felicitous

English

Etymology

From Latin felicitās (“luck”), from Latin felix (“lucky”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fəˈlɪsɪtəs/

Adjective

felicitous (comparative more felicitous, superlative most felicitous)

Fitting; happening at the right time.
Working out well.
(linguistics, of a sentence or utterance) Semantically and pragmatically coherent, fitting in the context.
This sentence is grammatical; it is just not felicitous.

Synonyms

(happening at the right time): appropriate, opportune, apt
(working out well): fortunate, opportune

Antonyms

(linguistics: semantically coherent): unfelicitous, grammatical/ungrammatical

Derived terms

Related terms

felicity

Translations

happening at the right time

Bulgarian: уместен (bg) (umesten)
Dutch: gepast (nl), passend (nl), opportuun (nl)
Greek: επιτυχής (el) m (epitychís)
Irish: tráthúil (of speech)

Japanese: 時宜に叶った
Manx: traaoil
Spanish: oportuno (es)

working out well

Bulgarian: подходящ (bg) (podhodjašt), удачен (bg) (udačen)

Greek: επιτυχής (el) m (epitychís)

linguistics: semantically and pragmatically coherent

Dutch: gepast (nl), passend (nl)

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