The unexpected windfall has put my brother and his wife on easy street.
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Windfall
//ˈwɪnd.fɔːl//
Synonyms for "windfall" (40 found)
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50 translations across 24 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἕρμαιον noun (sudden large benefit)
Bulgarian
3 entries- ветрова́л noun (something that has been blown down by the wind)
- неочакван късмет noun (sudden large benefit)
- падалина noun (fruit fallen off a tree naturally)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 意外之財 /意外之财 noun (sudden large benefit)
- 暴利 noun (sudden large benefit)
Finnish
3 entries- jättipotti noun (sudden large benefit)
- pudokas noun (fruit fallen off a tree naturally)
- tuulenkaato noun (something that has been blown down by the wind)
French
1 entries- aubaine noun (sudden large benefit)
German
4 entries- Fallobst noun (fruit fallen off a tree naturally)
- Geldregen noun (sudden large benefit)
- Windbruch noun (something that has been blown down by the wind)
- warmer Regen noun (sudden large benefit)
Hungarian
2 entries- lehullott gyümölcs noun (fruit fallen off a tree naturally)
- talált pénz noun (sudden large benefit)
Icelandic
1 entries- hvalreki noun (sudden large benefit)
Indonesian
1 entries- pisang terkubak noun (sudden large benefit)
Irish
2 entries- amhantar noun (sudden large benefit)
- toradh leagtha noun (fruit fallen off a tree naturally)
Italian
1 entries- cuccagna noun (sudden large benefit)
Japanese
1 entries- 僥倖 noun (sudden large benefit)
Māori
2 entries- kurapae noun (sudden large benefit)
- tāiha noun (something that has been blown down by the wind)
Norwegian
3 entries- nedfallsfrukt noun (fruit fallen off a tree naturally)
- uventet hell noun (sudden large benefit)
- vindfall noun (something that has been blown down by the wind)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- غنیمت noun (sudden large benefit)
Polish
3 entries- gratka noun (sudden large benefit)
- spad noun (fruit fallen off a tree naturally)
- wiatrołom noun (something that has been blown down by the wind)
Russian
4 entries- бурело́м noun (something that has been blown down by the wind)
- вале́жник noun (something that has been blown down by the wind)
- ветрова́л noun (something that has been blown down by the wind)
- неожи́данная уда́ча noun (sudden large benefit)
Spanish
2 entries- fruta caída noun (fruit fallen off a tree naturally)
- venturanza noun (sudden large benefit)
Swedish
1 entries- fallfrukt noun (fruit fallen off a tree naturally)
Thai
1 entries- ลาภลอย noun (sudden large benefit)
Tlingit
1 entries- g̱éechadi noun (something that has been blown down by the wind)
Turkish
2 entries- devlet kuşu noun (sudden large benefit)
- talih kuşu noun (sudden large benefit)
Volapük
2 entries- falafluk noun (fruit fallen off a tree naturally)
- falaflukem noun (fruit fallen off a tree naturally)
Welsh
1 entries- ffrwyth cwymp noun (fruit fallen off a tree naturally)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The corporation saw windfall profits this year.
Source: tatoeba (2332812)
They received a windfall as recompense for false imprisonment, but it doesn't even begin to make up for lost time.
Source: tatoeba (10627864)
The danger from windfall is greatest to trees developed in dense stands, which are tall and have slender stems, and increases with the age of the stand.
Source: wiktionary
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