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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæk.sɪ.dənt/
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• General-American: /ˈæk.sə.dənt/
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• General-American: /ˈæk.sɪ.dənt/
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• General-American: /-dɛnt/
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• pin-pen-merger: /ˈæk.sə.dɪnt/
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• CMU ARPABET: AE1 K S AH0 D AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Latin accidēnslbor. Old French accidentbor. Middle English accident English accident First attested in the late 14th century. From Middle English accident, from Old French accident, from Latin accidēns, present active participle of accidō (“happen”); from ad (“to”) + cadō (“fall”). See cadence, case. In the sense “unintended pregnancy”, first attested in 1932.

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302 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afar: qawwalayla — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Albanian: aksident — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Amharic: አደጋ (ʾädäga) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Arabic: حَادِث (ḥādiṯ) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Arabic: حَادِثَة (ḥādiṯa) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Arabic: حَادْثَة (ḥādsa) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Arabic: حَادِث (ḥādiṯ, ḥādis) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Arabic: حَادِث (ḥādeṯ, ḥādes) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Armenian: դժբախտ պատահար (džbaxt patahar) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Azerbaijani: qəza — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Azerbaijani: avariya — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Azerbaijani: bədbəxt hadisə — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Basque: istripu — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Basque: ezbehar — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Belarusian: вы́падак (výpadak) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Belarusian: ава́рыя (aváryja) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Belarusian: катастро́фа (katastrófa) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Belarusian: няшча́сны вы́падак (njaščásny výpadak) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Bengali: দূর্ঘটনা (durghoṭona) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Bhojpuri: दुरघटना (durəghaṭənā) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Bulgarian: злополу́ка (zlopolúka) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Bulgarian: катастро́фа (katastrófa) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Bulgarian: ава́рия (avárija) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Burmese: မတော်တဆမှု (ma.tauta.hca.hmu.) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Catalan: accident — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Chinese Mandarin: 事故 (shìgù) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Chinese Mandarin: 意外 (yìwài) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Czech: nehoda — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Danish: uheld — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Danish: ulykke — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Danish: ulykkestilfælde — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Danish: tilfælde — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Danish: tilfældighed — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Dutch: ongeluk — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Dutch: ongeval — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Esperanto: akcidento — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Estonian: õnnetus — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Faroese: vanlukka — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Faroese: óhapp — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Finnish: onnettomuus — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Finnish: sattuma — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Finnish: tapaturma — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Finnish: turma — unexpected event with negative consequences
• French: accident — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Galician: accidente — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Georgian: უბედური შემთხვევა (ubeduri šemtxveva) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• German: Unfall — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Greek: ατύχημα (atýchima) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Ancient Greek: συμφορά (sumphorá) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Ancient Greek: πταῖσμα (ptaîsma) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Greenlandic: ajunaarneq — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Hebrew: תְּאוּנָה (te'uná) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Hindi: दुर्घटना (durghaṭnā) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Hindi: हादसा (hādsā) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Hungarian: baleset — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Icelandic: slys — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Icelandic: óhapp — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Indonesian: kecelakaan — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Ingrian: vahinko — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Ingrian: sormus — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Irish: timpiste — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Irish: taisme — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Italian: incidente — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Italian: accidente — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Japanese: 事故 (jiko) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Japanese: アクシデント (akushidento) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Kabyle: amxix — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Kazakh: авария (avariä) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Kazakh: апат (apat) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Khmer: គ្រោះ (krŭəh) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Khmer: ចៃដន្យ (caydɑn) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Korean: 사고 (sago) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Kyrgyz: авария (avariya) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Kyrgyz: кырсык (kırsık) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Lao: ອຸປະຕິເຫດ (ʼu pa ti hēt) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Latin: calamitas — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Latvian: gadījums — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Lithuanian: įvykis — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Low German: Unfall — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Macedonian: несреќа (nesreḱa) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Macedonian: незгода (nezgoda) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Malay: kemalangan — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Malayalam: അപകടം (apakaṭaṁ) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Māori: aituā — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Māori: hauata — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Marathi: अपघात (apghāt) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Mongolian: осол (osol) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Mongolian: аваар (avaar) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Norwegian Bokmål: ulykke — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Norwegian Bokmål: uhell — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Norwegian Bokmål: ulykkestilfelle — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ulukke — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ulykke — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Norwegian Nynorsk: uhell — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Old English: ġelimp — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Oromo: balaa — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Pashto: پېښه (pex̌a) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Pashto: حادثه (hādesa) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Dari: تَصَادُف (tasāduf) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Dari: حَادِثَه (hādisa) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Dari: سَانِحَه (sāniha) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Iranian Persian: تَصادُف (tasâdof) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Iranian Persian: حادِثِه (hâdese) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Iranian Persian: سانِحِه (sânehe) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Polish: wypadek — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Portuguese: acidente — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Romanian: accident — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Romansh: accident — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Russian: несча́стный слу́чай (nesčástnyj slúčaj) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Russian: ава́рия f technical (avárija) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Russian: катастро́фа (katastrófa) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Russian: ч. п. (č. p.) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Russian: ДТП (DTP) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Russian: несча́стье (nesčástʹje) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Scottish Gaelic: tubaist — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Scottish Gaelic: tuiteamas — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Serbo-Croatian: нѐсрећа — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Serbo-Croatian: нѐзгода — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Serbo-Croatian: nèsreća — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Serbo-Croatian: nèzgoda — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Sinhalese: අනතුර (anatura) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Slovak: nehoda — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Slovene: nesreča — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Spanish: accidente — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Swahili: ajali — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Swedish: olycka — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Tagalog: aksidente — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Tagalog: disgrasya — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Tagalog: sakuna — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Tajik: авария (avariya) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Tajik: фалокат (falokat) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Tajik: тасодуф (tasoduf) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Tajik: садама (sadama) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Tajik: сониҳа (soniha) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Tajik: ҳодиса (hodisa) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Tatar: каза (qaza) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Thai: อุบัติเหตุ (ù-bàt-dtì-hèet) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Tigrinya: ሓደጋ (ḥadäga) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Tigrinya: ሃንደበት (handäbät) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Turkish: kaza — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Ottoman Turkish: قضا (kaza) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Ottoman Turkish: عارضه (ʼarıza) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Turkmen: awariýa — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Turkmen: betbagtlyk — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Ukrainian: ви́падок (výpadok) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Ukrainian: ава́рія (avárija) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Ukrainian: катастро́фа (katastrófa) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Ukrainian: ава́рія (avárija) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Ukrainian: неща́сний ви́падок (neščásnyj výpadok) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Urdu: حادِثَہ (hādisa) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Urdu: ناگَہانی (nāgahānī) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Uyghur: ئاۋارىيە (awariye) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Uyghur: ھادىسە (hadise) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Uzbek: avariya — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Uzbek: falokat — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Uzbek: balo — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Uzbek: tasodif — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Uzbek: baxtsizlik — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Vietnamese: sự cố — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Vietnamese: tai nạn — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Walloon: accidint — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Walloon: kénte — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Yiddish: אַקצידענט (aktsident) — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Zazaki: ağm — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Zulu: ingozi — unexpected event with negative consequences
• Arabic: مُصَادَفَة (muṣādafa) — chance event
• Arabic: صُدْفَة (ṣudfa) — chance event
• Arabic: صِدْفَة (ṣidfa) — chance event
• Belarusian: вы́падак (výpadak) — chance event
• Danish: tilfældighed — chance event
• Danish: tilfælde — chance event
• Dutch: toeval — chance event
• Finnish: sattuma — chance event
• Finnish: vahinko — chance event
• German: Zufall — chance event
• Hindi: संयोग (sãyog) — chance event
• Indonesian: kesempatan — chance event
• Irish: taisme — chance event
• Latin: temeritās — chance event
• Low German: Tofall — chance event
• Malayalam: ആകസ്മികം (ākasmikaṁ) — chance event
• Portuguese: acidente — chance event
• Russian: слу́чай (slúčaj) — chance event
• Ottoman Turkish: بخت (baht) — chance event
• Ottoman Turkish: تصادف (tesâdüf) — chance event
• Ukrainian: ви́падок (výpadok) — chance event
• Arabic: صُدْفَة (ṣudfa) — chance
• Arabic: صِدْفَة (ṣidfa) — chance
• Finnish: sattuma — chance
• Hindi: संयोग (sãyog) — chance
• Indonesian: kebetulan — chance
• Irish: taisme — chance
• Japanese: 偶然 (gūzen) — chance
• Korean: 우연 (uyeon) — chance
• Latin: temeritās — chance
• Malayalam: ആകസ്മികം (ākasmikaṁ) — chance
• Russian: слу́чай (slúčaj) — chance
• Ottoman Turkish: بخت (baht) — chance
• Ottoman Turkish: تصادف (tesâdüf) — chance
