lucky

See also: Lucky

English

From Middle English lukky, equivalent to luck +‎ -y. Cognate with Scots lucky (“lucky”), West Frisian lokkich (“lucky, fortunate”), Dutch gelukkig (“lucky, forntunate, happy”). Compare also Danish lykkelig (“happy”), Swedish lycklig (“happy, lucky”).

lucky (comparative luckier or more lucky, superlative luckiest or most lucky)

(of people) Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune
a lucky adventurer

The downed pilot is very lucky to be alive.
Producing, or resulting in, good fortune
a lucky mistake

a lucky cast

a lucky hour

Synonyms: favorable, auspicious, fortunate

1989, Howard Ashman, “Under the Sea”, The Little Mermaid, Walt Disney Feature Animation
They sad ’cause they in their bowl / But fish in the bowl is lucky / They in for a worser fate

(favored by luck): fortunate, successful
(producing or resulting in good chance): auspicious, favorable/favourable, fortunate, fortuitous

of people, having good fortune

Afrikaans: gelukkig
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
American Sign Language: Open8@Chin-PalmBack Open8@NearSideChinhigh-PalmForward
Arabic: مَحْظُوظ‎‎ (maḥẓūẓ)
Armenian: բախտավոր (hy) (baxtavor)
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: afortunat
Chinese:
Mandarin: 幸運 (zh), 幸运 (zh) (xìngyùn), 福氣 (zh), 福气 (zh) (fúqì), 福 (zh) (fú), 吉利 (zh) (jílì), 吉祥 (zh) (jíxiáng)
Czech: mít štěstí, mít kliku, být klikař
Danish: heldig
Dutch: gelukkig (nl), succesvol (nl)
Esperanto: bonŝanca
Finnish: hyväonninen (fi), onnekas (fi)
French: chanceux (fr) m, heureux (fr) m, veinard (fr) m (colloquial)
Georgian: ბედნიერი (bednieri), იღბლიანი (iɣbliani)
German: glücklich (de)
Greek: τυχερός (el) m (tycherós)
Ancient Greek: μάκαρ (mákar), εὐαίων (euaíōn)
Hebrew: בר מזל‎‎ m (bar mazal)
Hindi: भाग्यशाली (bhāgyaśālī), ख़ुशक़िस्मत (xuśqismat)
Hungarian: szerencsés (hu)
Icelandic: lánsamur, heppinn, gæfusamur
Irish: sonasach
Italian: fortunato (it)

Japanese: 幸運 (ja) (こううん, kōun), 運のよい (うんのよい, un-no yoi), ラッキー (ja) (rakkī)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Kurdish:
Sorani: به‌خته‌وه‌ر‎‎ (ku) (bextewer), خۆشبه‌خت‎‎ (xoshbext)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: faustus, fēlīx, fortūnātus
Latvian: veiksmīgs m, veiksmīga f
Navajo: bízháneeʼ
Norwegian: heldig (no)
Persian: خوشبخت‎‎ (fa) (xošbaxt)
Polish: szczęśliwy (pl) m
Portuguese: sortudo (pt) m
Romanian: norocos (ro) m
Russian: уда́чливый (ru) (udáčlivyj), (verb) везти́ (ru) (veztí), счастли́вый (ru) (sčastlívyj), везучий (ru) (vezučij), (day, hit) уда́чный (ru) (udáčnyj)
Scots: weirdly
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: срећан, имати среће

Roman: srećan (sh), imati sreće
Spanish: afortunado (es), suertudo m
Swedish: lyckosam (sv)
Tagalog: manigo
Thai: มีโชค (mii-chôok), มีโชคดี (mee chôhk dee)
Turkish: şanslı (tr)
Vietnamese: may (vi), may mắn (vi)
Yiddish: גליקלעך‎‎ (gliklekh), מזלדיק‎‎ (mazldik)

being good by chance

Korean: 운수 좋은 (unsu joheun)
Kurdish:
Sorani: به‌خته‌وه‌ر‎‎ (ku) (bextewer), خۆشبه‌خت‎‎ (xoshbext)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: faustus, fēlīx, prosperus
Persian: خوش‌شانس‎‎ (xoššâns)
Polish: szczęśliwy (pl) m
Portuguese: sortudo (pt) m
Russian: счастли́вый (ru) (sčastlívyj), хоро́ший (ru) (xoróšij), уда́чный (ru) (udáčnyj)
Scots: weirdly
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: срећан m, сретан m

Roman: srećan (sh) m, sretan (sh) m
Spanish: fortunado (es), afortunado (es)
Swedish: tursam (sv), lycklig (sv)
Thai: โอกาสดี (ohgàat dee)
Vietnamese: may (vi), may mắn (vi)

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