fortuitous

English

Etymology

From Latin fortuītus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) 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.

Synonyms

• (happening by chance): by accident, causeless, incidental; see also Thesaurus:accidental
• (happening by lucky chance): happy, providential; see also Thesaurus:lucky

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), unvorhersehbar (de)

• 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 (zh), 幸运 (zh) (xìngyùn)

• Finnish: onnekas (fi)
• Georgian: შემთხვევითი (šemtxveviti)
• German: glücklich (de), glücklicherweise (de); durch (einen) glücklichen Zufall

• 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

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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Indonesian: secara kebetulan, secara tak disengaja

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