Dictionary

fortunate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nət/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ˈfɔɹt͡ʃ.nət/ General American, weak vowel merger
• /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nət/ General American, weak vowel merger
• /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt/ (General-American)
• /ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈfɔɹt͡ʃ.nɪt/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English fortunat(e) (“fortunate”), from Latin fortūnātus, from fortūna (“fortune, luck”) + -ātus (adjective-forming suffix), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). See also Middle English fortunaten (“to assure the success (of), make fortunate”); cognate with French fortuné (“lucky”). By surface analysis, fortune + -ate.

Meanings

1. Auspicious.
   • It is a fortunate sign if the sun shines on a newly wedded couple.
   • if it sits still, with its breast towards them, till they have passed, they consider it as a fortunate sign, and everything is expected to go on well during the remainder of their journey 1854, Edward Stanley, A Familiar History of Birds : Their Nature, Habits and Instincts, page 144:
2. Happening by good luck or favorable chance.
   • Patrick was the unlikely match-winner as Berkeley earned a fortunate victory over Chisolm.
   • Weiner acknowledges that a stroke of good luck has helped steer her to a more fortunate path early on in life. 2018 July 11, “How Nina Weiner turns dreams into a reality”, in The Jerusalem Post:
   • 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? 2011, George G. Szpiro, Pricing the Future: Finance, Physics, and the 300-year Journey to the Black-Scholes Equation:
3. Favored by fortune.
   • We were fortunate not to be fined for speeding.
   • This is a time when we think of those less fortunate than ourselves.

Forms

Antonyms

unlucky · unfortunate

Deriveds

misfortunate · fortunateness · unfortunately · fortunately · superfortunate

Relateds

luckily · unluckily

Synonyms

lucky (happening by favorable chance) · successful · rosy (auspicious) · privileged (favored by fortune)

Translations (82)

mi angitu (coming by good luck or favorable chance) · sq gullmëbardhë (lucky, favored by fortune) · grc ἐυτυχής (lucky, favored by fortune) · otk 𐰴𐰆𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰍 (auspicious) · ca afortunat (lucky, favored by fortune) · sv lycklig (lucky, favored by fortune) · ru счастли́вый (receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good, independent of one's own skill or efforts) · ga sonasach (coming by good luck or favorable chance) · gu દૈવવાન (lucky, favored by fortune) · fi onnekas (lucky, favored by fortune) · ga méanar (coming by good luck or favorable chance) · ota میمون (coming by good luck or favorable chance) · otk 𐰴𐰃𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰍 (lucky, favored by fortune) · eo fortunema (lucky, favored by fortune) · ru уда́чный (coming by good luck or favorable chance) · io fortunoza (coming by good luck or favorable chance) · sip སྐལ་ལྡན (coming by good luck or favorable chance) · ca afortunat (coming by good luck or favorable chance) · de glücklich (coming by good luck or favorable chance) · pt propício (bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain) · gu ભાગ્યશાળી (lucky, favored by fortune) · io hazardala (bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain) · bg уда́чен (receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good, independent of one's own skill or efforts) · ca favorable (auspicious) · pt propício (coming by good luck or favorable chance) · de glücklich (lucky, favored by fortune) · pt afortunado (lucky, favored by fortune) · ru счастли́вый (bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain) · io hazarda (bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain) · ru счастли́вый (lucky, favored by fortune) · ota اوغورلو (coming by good luck or favorable chance) · pt feliz (lucky, favored by fortune) · ru уда́чливый (lucky, favored by fortune) · ur خوش قسمت (coming by good luck or favorable chance) · fi onnekas (coming by good luck or favorable chance) · el καλότυχος (lucky, favored by fortune) · el τυχερός (lucky, favored by fortune) · ca propici (auspicious) · fa خجسته (coming by good luck or favorable chance) · bg благоприя́тен (auspicious) · mi momoho (coming by good luck or favorable chance) · de günstig (bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain) · ru уда́чный (bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain) · es fortunado (disused) (lucky, favored by fortune) · bg късметли́йски (lucky, favored by fortune) · tr uğurlu (auspicious) · fr fortuné (lucky, favored by fortune) · gv traaoil (coming by good luck or favorable chance) · da heldig (lucky, favored by fortune) · tr uğurlu (bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain) · ota اوغورلو (bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain) · bg щастли́в (bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain) · ru уда́чливый (receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good, independent of one's own skill or efforts) · eo fortuna (coming by good luck or favorable chance) · fi lupaava (auspicious) · ota قوتلو (auspicious) · el τυχερός (bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain) · es favorable (bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain) · txb skwassu (lucky, favored by fortune) · ota قوتلو (lucky, favored by fortune) · fi onnekas (receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good, independent of one's own skill or efforts) · ru благоприя́тный (auspicious) · got 𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 (coming by good luck or favorable chance) · ca propici (bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain) · sq gullmëmadh (lucky, favored by fortune) · bg късметли́йски (coming by good luck or favorable chance) · gu નસીબદાર (lucky, favored by fortune) · el τυχερός (receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good, independent of one's own skill or efforts) · ota میمون (auspicious) · gu સુભાગી (lucky, favored by fortune) · gd fortanach (lucky, favored by fortune) · es afortunado (coming by good luck or favorable chance) · tr kutlu (auspicious) · tr uğurlu (coming by good luck or favorable chance) · la fortunātus (lucky, favored by fortune) · es propicio (bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain) · pt sortudo (lucky, favored by fortune) · de verheißungsvoll (bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain) · pl fortunny (coming by good luck or favorable chance) · de verheißungsvoll (auspicious) · es afortunado (lucky, favored by fortune) · fi suotuisa (auspicious)