How fortuitous!
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Fortuitous
//foɹˈt͡ʃu.ɪ.tɪs//
Synonyms for "fortuitous" (76 found)
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Related words (38)
Adjective(13 words)
iffyincidentalindeterminateinessentiallittlenonessentialoddriskysecondarysubsidiarysuperaddedsuperfluoussupervenientsupplementalsupplementaryuncausedundeterminedunessentialunexpectedunforeseeable
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Adjective(1 words)
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5 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- неволен adj (law: happening independently of human will)
- по щастлива случайност adj (happening by a lucky chance)
- случаен adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
Catalan
1 entries- fortuït adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 偶然 adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
- 幸運 /幸运 adj (happening by a lucky chance)
Czech
1 entries- náhodný adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
Dutch
1 entries- toevallig adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
Esperanto
1 entries- hazarda adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
Finnish
4 entries- onnekas adj (happening by a lucky chance)
- sattumanvarainen adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
- satunnainen adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
- satunnainen adj (law: happening independently of human will)
French
2 entries- fortuit adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
- fortuite adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
Georgian
2 entries- შემთხვევითი adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
- შემთხვევითი adj (happening by a lucky chance)
German
4 entries- durch glücklichen Zufall (einen) adj (happening by a lucky chance)
- glücklich adj (happening by a lucky chance)
- glücklicherweise adj (happening by a lucky chance)
- unvorhersehbar adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
Hungarian
3 entries- szerencsés adj (happening by a lucky chance)
- váratlan adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
- véletlen adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
Ido
3 entries- hazarda adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
- hazarda adj (happening by a lucky chance)
- hazardala adj (happening by a lucky chance)
Italian
1 entries- fortuito adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
Latin
1 entries- fortuītus adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
Portuguese
2 entries- afortunado adj (happening by a lucky chance)
- fortuito adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
Romanian
3 entries- accidental adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
- fortuit adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
- întâmplător adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
Russian
2 entries- неожи́данный adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
- случа́йный adj (happening by a lucky chance)
Spanish
1 entries- fortuito adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
Swedish
2 entries- slumpartad adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
- tillfällig adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
Turkish
4 entries- kazara adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
- rastlantısal adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
- tesadüfî adj (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)
- şans eseri olarak adj (happening by a lucky chance)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
How fortuitous that you were there on the same night!
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A fortuitous encounter with Tom Jackson laid the groundwork for my new hobby.
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It was fortuitous that she discovered the nefarious scheme devised by her colleagues before it was too late.
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