"fortunate" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nət/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt/ [General-American], /ˈfɔɹt͡ʃ.nɪt/ [General-American], /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nət/ (note: General American, weak-vowel merger), /ˈfɔɹt͡ʃ.nət/ (note: General American, weak-vowel merger) Audio: En-us-fortunate.ogg [US] Forms: more fortunate [comparative], most fortunate [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fortunatus. Morphologically fortune + -ate. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|fortunatus}} Latin fortunatus, {{suffix|en|fortune|ate|nocat=1}} fortune + -ate Head templates: {{en-adj}} fortunate (comparative more fortunate, superlative most fortunate)
  1. Auspicious. Synonyms (auspicious): rosy Translations (auspicious): благоприя́тен (blagoprijáten) (Bulgarian), favorable (Catalan), propici (Catalan), lupaava (Finnish), suotuisa (Finnish), verheißungsvoll (German), 𐰴𐰆𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰍 (qutluɣ) (Old Turkic), قوتلو (qutlu) (Ottoman Turkish), благоприя́тный (blagoprijátnyj) (Russian), kutlu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fortunate-en-adj-9a-LRvCu Disambiguation of 'auspicious': 90 9 1 Disambiguation of 'auspicious': 90 9 1
  2. Happening by good luck or favorable chance. Synonyms (happening by favorable chance): lucky Translations (bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain): щастли́в (štastlív) (Bulgarian), propici (Catalan), günstig (German), verheißungsvoll (German), τυχερός (tycherós) (Greek), hazarda (Ido), hazardala (Ido), propício (Portuguese), счастли́вый (sčastlívyj) (Russian), уда́чный (udáčnyj) (Russian), propicio (Spanish), favorable (Spanish) Translations (coming by good luck or favorable chance): късметли́йски (kǎsmetlíjski) (Bulgarian), afortunat (Catalan), onnekas (Finnish), glücklich (German), 𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 (audahafts) (Gothic), fortunoza (Ido), sonasach (Irish), méanar [predicative] (Irish), traaoil (Manx), momoho (Maori), angitu (Maori), خجسته (xojaste) (Persian), fortunny (Polish), propício (Portuguese), уда́чный (udáčnyj) (Russian), afortunado (Spanish), خوش قسمت (xuš qismat) (Urdu) Translations (receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good, independent of one's own skill or efforts): уда́чен (udáčen) (Bulgarian), onnekas (Finnish), τυχερός (tycherós) [masculine] (Greek), уда́чливый (udáčlivyj) (Russian), счастли́вый (sčastlívyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-fortunate-en-adj-ZdV0aLNI Categories (other): American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts, English entries with incorrect language header, Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts: 7 55 38 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 57 31 Disambiguation of Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 10 61 29 Disambiguation of 'happening by favorable chance': 36 52 12 Disambiguation of 'bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain': 5 59 37 Disambiguation of 'coming by good luck or favorable chance': 9 79 12 Disambiguation of "receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good, independent of one's own skill or efforts": 7 65 27
  3. Favored by fortune. Synonyms (favored by fortune): privileged Translations (lucky, favored by fortune): ἐυτυχής (eutukhḗs) (Ancient Greek), късметли́йски (kǎsmetlíjski) (Bulgarian), afortunat (Catalan), heldig (Danish), onnekas (Finnish), glücklich (German), τυχερός (tycherós) [masculine] (Greek), fortunātus (Latin), 𐰴𐰃𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰍 (qutluɣ) (Old Turkic), قوتلو (qutlu) (Ottoman Turkish), afortunado (Portuguese), sortudo (Portuguese), feliz (Portuguese), уда́чливый (udáčlivyj) (Russian), счастли́вый (sčastlívyj) (Russian), fortanach (Scottish Gaelic), afortunado (Spanish), lycklig (Swedish), skwassu (Tocharian B)
    Sense id: en-fortunate-en-adj-eC0Q1ySm Disambiguation of 'favored by fortune': 4 11 85 Disambiguation of 'lucky, favored by fortune': 27 16 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: auspicious, lucky, successful, prosperous Derived forms: unfortunately, fortunately Related terms: unluckily, luckily

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          "text": "It is a fortunate sign if the sun shines on a newly wedded couple."
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          "ref": "1854, Edward Stanley, A Familiar History of Birds : Their Nature, Habits and Instincts, page 144",
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          "word": "благоприя́тный"
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          "text": "Patrick was the unlikely match-winner as Berkeley earned a fortunate victory over Chisolm."
