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• lŭkʹē
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlʌki/
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• Northern-England: /ˈlʊki/
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• Scotland: /ˈlʌke/
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• rhymes with -ʌki
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• CMU ARPABET: L AH1 K IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English lukky, equivalent to luck + -y. Cognate with Scots lucky (“lucky”), West Frisian lokkich (“lucky, fortunate”), Dutch gelukkig (“lucky, fortunate, happy”). Compare also Danish lykkelig (“happy”), Swedish lycklig (“happy, lucky”), German glücklich (“happy”), Saterland Frisian glukkelk (“happy”).

180 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: gelukkig — of people, having good fortune
• Albanian: fatlum — of people, having good fortune
• Southern Altai: ырысту (ïrïstu) — of people, having good fortune
• Southern Altai: урматту (urmattu) — of people, having good fortune
• Arabic: مَحْظُوظ (maḥẓūẓ) — of people, having good fortune
• Armenian: բախտավոր (baxtavor) — of people, having good fortune
• Azerbaijani: bəxtli — of people, having good fortune
• Azerbaijani: bəxti gətirən — of people, having good fortune
• Azerbaijani: bəxtəvər — of people, having good fortune
• Belarusian: уда́члівы (udáčlivy) — of people, having good fortune
• Belarusian: шчаслі́вы (ščaslívy) — of people, having good fortune
• Belarusian: шанцава́ць (šancavácʹ) — of people, having good fortune
• Belarusian: шча́сціць (ščáscicʹ) — of people, having good fortune
• Belarusian: шчаслі́віцца (ščaslívicca) — of people, having good fortune
• Bulgarian: късметли́я (kǎsmetlíja) — of people, having good fortune
• Bulgarian: късметли́йка (kǎsmetlíjka) — of people, having good fortune
• Catalan: astruc — of people, having good fortune
• Catalan: afortunat — of people, having good fortune
• Chinese Mandarin: 幸運 /幸运 (xìngyùn) — of people, having good fortune
• Chinese Mandarin: 福氣 /福气 (fúqì) — of people, having good fortune
• Chinese Mandarin: 福 (fú) — of people, having good fortune
• Chinese Mandarin: 吉利 (jílì) — of people, having good fortune
• Chinese Mandarin: 吉祥 (jíxiáng) — of people, having good fortune
• Czech: mít štěstí — of people, having good fortune
• Czech: mít kliku — of people, having good fortune
• Czech: být klikař — of people, having good fortune
• Danish: heldig — of people, having good fortune
• Dutch: gelukkig — of people, having good fortune
• Dutch: succesvol — of people, having good fortune
• Esperanto: bonŝanca — of people, having good fortune
• Finnish: hyväonninen — of people, having good fortune
• Finnish: onnekas — of people, having good fortune
• French: chanceux — of people, having good fortune
• French: heureux — of people, having good fortune
• French: veinard — of people, having good fortune
• Georgian: ბედნიერი (bednieri) — of people, having good fortune
• Georgian: იღბლიანი (iɣbliani) — of people, having good fortune
• German: glücklich — of people, having good fortune
• Greek: τυχερός (tycherós) — of people, having good fortune
• Ancient Greek: εὐτυχής (eutukhḗs) — of people, having good fortune
• Ancient Greek: μάκαρ (mákar) — of people, having good fortune
• Ancient Greek: εὐαίων (euaíōn) — of people, having good fortune
• Hebrew: בר מזל (bar mazal) — of people, having good fortune
• Hindi: भाग्यशाली (bhāgyaśālī) — of people, having good fortune
• Hindi: ख़ुशक़िस्मत (xuśqismat) — of people, having good fortune
• Hungarian: szerencsés — of people, having good fortune
• Hungarian: mázlista — of people, having good fortune
• Icelandic: lánsamur — of people, having good fortune
• Icelandic: heppinn — of people, having good fortune
• Icelandic: gæfusamur — of people, having good fortune
• Irish: sonasach — of people, having good fortune
• Italian: fortunato — of people, having good fortune
• Japanese: 幸運 (kōun) — of people, having good fortune
• Japanese: 運のよい (un no yoi) — of people, having good fortune
• Japanese: ラッキー (rakkī) — of people, having good fortune
• Korean: 운이 좋은 (uni jo'eun) — of people, having good fortune
• Korean: 운수 좋은 (unsu jo'eun) — of people, having good fortune
• Central Kurdish: بەختەوەر (bextewer) — of people, having good fortune
• Central Kurdish: خۆشبەخت (xoşbext) — of people, having good fortune
• Kyrgyz: ырыстуу (ırıstuu) — of people, having good fortune
• Lao: ສຸພັກ (su phak) — of people, having good fortune
• Latin: faustus — of people, having good fortune
• Latin: fēlīx — of people, having good fortune
• Latin: fortūnātus — of people, having good fortune
• Latvian: veiksmīgs — of people, having good fortune
• Malay: bertuah — of people, having good fortune
• Navajo: bízháneeʼ — of people, having good fortune
• Norwegian: heldig — of people, having good fortune
• Occitan: astruc — of people, having good fortune
• Old English: ġesǣliġ — of people, having good fortune
• Persian: خوشبخت (xošbaxt) — of people, having good fortune
• Persian: بختیار (baxtiyâr) — of people, having good fortune
• Polish: szczęśliwy — of people, having good fortune
• Portuguese: sortudo — of people, having good fortune
• Romanian: norocos — of people, having good fortune
• Russian: уда́чливый (udáčlivyj) — of people, having good fortune
