fortuito
Italian
Adjective
fortuito (feminine singular fortuita, masculine plural fortuiti, feminine plural fortuite)
- accidental, chance (attributive), fortuitous, casual
Synonyms
Latin
Etymology
From forte (“by chance”).
Synonyms
- (by chance): forte
References
- fortuito in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fortuito in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fortuito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere
- quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
Portuguese
Adjective
fortuito m (feminine singular fortuita, masculine plural fortuitos, feminine plural fortuitas, comparable)
- fortuitous (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /forˈtwito/, [forˈt̪wit̪o]
Adjective
fortuito (feminine singular fortuita, masculine plural fortuitos, feminine plural fortuitas)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “fortuito” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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