windfall

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɪnd.fɔːl/
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• Australia, British, Southern, Standard: /ˈwɪnd.foːl/
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• wĭndʹfôl without the cot–caught merger
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• /ˈwɪnd.fɔl/ without the cot–caught merger
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• cot-caught-merger: wĭndʹfäl
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• cot-caught-merger: /ˈwɪnd.fɑl/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈwənd.foːl/
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• Scotland: /ˈwɪnd.fɔl/
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• CMU ARPABET: W IH1 N D F AO2 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English windfal, wyndfall, equivalent to wind + fall. Cognate with Middle High German wintval, wintfal, German Windfall.

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: ветрова́л (vetrovál) — something that has been blown down by the wind
• Finnish: tuulenkaato — something that has been blown down by the wind
• German: Windbruch — something that has been blown down by the wind
• Māori: tāiha — something that has been blown down by the wind
• Norwegian: vindfall — something that has been blown down by the wind
• Polish: wiatrołom — something that has been blown down by the wind
• Russian: па́данец (pádanec) — something that has been blown down by the wind
• Russian: ветрова́л (vetrovál) — something that has been blown down by the wind
• Russian: вале́жник (valéžnik) — something that has been blown down by the wind
• Russian: бурело́м (burelóm) — something that has been blown down by the wind
• Tlingit: g̱éechadi — something that has been blown down by the wind
• Bulgarian: падалина (padalina) — fruit fallen off a tree naturally
• Finnish: pudokas — fruit fallen off a tree naturally
• German: Fallobst — fruit fallen off a tree naturally
• Hungarian: lehullott gyümölcs — fruit fallen off a tree naturally
• Irish: toradh leagtha — fruit fallen off a tree naturally
• Norwegian: nedfallsfrukt — fruit fallen off a tree naturally
• Polish: spad — fruit fallen off a tree naturally
• Russian: па́данец (pádanec) — fruit fallen off a tree naturally
• Russian: опа́дыш (opádyš) — fruit fallen off a tree naturally
• Russian: па́данка (pádanka) — fruit fallen off a tree naturally
• Russian: па́далица (pádalica) — fruit fallen off a tree naturally
• Spanish: fruta caída — fruit fallen off a tree naturally
• Swedish: fallfrukt — fruit fallen off a tree naturally
• Volapük: falafluk — fruit fallen off a tree naturally
• Volapük: falaflukem — fruit fallen off a tree naturally
• Welsh: ffrwyth cwymp — fruit fallen off a tree naturally
• Bulgarian: неочакван късмет (neočakvan kǎsmet) — sudden large benefit
• Chinese Mandarin: 意外之財 /意外之财 (yìwài zhī cái) — sudden large benefit
• Chinese Mandarin: 暴利 (bàolì) — sudden large benefit
• Finnish: jättipotti — sudden large benefit
• French: aubaine — sudden large benefit
• German: warmer Regen — sudden large benefit
• German: Geldregen — sudden large benefit
• Ancient Greek: ἕρμαιον (hérmaion) — sudden large benefit
• Hungarian: talált pénz — sudden large benefit
• Icelandic: hvalreki — sudden large benefit
• Indonesian: pisang terkubak — sudden large benefit
• Irish: amhantar — sudden large benefit
• Italian: cuccagna — sudden large benefit
• Japanese: 僥倖 (gyōkō) — sudden large benefit
• Māori: kurapae — sudden large benefit
• Norwegian: uventet hell — sudden large benefit
• Polish: gratka — sudden large benefit
• Russian: неожи́данная уда́ча (neožídannaja udáča) — sudden large benefit
• Spanish: venturanza — sudden large benefit
• Thai: ลาภลอย — sudden large benefit
• Turkish: devlet kuşu — sudden large benefit
• Turkish: talih kuşu — sudden large benefit
• Ottoman Turkish: غنیمت (ganimet) — sudden large benefit