fortunate

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːt͡ʃənɪt/, /ˈfɔːt͡ʃənət/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹt͡ʃənɪt/, /ˈfɔɹt͡ʃnɪt/
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  • (General American, weak-vowel merger) IPA(key): [ˈfoɹt͡ʃənətʰ], [ˈfoɹt͡ʃnətʰ]
  • Hyphenation: for‧tu‧nate

Adjective

fortunate (comparative more fortunate, superlative most fortunate)

  1. Happening by good luck or favorable chance.
    What a fortunate occurrence!
  2. Bringing unforeseen positives
  3. Presaging happiness.
  4. Auspicious.
    a fortunate event
    a fortunate concurrence of circumstances
    a fortunate investment
  5. Lucky, favored by fortune.
    We were fortunate not to be fined for speeding.

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See also

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for fortunate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Italian

Adjective

fortunate

  1. feminine plural of fortunato

Latin

Etymology

From fortūnātus (“fortunate, prosperous”)

Adverb

fortūnātē (comparative fortūnātius, superlative fortūnātissimē)

  1. prosperously, fortunately

References

  • fortunate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fortunate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fortunate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
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