"accidental" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌæk.sɪ.ˈdɛn.tl̩/ Audio: en-us-accidental.ogg [US] Forms: more accidental [comparative], most accidental [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛntəl Etymology: From Middle English accidental, from Anglo-Norman accidentel, Middle French accidentel, accidental, and their source, Late Latin accidēntālis; corresponding to accident + -al. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|accidental}} Middle English accidental, {{der|en|xno|accidentel}} Anglo-Norman accidentel, {{der|en|frm|accidentel}} Middle French accidentel, {{m|frm|accidental}} accidental, {{der|en|LL.|accidēntālis}} Late Latin accidēntālis, {{affix|en|accident|-al|nocat=1}} accident + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} accidental (comparative more accidental, superlative most accidental)
  1. Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.
    Sense id: en-accidental-en-adj-en:versus_the_essence
  2. Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.
    (philosophy) Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought).
    Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-accidental-en-adj-en:versus_the_essence1 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
  3. (music) Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-accidental-en-adj-en:in_music Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  4. Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional.
    Sense id: en-accidental-en-adj-en:occasionally_and_by_chance
  5. Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional. Synonyms (happening by chance): adventitious Translations (happening by chance): τυχαῖος (tukhaîos) (Ancient Greek), عَرْضِيّ (ʕarḍiyy) (Arabic), պատահական (patahakan) (Armenian), осраҡлы (osraqlı) (Bashkir), выпадко́вы (vypadkóvy) (Belarusian), неспадзява́ны (njespadzjavány) (english: unexpected) (Belarusian), случа́ен (slučáen) (Bulgarian), неоча́кван (neočákvan) (english: unexpected) (Bulgarian), accidental (Catalan), 偶然 (ǒurán) (Chinese Mandarin), nahodilý (Czech), náhodný (Czech), tilfældig (Danish), toevallig (Dutch), neatendita (Esperanto), hazarda (Esperanto), akcidenta (Esperanto), sattumanvarainen (Finnish), sattumalta (Finnish), accidentel (French), შემთხვევითი (šemtxveviti) (Georgian), versehentlich (German), zufällig (German), τυχαίος (tychaíos) (Greek), מִקְרִי (mikrí) (Hebrew), आकस्मिक (ākasmik) (Hindi), संयोगी (sañyogī) (Hindi), आगंतुक (āgantuk) (Hindi), इत्तफ़ाक़िया (ittafāqiyā) (Hindi), véletlen (Hungarian), aimseach (Irish), toirmeascach (Irish), accidentale (Italian), 偶然の (gūzen no) (alt: ぐうぜん) (Japanese), 우연하다 (uyeonhada) (Korean), 돌발적 (dolbaljeok) (alt: 突發的) (Korean), fortuītus (Latin), случаен (slučaen) (Macedonian), kōpeka (Maori), tilfeldig (Norwegian Bokmål), تصادفی (tasâdofi) (Persian), przypadkowy (Polish), acidental (Portuguese), accidental (Romanian), întâmplător (Romanian), случа́йный (slučájnyj) (Russian), неожи́данный (neožídannyj) (english: unexpected) (Russian), слу̏ча̄јан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), нена́мјеран [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), slȕčājan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), nenámjeran [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), náhodný (Slovak), naključen (Slovene), accidental (Spanish), casual (Spanish), imprevisto (Spanish), fortuito (Spanish), tillfällig (Swedish), тасодуфӣ (tasodufī) (Tajik), очраклы (oçraqlı) (Tatar), випадко́вий (vypadkóvyj) (Ukrainian), несподі́ваний (nespodívanyj) (english: unexpected) (Ukrainian), حادثاتی (hādsātī) (Urdu), ناگہاں (nāgahā̃) (Urdu), tasodifiy (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-accidental-en-adj-en:unintentionally_and_by_chance Disambiguation of 'happening by chance': 0 1 1 42 56 1 Disambiguation of 'happening by chance': 0 1 1 42 56 1
  6. (geometry) Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space. Categories (topical): Geometry
    Sense id: en-accidental-en-adj-en:in_math__especially_geometry Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: lucky, risky, unlucky Related terms: accident, accidentally

