fortuity

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fortuity

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From fortuitous + -ity, from Latin fortuītus.

noun fortuities

  1. uncountable The state of being fortuitous.

    Similar: fortuitousness, luck, felicity, fortune, fortuity, good cess, good fortune, good luck, happiness, adventure, accident, casualty · Opposite: adverseness, unluckiness, unfortunateness, adversity, bad cess, bad luck, disadventure, hard luck, ill luck, illfare, misadventure, mischance

  2. countable A fortuitous event; an accident.

    Similar: good fortune, accident, befalling, chance, contingency, casualty, fortuity · Opposite: adversity, misfortune, nakba

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noun state of being fortuitous

Españolazar
日本語偶然性 gūzensei, 偶然 gūzen
中文偶然性 ǒuránxìng, 偶合性 ǒuhéxìng
Françaishasard
DeutschZufälligkeit
Русскийслуча́йность slučájnostʹ

noun fortuitous event

Españolazar
中文偶然事件 ǒurán shìjiàn
Françaishasard
DeutschZufall
Русскийслуча́йность slučájnostʹ, слу́чай slúčaj

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@misc{fortuity_2026,
  title = {fortuity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fortuity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}