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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwɪnd.fɔːl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwɪnd.fɔl/ [General-American], /ˈwɪnd.fɑl/ [cot-caught-merger], /ˈwɪnd.fo(ː)l/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-عُثمان (Middle river exports)-windfall.wav Forms: windfalls [plural]
enPR: wĭndʹfôl [Received-Pronunciation], wĭndʹfôl [General-American], wĭndʹfäl [cot-caught-merger] Etymology: From Middle English windfal, wyndfall, equivalent to wind + fall. Cognate with Middle High German wintval, wintfal, German Windfall. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|windfal}} Middle English windfal, {{com|en|wind|fall}} wind + fall, {{cog|gmh|wintval}} Middle High German wintval, {{cog|de|Windfall}} German Windfall Head templates: {{en-noun}} windfall (plural windfalls)
  1. Something that has been blown down by the wind. Categories (topical): Wind Translations (something that has been blown down by the wind): ветрова́л (vetrovál) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tuulenkaato (Finnish), Windbruch [masculine] (German), tāiha (Maori), vindfall [neuter] (Norwegian), wiatrołom [masculine] (Polish), па́данец (pádanec) [masculine] (Russian), ветрова́л (vetrovál) (note: of trees) [masculine] (Russian), вале́жник (valéžnik) (note: of trees) [masculine] (Russian), бурело́м (burelóm) (note: of trees) [masculine] (Russian), g̱éechadi (Tlingit)
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  2. A fruit that has fallen from a tree naturally, as from wind. Translations (fruit fallen off a tree naturally): падалина (padalina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pudokas (Finnish), Fallobst [neuter] (German), lehullott gyümölcs (Hungarian), toradh leagtha [masculine] (Irish), nedfallsfrukt [masculine] (Norwegian), spad [masculine] (Polish), па́данец (pádanec) [masculine] (Russian), опа́дыш (opádyš) [colloquial, masculine] (Russian), па́данка (pádanka) [dialectal, feminine] (Russian), па́далица (pádalica) [collective, feminine] (Russian), fruta caída [feminine] (Spanish), fallfrukt (Swedish), falafluk (Volapük), falaflukem [collective] (Volapük), ffrwyth cwymp [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-windfall-en-noun-bSqBWmI3 Disambiguation of 'fruit fallen off a tree naturally': 32 64 4
  3. (figuratively) A sudden large benefit; especially, a sudden or unexpected large amount of money, as from lottery or sweepstakes winnings or an unexpected inheritance or gift. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: godsend, boon Translations (sudden large benefit): ἕρμαιον (hérmaion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), неочакван късмет (neočakvan kǎsmet) (Bulgarian), 意外之財 (Chinese Mandarin), 意外之财 (yìwài zhī cái) (Chinese Mandarin), 暴利 (bàolì) (english: gained illegally or improperly) (Chinese Mandarin), jättipotti (Finnish), aubaine [feminine] (French), warmer Regen [masculine] (German), Geldregen [masculine] (German), talált pénz (Hungarian), hvalreki [masculine] (Icelandic), amhantar [masculine] (Irish), cuccagna [feminine] (Italian), 僥倖 (gyōkō) (alt: ぎょうこう) (Japanese), kurapae (Maori), uventet hell (Norwegian), gratka [feminine] (Polish), неожи́данная уда́ча (neožídannaja udáča) [feminine] (Russian), ลาภลอย (Thai), devlet kuşu (Turkish), talih kuşu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-windfall-en-noun-b-LIsT9d Disambiguation of 'sudden large benefit': 0 1 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: windfall profit, windfall profits tax, windfall shares, windfall tax Related terms: serendipity, windthrow

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "bàolì",
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          "sense": "sudden large benefit",
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          "sense": "sudden large benefit",
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          "sense": "sudden large benefit",
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      "roman": "vetrovál",
      "sense": "something that has been blown down by the wind",
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      "sense": "something that has been blown down by the wind",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "something that has been blown down by the wind",
      "word": "tāiha"
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      "sense": "something that has been blown down by the wind",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "something that has been blown down by the wind",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "wiatrołom"
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      "sense": "something that has been blown down by the wind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "па́данец"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "of trees",
      "roman": "vetrovál",
      "sense": "something that has been blown down by the wind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ветрова́л"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "of trees",
      "roman": "valéžnik",
      "sense": "something that has been blown down by the wind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вале́жник"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "of trees",
      "roman": "burelóm",
      "sense": "something that has been blown down by the wind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бурело́м"
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      "lang": "Tlingit",
      "sense": "something that has been blown down by the wind",
      "word": "g̱éechadi"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "padalina",
      "sense": "fruit fallen off a tree naturally",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "падалина"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fruit fallen off a tree naturally",
      "word": "pudokas"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fruit fallen off a tree naturally",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Fallobst"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fruit fallen off a tree naturally",
      "word": "lehullott gyümölcs"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "fruit fallen off a tree naturally",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "toradh leagtha"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "fruit fallen off a tree naturally",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nedfallsfrukt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fruit fallen off a tree naturally",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spad"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pádanec",
      "sense": "fruit fallen off a tree naturally",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "па́данец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opádyš",
      "sense": "fruit fallen off a tree naturally",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "опа́дыш"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "fruit fallen off a tree naturally",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pádalica",
      "sense": "fruit fallen off a tree naturally",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "па́далица"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fruit fallen off a tree naturally",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fruta caída"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fruit fallen off a tree naturally",
      "word": "fallfrukt"
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    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "fruit fallen off a tree naturally",
      "word": "falafluk"
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    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "fruit fallen off a tree naturally",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "falaflukem"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "fruit fallen off a tree naturally",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ffrwyth cwymp"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neočakvan kǎsmet",
      "sense": "sudden large benefit",
      "word": "неочакван късмет"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sudden large benefit",
      "word": "意外之財"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yìwài zhī cái",
      "sense": "sudden large benefit",
      "word": "意外之财"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "gained illegally or improperly",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bàolì",
      "sense": "sudden large benefit",
      "word": "暴利"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sudden large benefit",
      "word": "jättipotti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sudden large benefit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "aubaine"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sudden large benefit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "warmer Regen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sudden large benefit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Geldregen"
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      "sense": "sudden large benefit",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sudden large benefit",
      "word": "talált pénz"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "váratlan/rendkívüli/nem várt/nem tervezett/ölébe pottyant szerencse/ajándék/segítség/haszon/nyeremény/bevétel/többlet",
      "sense": "sudden large benefit"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "sudden large benefit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hvalreki"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "sudden large benefit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amhantar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sudden large benefit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cuccagna"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぎょうこう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gyōkō",
      "sense": "sudden large benefit",
      "word": "僥倖"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "note": "му падна секирата во мед (mu padna sekirata vo med, literally “His axe fell into the honey”)",
      "sense": "sudden large benefit"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "sudden large benefit",
      "word": "kurapae"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "sudden large benefit",
      "word": "uventet hell"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sudden large benefit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gratka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neožídannaja udáča",
      "sense": "sudden large benefit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "неожи́данная уда́ча"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "sudden large benefit",
      "word": "ลาภลอย"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sudden large benefit",
      "word": "devlet kuşu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sudden large benefit",
      "word": "talih kuşu"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "windfall (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "windfall"
}

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{
  "called_from": "translations/609-20230504",
  "msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
  "path": [
    "windfall"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "windfall",
  "trace": ""
}

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