Noun

IPA: /ˌæk.sɪ.ˈdɛn.tl̩/ Audio: en-us-accidental.ogg [US] Forms: accidentals [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛntəl Etymology: From Middle English accidental, from Anglo-Norman accidentel, Middle French accidentel, accidental, and their source, Late Latin accidēntālis; corresponding to accident + -al. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|accidental}} Middle English accidental, {{der|en|xno|accidentel}} Anglo-Norman accidentel, {{der|en|frm|accidentel}} Middle French accidentel, {{m|frm|accidental}} accidental, {{der|en|LL.|accidēntālis}} Late Latin accidēntālis, {{affix|en|accident|-al|nocat=1}} accident + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} accidental (plural accidentals)
  1. A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally. Translations (a property which is not essential): несъществено качество (nesǎštestveno kačestvo) (Bulgarian), Zufall [masculine] (German), Versehen [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-accidental-en-noun-iqtr~OnE Disambiguation of 'a property which is not essential': 89 1 9 1
  2. (painting, plural only) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Painting Translations ((in plural, painting)): acidente [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-accidental-en-noun-tRG6zyk2 Categories (other): English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of '(in plural, painting)': 11 39 25 25
  3. (music) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note. Categories (topical): Music Translations ((music)): byteken (Afrikaans), accident [masculine] (Catalan), etumerkki (Finnish), altération [feminine] (French), αλλοίωση (alloíosi) [feminine] (Greek), módosítójel (Hungarian), løst fortegn [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), laust forteikn [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), acidente [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-accidental-en-noun-PxbShmZh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 6 17 1 14 16 1 14 24 5 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of '(music)': 0 0 73 27
  4. Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.
    Sense id: en-accidental-en-noun-MYxZ1JWG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: accidentall [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ǒurán",
          "sense": "happening by chance",
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        {
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          "word": "hazarda"
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          "word": "akcidenta"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "lang": "French",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šemtxveviti",
          "sense": "happening by chance",
          "word": "შემთხვევითი"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "happening by chance",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "happening by chance",
          "word": "zufällig"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mikrí",
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          "word": "מִקְרִי"
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ākasmik",
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          "word": "आकस्मिक"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sañyogī",
          "sense": "happening by chance",
          "word": "संयोगी"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "āgantuk",
          "sense": "happening by chance",
          "word": "आगंतुक"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ittafāqiyā",
          "sense": "happening by chance",
          "word": "इत्तफ़ाक़िया"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "happening by chance",
          "word": "véletlen"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "happening by chance",
          "word": "aimseach"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "happening by chance",
          "word": "toirmeascach"
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      "word": "unintended"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕarḍiyy",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "عَرْضِيّ"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "patahakan",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "պատահական"
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      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "osraqlı",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "осраҡлы"
    },
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "vypadkóvy",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "выпадко́вы"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "english": "unexpected",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njespadzjavány",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "неспадзява́ны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "slučáen",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "случа́ен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "english": "unexpected",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neočákvan",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "неоча́кван"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "accidental"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ǒurán",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "偶然"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "nahodilý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "náhodný"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "tilfældig"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "toevallig"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "neatendita"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "hazarda"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "akcidenta"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "sattumanvarainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "sattumalta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "accidentel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šemtxveviti",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "შემთხვევითი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "versehentlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "zufällig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tychaíos",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "τυχαίος"
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    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "tukhaîos",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "τυχαῖος"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mikrí",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "מִקְרִי"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ākasmik",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "आकस्मिक"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sañyogī",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "संयोगी"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "āgantuk",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "आगंतुक"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "ittafāqiyā",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "इत्तफ़ाक़िया"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "véletlen"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "aimseach"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "toirmeascach"
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      "code": "it",
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      "alt": "ぐうぜん",
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      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "偶然の"
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      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "우연하다"
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      "alt": "突發的",
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      "roman": "dolbaljeok",
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      "word": "돌발적"
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      "code": "la",
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      "word": "fortuītus"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "slučaen",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "случаен"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "kōpeka"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "tilfeldig"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "tasâdofi",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "تصادفی"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "przypadkowy"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "acidental"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "accidental"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
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      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "случа́йный"
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      "code": "ru",
      "english": "unexpected",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "nenámjeran"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "náhodný"
    },
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "naključen"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "accidental"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "casual"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "imprevisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "fortuito"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "tillfällig"
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      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "tasodufī",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "тасодуфӣ"
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      "code": "tt",
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      "roman": "oçraqlı",
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      "word": "очраклы"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vypadkóvyj",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "випадко́вий"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "nespodívanyj",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "несподі́ваний"
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    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "hādsātī",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "حادثاتی"
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      "code": "ur",
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      "roman": "nāgahā̃",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "ناگہاں"
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      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "happening by chance",
      "word": "tasodifiy"
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          "text": "He conceived it just that accidentals ... should sink with the substance of the accusation.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nonessential",
          "nonessential"
        ],
        [
          "happening",
          "happening"
        ],
        [
          "accidentally",
          "accidentally"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English pluralia tantum",
        "en:Painting"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "painting",
          "painting#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "fortuitous",
          "fortuitous"
        ],
        [
          "luminous",
          "luminous"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "painting",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(painting, plural only) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "sharp",
          "sharp"
        ],
        [
          "flat",
          "flat"
        ],
        [
          "natural",
          "natural"
        ],
        [
          "commencement",
          "commencement"
        ],
        [
          "signature",
          "signature"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: substantive"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "text",
          "text"
        ],
        [
          "structural",
          "structural"
        ],
        [
          "spelling",
          "spelling"
        ],
        [
          "punctuation",
          "punctuation"
        ],
        [
          "capitalization",
          "capitalization"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌæk.sɪ.ˈdɛn.tl̩/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛntəl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-accidental.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/95/En-us-accidental.ogg/En-us-accidental.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/En-us-accidental.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "accidentall"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nesǎštestveno kačestvo",
      "sense": "a property which is not essential",
      "word": "несъществено качество"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a property which is not essential",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zufall"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a property which is not essential",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Versehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(in plural, painting)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acidente"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "(music)",
      "word": "byteken"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(music)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "accident"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(music)",
      "word": "etumerkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(music)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "altération"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "alloíosi",
      "sense": "(music)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αλλοίωση"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(music)",
      "word": "módosítójel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "(music)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "løst fortegn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "(music)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "laust forteikn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(music)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acidente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "accidental"
}

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