fortuitous

English

Etymology

From Latin fortuītus.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /fɔːˈtjuːɪtəs/

Adjective

fortuitous (comparative more fortuitous, superlative most fortuitous)

Happening by chance; coincidental, accidental.
Happening by a lucky chance; lucky or fortunate.
(law) Happening independently of human will.

Derived terms

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)

Hungarian: váratlan (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 (zh), 幸运 (zh) (xìngyùn)
Finnish: onnekas (fi)
Georgian: შემთხვევითი (šemtxveviti)
German: zufällig (de), durch einen glücklichen Zufall m
Hungarian: véletlen (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

Finnish: tahaton (fi), satunnainen (fi)

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Translations to be checked

Indonesian: secara kebetulan, secara tak disengaja

Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 偶然 (ja) (ぐうぜん, gūzen)

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