• Arabic: حَادِث (ḥādiṯ) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Arabic: حَادِث (ḥādiṯ, ḥādis) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Armenian: վթար (vtʻar) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Azerbaijani: qəza — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Basque: istripu — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Belarusian: ава́рыя (aváryja) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Belarusian: сутыкне́нне (sutyknjénnje) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Belarusian: даро́жна-тра́нспартнае здарэ́нне (daróžna-tránspartnaje zdarénnje) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Belarusian: ДТЗ (DTZ) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Bislama: aksidong — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Bislama: bang — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Bulgarian: катастро́фа (katastrófa) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Bulgarian: ава́рия (avárija) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Bulgarian: пътнотра́нспортно произше́ствие (pǎtnotránsportno proizšéstvie) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Catalan: accident — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Chinese Mandarin: 車禍 /车祸 (chēhuò) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Czech: nehoda — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Danish: ulykke — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Dutch: ongeval — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Esperanto: akcidento — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Estonian: avarii — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Finnish: onnettomuus — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Finnish: kolari — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Finnish: lento-onnettomuus — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• French: accident — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Galician: accidente — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• German: Unfall — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Hebrew: תְּאוּנָה (te'uná) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Hindi: दुर्घटना (durghaṭnā) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Hungarian: baleset — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Indonesian: kecelakaan — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Italian: incidente — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Japanese: 事故 (jiko) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Kazakh: жол-көлік оқиғасы (jol-kölık oqiğasy) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Korean: 사고 (sago) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Lao: ອຸບັດເຫດ (ʼu bat hēt) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Lithuanian: autoįvykis — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Lithuanian: įvykis — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Malay: kemalangan — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Malayalam: അപകടം (apakaṭaṁ) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Norwegian Bokmål: ulykke — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Norwegian Bokmål: uhell — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Norwegian Bokmål: havari — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ulukke — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ulykke — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Norwegian Nynorsk: uhell — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Norwegian Nynorsk: havari — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Polish: wypadek — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Portuguese: acidente — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Portuguese: sinistro — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Romanian: accident — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Russian: ава́рия (avárija) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Russian: столкнове́ние (stolknovénije) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Russian: доро́жно-тра́нспортное происше́ствие (doróžno-tránsportnoje proisšéstvije) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Russian: ДТП (DTP) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀дес — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Serbo-Croatian: ùdes — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Slovak: nehoda — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Spanish: accidente — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Swahili: ajali — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Swedish: trafikolycka — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Thai: รถชน (rót chon) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Thai: อุบัติเหตุ (ù-bàt-dtì-hèet) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Thai: อุบัติเหตุรถชน (ù-bàt-dtì-hèet rót chon) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Turkish: kaza — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Turkish: trafik kazası — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Ukrainian: ава́рія (avárija) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Ukrainian: зі́ткнення (zítknennja) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Ukrainian: доро́жньо-тра́нспортна приго́да (doróžnʹo-tránsportna pryhóda) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Ukrainian: ДТП (DTP) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Walloon: accidint — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Yiddish: אַוואַריע (avarye) — transport: unintended event that causes damage
• Czech: případek — property resulting from chance
• Czech: akcident — property resulting from chance
• Danish: egenskab — property resulting from chance
• Finnish: sattuma — property resulting from chance
• Finnish: vahinko — property resulting from chance
• Russian: слу́чай (slúčaj) — property resulting from chance
• Russian: случа́йность (slučájnostʹ) — property resulting from chance
• Finnish: vahinko — euphemism: instance of incontinence
• German: Malheur — euphemism: instance of incontinence
• Finnish: vahinko — euphemism: unintended pregnancy
• German: Unfall — euphemism: unintended pregnancy
• Catalan: accident — logic: quality or attribute in distinction from substance
• Esperanto: akcidenco — logic: quality or attribute in distinction from substance
• Finnish: ilmenemismuoto — logic: quality or attribute in distinction from substance
• Greek: συμβεβηκός (symvevikós) — logic: quality or attribute in distinction from substance
• Catalan: accident — grammar: property attached to a word
• Finnish: sattuma — law: unforeseen interference
• Bulgarian: инциде́нт (incidént) — military: unplanned event resulting in injury
• Dutch: toevallig — military: unplanned event resulting in injury
• Estonian: õnnetus — military: unplanned event resulting in injury
• Finnish: onnettomuus — military: unplanned event resulting in injury
• German: Unfall — military: unplanned event resulting in injury
• Portuguese: acidente — military: unplanned event resulting in injury
• Russian: несча́стный слу́чай (nesčástnyj slúčaj) — military: unplanned event resulting in injury
• Russian: ава́рия f technical (avárija) — military: unplanned event resulting in injury
• Ukrainian: неща́сний ви́падок (neščásnyj výpadok) — military: unplanned event resulting in injury
• Ukrainian: ава́рія (avárija) — military: unplanned event resulting in injury
• Arabic: عَرَض (ʕaraḍ) — philosophy: appearance, manifestation
• Finnish: ilmenemismuoto — philosophy: appearance, manifestation
• Finnish: ilmiasu — philosophy: appearance, manifestation
• Persian: عرض ('araz) — philosophy: appearance, manifestation