incidental
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
incidental (comparative more incidental, superlative most incidental)
- Loosely associated; of limited relevance except indirectly; only accidentally related.
- That character, though colorful, is incidental to the overall plot.
- incidental evidence
- Existing tangentially, being a byproduct, a tangent, or a likely consequence.
- Injuries are incidental to contact sports: they're going to happen.
- Occurring by chance.
- (physics, of radiation) Entering or approaching, prior to reflection (more frequently incident).
Synonyms edit
- (existing as an accident): accidental, contingent; See also Thesaurus:circumstantial
- (occurring by chance): accidental, serendipitous; See also Thesaurus:accidental
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of “existing as an accident”): inevitable, necessary, impossible; See also Thesaurus:inevitable
- (antonym(s) of “occurring by chance”): inevitable, intentional; See also Thesaurus:intentional
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Translations edit
loosely associated; existing as a byproduct, tangent, or accident; being a likely consequence
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occurring by chance
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entering or approaching, prior to reflection
Noun edit
incidental (plural incidentals)
- Minor items, not further defined. Incidental expense.
- She's costing us a lot in incidentals.
- Something that is incidental.
Translations edit
minor items, not further defined — see also incidental expense
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something that is incidental
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Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
incidental m or f (plural incidentais)
- incidental (existing by chance)
Derived terms edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French incidentel.
Adjective edit
incidental m or n (feminine singular incidentală, masculine plural incidentali, feminine and neuter plural incidentale)
Declension edit
Declension of incidental
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | incidental | incidentală | incidentali | incidentale | ||
definite | incidentalul | incidentala | incidentalii | incidentalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | incidental | incidentale | incidentali | incidentale | ||
definite | incidentalului | incidentalei | incidentalilor | incidentalelor |
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /inθidenˈtal/ [ĩn̟.θi.ð̞ẽn̪ˈt̪al]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /insidenˈtal/ [ĩn.si.ð̞ẽn̪ˈt̪al]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: in‧ci‧den‧tal
Adjective edit
incidental m or f (masculine and feminine plural incidentales)
- incidental (existing by chance)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “incidental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014