Standard Lemma guide

coincident

adj · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kəʊˈɪnsɪd(ə)nt/
  • General-American: /koʊˈɪnsəd(ə)nt/
  • General-American: /-ˌdɛnt/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K OW0 IH1 N S AH0 D AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of two or more objects: being in the same location.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Of two or more events: occurring at the same time; contemporaneous.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

adj

Meaning 3

Of two or more things: having the same qualities; being in accordance; consonant, matching.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

adj

Meaning 4

Chiefly followed by to: accompanying, concomitant, incident.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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5

noun

Meaning 5

One of multiple incidents or things which coincide with each other; a concomitant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

matching point for point

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • coincident circles

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

occurring or operating at the same time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a series of coincident events

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, co-occurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

The adjective is borrowed from French coïncident, from Medieval Latin coincidentem, an accusative singular form of Latin coincidēns (“coinciding”), the present active participle of coincidō (“to coincide”), from co- (variant of con- (prefix denoting a being or bringing together of several objects)) + incidō (“to fall into any condition”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh2d- (“to fall”)). The noun is derived from the adjective.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: съвпадащ (sǎvpadašt) — of two or more objects: being in the same location
  • Finnish: samassa paikassa oleva — of two or more objects: being in the same location
  • Russian: совпада́ющий (sovpadájuščij) — of two or more objects: being in the same location
  • Bulgarian: съвпадащ (sǎvpadašt) — of two or more events: occurring at the same time — see also contemporaneous
  • Catalan: coincident — of two or more events: occurring at the same time — see also contemporaneous
  • Finnish: samanaikainen — of two or more events: occurring at the same time — see also contemporaneous
  • Finnish: yhtäaikainen — of two or more events: occurring at the same time — see also contemporaneous
  • Persian: همزمان (hamzamân) — of two or more events: occurring at the same time — see also contemporaneous
  • Polish: równoczesny — of two or more events: occurring at the same time — see also contemporaneous
  • Russian: совпада́ющий (sovpadájuščij) — of two or more events: occurring at the same time — see also contemporaneous
  • Tagalog: magkatuntong — of two or more events: occurring at the same time — see also contemporaneous
  • Tagalog: katuntong — of two or more events: occurring at the same time — see also contemporaneous
  • Bulgarian: съответен (sǎotveten) — of two or more things: having the same qualities — see also consonant
  • Finnish: yhteensopiva — of two or more things: having the same qualities — see also consonant
  • Russian: соответствующий (sootvetstvujuščij) — of two or more things: having the same qualities — see also consonant