fortuity

English

Etymology

fortuitous +‎ -ity, from Latin fortuītus.

Noun

fortuity (countable and uncountable, plural fortuities)

(uncountable) The state of being fortuitous.
(countable) A fortuitous event; an accident.

Synonyms

(fortuitous state): fortuitousness, luck; see also Thesaurus:luck

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “fortuitous state”): adverseness, unluckiness, unfortunateness
(antonym(s) of “fortuitous event”): adversity, misfortune, nakba

Translations

state of being fortuitous

Bulgarian: случайност (bg) f (slučajnost)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 偶然性 (zh) (ǒuránxìng), 偶合性 (ǒuhéxìng)
Finnish: onnekkuus (fi), hyväonnisuus
French: hasard (fr) m
German: Zufälligkeit (de) f
Japanese: 偶然性 (ぐうぜんせい, gūzensei), 偶然 (ja) (ぐうぜん, gūzen)
Kazakh: кездейсоқтық (kezdeisoqtyq)
Russian: случа́йность (ru) f (slučájnostʹ)
Spanish: azar (es) m

fortuitous event

Bulgarian: непредвиден случай m (nepredviden slučaj)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 偶然事件 (ǒurán shìjiàn)
Finnish: onnenpotku, sattuma (fi)
French: hasard (fr) m
German: Zufall (de) m
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: случа́йность (ru) f (slučájnostʹ), слу́чай (ru) m (slúčaj)
Spanish: azar (es) m

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