
• Russian: случа́йный (ru) (slučájnyj)
• Swedish: slumpartad (sv)
• Turkish: şans eseri olarak

law: happening independently of human will

• Bulgarian: неволен (bg) (nevolen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

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• Finnish: tahaton (fi), satunnainen (fi)

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Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Indonesian: secara kebetulan, secara tak disengaja
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• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 偶然 (ja) (ぐうぜん, gūzen)