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coincidental

adj · 3 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈkəʊ.ɪn.sɪˌdɛn.tl̩/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛntəl
  • CMU ARPABET: K OW0 IH2 N S AH0 D EH1 N T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Occurring as or resulting from coincidence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Happening or existing at the same time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

occurring or operating at the same time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a series of coincident events

Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English incident English -al English incidental English coincidental From co- + incidental.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: toevallig — occurring as or resulting from coincidence
  • Estonian: kokkusattumuslik — occurring as or resulting from coincidence
  • Finnish: satunnainen — occurring as or resulting from coincidence
  • Finnish: sattumanvarainen — occurring as or resulting from coincidence
  • French: fortuit — occurring as or resulting from coincidence
  • French: coïncidentiel — occurring as or resulting from coincidence
  • German: zufällig — occurring as or resulting from coincidence
  • Greek: συμπτωματικός (symptomatikós) — occurring as or resulting from coincidence
  • Manx: cliassagh — occurring as or resulting from coincidence
  • Manx: cohuittymagh — occurring as or resulting from coincidence
  • Romanian: coincidental — occurring as or resulting from coincidence
  • Serbo-Croatian: koincidèntan — occurring as or resulting from coincidence
  • Serbo-Croatian: slȕčājan — occurring as or resulting from coincidence
  • Turkish: rastlantısal — occurring as or resulting from coincidence
  • Turkish: tesadüfi — occurring as or resulting from coincidence
  • Dutch: samenvallend — happening or existing at the same time
  • Estonian: samaaegne — happening or existing at the same time
  • Estonian: üheaegne — happening or existing at the same time
  • Finnish: samanaikainen — happening or existing at the same time
  • Manx: cliassagh — happening or existing at the same time
  • Manx: cohuittymagh — happening or existing at the same time
  • Serbo-Croatian: istòvremen — happening or existing at the same time
  • Serbo-Croatian: istòdoban — happening or existing at the same time