accidental

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• /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛn.tl̩/
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• rhymes with -ɛntəl
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• CMU ARPABET: AE2 K S AH0 D EH1 N T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: AE2 K S AH0 D EH1 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English accidental, from Anglo-Norman accidentel, Middle French accidentel, accidental, and their source, Late Latin accidēntālis; corresponding to accident + -al.

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عَرْضِيّ (ʕarḍiyy) — happening by chance
• Armenian: պատահական (patahakan) — happening by chance
• Bashkir: осраҡлы (osraqlı) — happening by chance
• Belarusian: выпадко́вы (vypadkóvy) — happening by chance
• Belarusian: неспадзява́ны (njespadzjavány) — happening by chance
• Bulgarian: случа́ен (slučáen) — happening by chance
• Bulgarian: неоча́кван (neočákvan) — happening by chance
• Catalan: accidental — happening by chance
• Chinese Mandarin: 偶然 (ǒurán) — happening by chance
• Czech: nahodilý — happening by chance
• Czech: náhodný — happening by chance
• Danish: tilfældig — happening by chance
• Dutch: toevallig — happening by chance
• Esperanto: neatendita — happening by chance
• Esperanto: hazarda — happening by chance
• Esperanto: akcidenta — happening by chance
• Finnish: sattumanvarainen — happening by chance
• Finnish: sattumalta — happening by chance
• French: accidentel — happening by chance
• Georgian: შემთხვევითი (šemtxveviti) — happening by chance
• German: versehentlich — happening by chance
• German: zufällig — happening by chance
• Greek: τυχαίος (tychaíos) — happening by chance
• Ancient Greek: τυχαῖος (tukhaîos) — happening by chance
• Hebrew: מִקְרִי (mikrí) — happening by chance
• Hindi: आकस्मिक (ākasmik) — happening by chance
• Hindi: संयोगी (sãyogī) — happening by chance
• Hindi: आगंतुक (āgantuk) — happening by chance
• Hindi: इत्तफ़ाक़िया (ittafāqiyā) — happening by chance
• Hungarian: véletlen — happening by chance
• Irish: aimseach — happening by chance
• Irish: toirmeascach — happening by chance
• Italian: accidentale — happening by chance
• Japanese: 偶然の (gūzen no) — happening by chance
• Korean: 우연하다 (uyeonhada) — happening by chance
• Korean: 돌발적 (dolbaljeok) — happening by chance
• Latin: fortuītus — happening by chance
• Macedonian: случаен (slučaen) — happening by chance
• Māori: kōpeka — happening by chance
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilfeldig — happening by chance
• Persian: تصادفی (tasâdofi) — happening by chance
• Polish: przypadkowy — happening by chance
• Portuguese: acidental — happening by chance
• Romanian: accidental — happening by chance
• Romanian: întâmplător — happening by chance
• Russian: случа́йный (slučájnyj) — happening by chance
• Russian: неожи́данный (neožídannyj) — happening by chance
• Serbo-Croatian: слу̏ча̄јан — happening by chance
• Serbo-Croatian: нена́мјеран — happening by chance
• Serbo-Croatian: slȕčājan — happening by chance
• Serbo-Croatian: nenámjeran — happening by chance
• Slovak: náhodný — happening by chance
• Slovene: naključen — happening by chance
• Spanish: accidental — happening by chance
• Spanish: casual — happening by chance
• Spanish: imprevisto — happening by chance
• Spanish: fortuito — happening by chance
• Swedish: tillfällig — happening by chance
• Tajik: тасодуфӣ (tasodufi) — happening by chance
• Tatar: очраклы (oçraqlı) — happening by chance
• Ukrainian: випадко́вий (vypadkóvyj) — happening by chance
• Ukrainian: несподі́ваний (nespodívanyj) — happening by chance
• Urdu: حادثاتی (hādsātī) — happening by chance
• Urdu: ناگہاں (nāgahā̃) — happening by chance
• Uzbek: tasodifiy — happening by chance
• Bulgarian: несъществено качество (nesǎštestveno kačestvo) — a property which is not essential
• German: Zufall — a property which is not essential
• German: Versehen — a property which is not essential
• Polish: wypadkowa — a property which is not essential
• Portuguese: acidente — (in plural, painting)
• Afrikaans: byteken — (music)
• Catalan: accident — (music)
• Finnish: etumerkki — (music)
• French: altération — (music)
• Greek: αλλοίωση (alloíosi) — (music)
• Hungarian: módosítójel — (music)
• Japanese: 臨時記号 (rinji kigō) — (music)
• Norwegian Bokmål: løst fortegn — (music)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: laust forteikn — (music)
• Portuguese: acidente — (music)