fortuitous

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From Latin fortuītus.

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: случаен (slučaen) — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Catalan: fortuït — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Chinese Mandarin: 偶然 (ǒurán) — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Czech: náhodný — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Dutch: toevallig — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Esperanto: hazarda — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Finnish: sattumanvarainen — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Finnish: satunnainen — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• French: fortuit — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• French: fortuite — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Georgian: შემთხვევითი (šemtxveviti) — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• German: zufällig — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• German: unvorhersehbar — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Hungarian: váratlan — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Hungarian: véletlen — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Ido: hazarda — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Italian: fortuito — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Japanese: 偶然 (gūzen) — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Latin: fortuītus — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Portuguese: fortuito — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Romanian: fortuit — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Romanian: accidental — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Romanian: întâmplător — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Russian: неожи́данный (neožídannyj) — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Spanish: fortuito — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Swedish: tillfällig — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Swedish: slumpartad — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Turkish: kazara — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Turkish: rastlantısal — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Turkish: tesadüfî — happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one
• Bulgarian: по щастлива случайност (po štastliva slučajnost) — happening by a lucky chance
• Chinese Mandarin: 幸運 /幸运 (xìngyùn) — happening by a lucky chance
• Chinese Mandarin: 僥倖 /侥幸 (jiǎoxìng) — happening by a lucky chance
• Finnish: onnekas — happening by a lucky chance
• Georgian: შემთხვევითი (šemtxveviti) — happening by a lucky chance
• German: glücklich — happening by a lucky chance
• German: glücklicherweise — happening by a lucky chance
• German: durch glücklichen Zufall (einen) — happening by a lucky chance
• Hungarian: szerencsés — happening by a lucky chance
• Ido: hazardala — happening by a lucky chance
• Ido: hazarda — happening by a lucky chance
• Portuguese: afortunado — happening by a lucky chance
• Russian: случа́йный (slučájnyj) — happening by a lucky chance
• Turkish: şans eseri olarak — happening by a lucky chance
• Bulgarian: неволен (nevolen) — law: happening independently of human will
• Chinese Mandarin: 不可抗力的 (bùkěkànglì de) — law: happening independently of human will
• Finnish: tahaton — law: happening independently of human will
• Finnish: satunnainen — law: happening independently of human will