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          "ref": "2011, George G. Szpiro, Pricing the Future: Finance, Physics, and the 300-year Journey to the Black-Scholes Equation",
          "text": "How many lucky winners, Regnault lamented, boastfully ascribe their success to wise decisions while in reality their triumph was nothing more than the fortunate outcome of random events?",
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          "ref": "2018 July 11, “How Nina Weiner turns dreams into a reality”, in The Jerusalem Post",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
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          "_dis1": "9 79 12",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
          "word": "glücklich"
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          "_dis1": "9 79 12",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "audahafts",
          "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
          "word": "𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃"
        },
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          "code": "io",
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          "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
          "word": "fortunoza"
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
          "word": "sonasach"
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          "_dis1": "9 79 12",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
          "word": "traaoil"
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        {
          "_dis1": "9 79 12",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
          "word": "momoho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 79 12",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
          "word": "angitu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 79 12",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xojaste",
          "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
          "word": "خجسته"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 79 12",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
          "word": "fortunny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 79 12",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
          "word": "propício"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 79 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "udáčnyj",
          "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
          "word": "уда́чный"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
          "word": "afortunado"
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          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "xuš qismat",
          "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
          "word": "خوش قسمت"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "štastlív",
          "sense": "bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain",
          "word": "щастли́в"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain",
          "word": "propici"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain",
          "word": "günstig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 59 37",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain",
          "word": "verheißungsvoll"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 59 37",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "tycherós",
          "sense": "bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain",
          "word": "τυχερός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 59 37",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain",
          "word": "hazarda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 59 37",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain",
          "word": "hazardala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 59 37",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain",
          "word": "propício"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 59 37",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sčastlívyj",
          "sense": "bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain",
          "word": "счастли́вый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 59 37",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "udáčnyj",
          "sense": "bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain",
          "word": "уда́чный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 59 37",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain",
          "word": "propicio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 59 37",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain",
          "word": "favorable"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 65 27",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "udáčen",
          "sense": "receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good, independent of one's own skill or efforts",
          "word": "уда́чен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 65 27",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good, independent of one's own skill or efforts",
          "word": "onnekas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 65 27",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "tycherós",
          "sense": "receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good, independent of one's own skill or efforts",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "udáčlivyj",
          "sense": "receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good, independent of one's own skill or efforts",
          "word": "уда́чливый"
        },
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          "_dis1": "7 65 27",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sčastlívyj",
          "sense": "receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good, independent of one's own skill or efforts",
          "word": "счастли́вый"
        }
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          "text": "We were fortunate not to be fined for speeding.",
          "type": "example"
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          "text": "This is a time when we think of those less fortunate than ourselves."
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          "code": "ase",
          "lang": "American Sign Language",
          "note": "Open8@Chin-PalmBack Open8@NearSideChinhigh-PalmForward",
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kǎsmetlíjski",
          "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
          "word": "късметли́йски"
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
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        {
          "_dis1": "27 16 57",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
          "word": "heldig"
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          "_dis1": "27 16 57",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
          "word": "onnekas"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
          "word": "glücklich"
        },
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          "_dis1": "27 16 57",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "tycherós",
          "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
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        {
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "eutukhḗs",
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          "word": "ἐυτυχής"
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        {
          "_dis1": "27 16 57",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
          "word": "fortunātus"
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          "_dis1": "27 16 57",
          "code": "otk",
          "lang": "Old Turkic",
          "roman": "qutluɣ",
          "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
          "word": "𐰴𐰃𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰍"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 16 57",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "qutlu",
          "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
          "word": "قوتلو"
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        {
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
          "word": "afortunado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 16 57",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
          "word": "sortudo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 16 57",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
          "word": "feliz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 16 57",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "udáčlivyj",
          "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
          "word": "уда́чливый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 16 57",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sčastlívyj",
          "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
          "word": "счастли́вый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 16 57",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
          "word": "fortanach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 16 57",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
          "word": "afortunado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 16 57",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
          "word": "lycklig"
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nət/",
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    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Requests for review of Irish translations",
    "Requests for review of Norwegian translations",
    "Requests for review of Spanish translations"
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          "text": "Patrick was the unlikely match-winner as Berkeley earned a fortunate victory over Chisolm."
