Dictionary

coincidental en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈkəʊ.ɪn.sɪˌdɛn.tl̩/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- English incident English -al English incidental English coincidental From co- + incidental.

Meanings

1. Occurring as or resulting from coincidence.
   • Now, I don't know whether this is an example of nominative determinism – a phrase coined by the New Scientist to describe the phenomenon of one's name determining one's career – or aptonymy, the more coincidental occurrence of one's name being particularly fitting for one's personality, but I came across several such examples in the birding world. 2009, Alex Horne, Birdwatchingwatching: One Year, Two Men, Three Rules, Ten Thousand Birds, →ISBN:
2. Happening or existing at the same time.

Forms

Deriveds

coincidentalism · uncoincidental · noncoincidental

Relateds

accident · coincide · cohencidental · coincidentally · coincidently · coincident · cohencidence · coincidence · incident

Translations (23)

gv cliassagh (happening or existing at the same time) · el συμπτωματικός (occurring as or resulting from coincidence) · sh istòvremen (happening or existing at the same time) · fr coïncidentiel (occurring as or resulting from coincidence) · nl samenvallend (happening or existing at the same time) · tr tesadüfi (occurring as or resulting from coincidence) · gv cliassagh (occurring as or resulting from coincidence) · et üheaegne (happening or existing at the same time) · fr fortuit (occurring as or resulting from coincidence) · de zufällig (occurring as or resulting from coincidence) · sh koincidèntan (occurring as or resulting from coincidence) · fi samanaikainen (happening or existing at the same time) · et samaaegne (happening or existing at the same time) · ro coincidental (occurring as or resulting from coincidence) · sh slȕčājan (occurring as or resulting from coincidence) · fi sattumanvarainen (occurring as or resulting from coincidence) · gv cohuittymagh (occurring as or resulting from coincidence) · fi satunnainen (occurring as or resulting from coincidence) · gv cohuittymagh (happening or existing at the same time) · tr rastlantısal (occurring as or resulting from coincidence) · sh istòdoban (happening or existing at the same time) · et kokkusattumuslik (occurring as or resulting from coincidence) · nl toevallig (occurring as or resulting from coincidence)