fortuito

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /forˈtu.i.to/[1][2]
  • Rhymes: -uito
  • Syllabification: for‧tù‧i‧to

Adjective

fortuito (feminine fortuita, masculine plural fortuiti, feminine plural fortuite)

  1. (relational) chance; accidental, fortuitous, casual
    Synonyms: accidentale, casuale

Derived terms

References

  1. fortuito in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. fortuito in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Latin

Etymology

From forte (by chance).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /for.tuˈiː.toː/, [fɔrt̪uˈiːt̪oː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /for.tuˈi.to/, [fort̪uˈiːt̪o]

Adverb

fortuītō (not comparable)

  1. by chance, accidentally, casually
    Synonym: forte
  2. fortuitously

References

  • fortuito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fortuito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fortuito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere
  • Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Portuguese

Adjective

fortuito (feminine fortuita, masculine plural fortuitos, feminine plural fortuitas)

  1. fortuitous (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fortuītus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /foɾˈtwito/ [foɾˈt̪wi.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Syllabification: for‧tui‧to

Adjective

fortuito (feminine fortuita, masculine plural fortuitos, feminine plural fortuitas)

  1. by chance, accidental, fortuitous, casual

Derived terms

Further reading

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