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          "ref": "2011, George G. Szpiro, Pricing the Future: Finance, Physics, and the 300-year Journey to the Black-Scholes Equation",
          "text": "How many lucky winners, Regnault lamented, boastfully ascribe their success to wise decisions while in reality their triumph was nothing more than the fortunate outcome of random events?",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "2018 July 11, “How Nina Weiner turns dreams into a reality”, in The Jerusalem Post",
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          "text": "We were fortunate not to be fined for speeding.",
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        {
          "text": "This is a time when we think of those less fortunate than ourselves."
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      "word": "rosy"
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      "sense": "happening by favorable chance",
      "word": "lucky"
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    {
      "word": "lucky"
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    {
      "sense": "favored by fortune",
      "word": "privileged"
    },
    {
      "word": "successful"
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    {
      "word": "prosperous"
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      "code": "ase",
      "lang": "American Sign Language",
      "note": "Open8@Chin-PalmBack Open8@NearSideChinhigh-PalmForward",
      "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kǎsmetlíjski",
      "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
      "word": "късметли́йски"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
      "word": "afortunat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
      "word": "onnekas"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
      "word": "glücklich"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "audahafts",
      "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
      "word": "𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
      "word": "fortunoza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
      "word": "sonasach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
      "tags": [
        "predicative"
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      "word": "méanar"
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    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
      "word": "traaoil"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
      "word": "momoho"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
      "word": "angitu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xojaste",
      "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
      "word": "خجسته"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
      "word": "fortunny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
      "word": "propício"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udáčnyj",
      "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
      "word": "уда́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
      "word": "afortunado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "xuš qismat",
      "sense": "coming by good luck or favorable chance",
      "word": "خوش قسمت"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "štastlív",
      "sense": "bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain",
      "word": "щастли́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain",
      "word": "propici"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain",
      "word": "günstig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain",
      "word": "verheißungsvoll"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tycherós",
      "sense": "bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain",
      "word": "τυχερός"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain",
      "word": "hazarda"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain",
      "word": "hazardala"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain",
      "word": "propício"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sčastlívyj",
      "sense": "bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain",
      "word": "счастли́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udáčnyj",
      "sense": "bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain",
      "word": "уда́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain",
      "word": "propicio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain",
      "word": "favorable"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "blagoprijáten",
      "sense": "auspicious",
      "word": "благоприя́тен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "auspicious",
      "word": "favorable"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "auspicious",
      "word": "propici"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "auspicious",
      "word": "lupaava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "auspicious",
      "word": "suotuisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "auspicious",
      "word": "verheißungsvoll"
    },
    {
      "code": "otk",
      "lang": "Old Turkic",
      "roman": "qutluɣ",
      "sense": "auspicious",
      "word": "𐰴𐰆𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰍"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "qutlu",
      "sense": "auspicious",
      "word": "قوتلو"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "blagoprijátnyj",
      "sense": "auspicious",
      "word": "благоприя́тный"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "auspicious",
      "word": "kutlu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "udáčen",
      "sense": "receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good, independent of one's own skill or efforts",
      "word": "уда́чен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good, independent of one's own skill or efforts",
      "word": "onnekas"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tycherós",
      "sense": "receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good, independent of one's own skill or efforts",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "τυχερός"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udáčlivyj",
      "sense": "receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good, independent of one's own skill or efforts",
      "word": "уда́чливый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sčastlívyj",
      "sense": "receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good, independent of one's own skill or efforts",
      "word": "счастли́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ase",
      "lang": "American Sign Language",
      "note": "Open8@Chin-PalmBack Open8@NearSideChinhigh-PalmForward",
      "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kǎsmetlíjski",
      "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
      "word": "късметли́йски"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
      "word": "afortunat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
      "word": "heldig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
      "word": "onnekas"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
      "word": "glücklich"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tycherós",
      "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "τυχερός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "eutukhḗs",
      "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
      "word": "ἐυτυχής"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
      "word": "fortunātus"
    },
    {
      "code": "otk",
      "lang": "Old Turkic",
      "roman": "qutluɣ",
      "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
      "word": "𐰴𐰃𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰍"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "qutlu",
      "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
      "word": "قوتلو"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
      "word": "afortunado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
      "word": "sortudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
      "word": "feliz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udáčlivyj",
      "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
      "word": "уда́чливый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sčastlívyj",
      "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
      "word": "счастли́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
      "word": "fortanach"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
      "word": "afortunado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
      "word": "lycklig"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "lucky, favored by fortune",
      "word": "skwassu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fortunate"
}

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