• Russian: везти́ (veztí) — of people, having good fortune
• Russian: счастли́вый (sčastlívyj) — of people, having good fortune
• Russian: везу́чий (vezúčij) — of people, having good fortune
• Russian: уда́чный (udáčnyj) — of people, having good fortune
• Russian: счастли́виться (sčastlívitʹsja) — of people, having good fortune
• Russian: фарти́ть (fartítʹ) — of people, having good fortune
• Scots: weirdly — of people, having good fortune
• Serbo-Croatian: срећан — of people, having good fortune
• Serbo-Croatian: имати среће — of people, having good fortune
• Serbo-Croatian: srećan — of people, having good fortune
• Serbo-Croatian: imati sreće — of people, having good fortune
• Sikkimese: སྐལ་ལྡན (skal ldan) — of people, having good fortune
• Spanish: afortunado — of people, having good fortune
• Spanish: suertudo — of people, having good fortune
• Spanish: lechero — of people, having good fortune
• Spanish: suertero — of people, having good fortune
• Spanish: lechoso — of people, having good fortune
• Swedish: lyckosam — of people, having good fortune
• Tagalog: manigo — of people, having good fortune
• Thai: มีโชค (mii-chôok) — of people, having good fortune
• Thai: มีโชคดี (mii chôok dii) — of people, having good fortune
• Thai: เฮง (heng) — of people, having good fortune
• Turkish: şanslı — of people, having good fortune
• Turkish: uğurlu — of people, having good fortune
• Turkish: ballı — of people, having good fortune
• Turkish: talihli — of people, having good fortune
• Ottoman Turkish: اوغورلو (uğurlu) — of people, having good fortune
• Ottoman Turkish: میمون (maymun) — of people, having good fortune
• Ukrainian: щасли́вий (ščaslývyj) — of people, having good fortune
• Ukrainian: ща́сний (ščásnyj) — of people, having good fortune
• Ukrainian: щасти́ти (ščastýty) — of people, having good fortune
• Ukrainian: талани́ти (talanýty) — of people, having good fortune
• Vietnamese: may — of people, having good fortune
• Vietnamese: may mắn — of people, having good fortune
• Vietnamese: hên — of people, having good fortune
• Welsh: ffodus — of people, having good fortune
• Welsh: lwcus — of people, having good fortune
• Yiddish: גליקלעך (gliklekh) — of people, having good fortune
• Yiddish: מזלדיק (mazldik) — of people, having good fortune
• Afrikaans: gelukkig — being good by chance
• Arabic: مَحْظُوظ (maḥẓūẓ) — being good by chance
• Armenian: հաջող (haǰoġ) — being good by chance
• Armenian: բարեբախտ (barebaxt) — being good by chance
• Belarusian: шчаслі́вы (ščaslívy) — being good by chance
• Bulgarian: щастли́в (štastlív) — being good by chance
• Catalan: afortunat — being good by chance
• Chinese Mandarin: 幸運 /幸运 (xìngyùn) — being good by chance
• Czech: šťastný — being good by chance
• Danish: heldig — being good by chance
• Dutch: gelukkig — being good by chance
• Dutch: boffend — being good by chance
• Finnish: onnekas — being good by chance
• Finnish: onnellinen — being good by chance
• French: fortuné — being good by chance
• French: chanceux — being good by chance
• French: heureux — being good by chance
• French: porte-bonheur — being good by chance
• German: glücklich — being good by chance
• Hindi: भाग्यशाली (bhāgyaśālī) — being good by chance
• Hungarian: szerencsés — being good by chance
• Hungarian: mázlis — being good by chance
• Irish: ádhúil — being good by chance
• Irish: méanar — being good by chance
• Italian: fortunato — being good by chance
• Japanese: 運の良い (un no yoi) — being good by chance
• Korean: 운이 좋은 (uni jo'eun) — being good by chance
• Korean: 운수 좋은 (unsu jo'eun) — being good by chance
• Central Kurdish: بەختەوەر (bextewer) — being good by chance
• Central Kurdish: خۆشبەخت (xoşbext) — being good by chance
• Latin: faustus — being good by chance
• Latin: fēlīx — being good by chance
• Latin: prosperus — being good by chance
• Macedonian: среќен (sreḱen) — being good by chance
• Persian: خوششانس (xoš-šâns) — being good by chance
• Polish: szczęśliwy — being good by chance
• Portuguese: sortudo — being good by chance
• Russian: счастли́вый (sčastlívyj) — being good by chance
• Russian: хоро́ший (xoróšij) — being good by chance
• Russian: уда́чный (udáčnyj) — being good by chance
• Scots: weirdly — being good by chance
• Serbo-Croatian: срећан — being good by chance
• Serbo-Croatian: сретан — being good by chance
• Serbo-Croatian: srećan — being good by chance
• Serbo-Croatian: sretan — being good by chance
• Slovak: šťastný — being good by chance
• Slovene: srečen — being good by chance
• Spanish: fortunado — being good by chance
• Spanish: afortunado — being good by chance
• Swedish: tursam — being good by chance
• Swedish: lycklig — being good by chance
• Thai: โอกาสดี (oo-gàat dii) — being good by chance
• Turkish: uğurlu — being good by chance
• Ottoman Turkish: اوغورلو (uğurlu) — being good by chance
• Ottoman Turkish: میمون (maymun) — being good by chance
• Ukrainian: щасли́вий (ščaslývyj) — being good by chance
• Ukrainian: ща́сний (ščásnyj) — being good by chance
• Vietnamese: may — being good by chance
• Vietnamese: may mắn — being good by chance
• Welsh: ffodus — being good by chance
• Welsh: lwcus — being good by chance
• Arabic: جَالِب للحَظّ — resulting in good luck
• German: glückbringend — resulting in good luck
• Greek: γουρλής (gourlís) — resulting in good luck
• Spanish: a la champa — resulting in good luck