Flukey — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

subject to accident or chance or change

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/flˈuːki/

🇬🇧British English

/flˈuːki/

🇮🇳Indian English

/flˈuːki/

2 syllables Say it as /flˈuːki/.

Examples

a chancy appeal at best
getting that job was definitely fluky
a fluky wind

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

chancy iffy fluky

Parts of Speech

adjective

subject to accident or chance or change

“a chancy appeal at best”

Word Forms

fluke

noun

a stroke of luck

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

coup de chance

sous réserve d'accident, de chance ou de changement

🇪🇸Spanish

casualidad

sujeto a accidente, oportunidad o cambio

🇮🇹Italian

colpo di fortuna

soggetti a incidenti, possibilità o cambiamenti

🇳🇱Dutch

toevalstreffer

onderhevig aan ongelukken, toeval of verandering

🇵🇹Portuguese

sorte

sujeito a acidente, acaso ou mudança

🇷🇺Russian

случайность

подвержен случайности или случайности или изменению

India

🇮🇳Tamil

பஞ்சுபோன்ற

விபத்து அல்லது வாய்ப்பு அல்லது மாற்றத்திற்கு உட்பட்டது

🇮🇳Telugu

ఫ్లూకీ

ప్రమాదం లేదా అవకాశం లేదా మార్పుకు లోబడి ఉంటుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

फ्लुकी

अपघात किंवा संधी किंवा बदलाच्या अधीन

🇮🇳Gujarati

ફ્લુકી

અકસ્માત અથવા તક અથવા ફેરફારને આધિન

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಯವಾದ

ಅಪಘಾತ ಅಥವಾ ಅವಕಾಶ ಅಥವಾ ಬದಲಾವಣೆಗೆ ಒಳಪಟ್ಟಿರುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഫ്ലൂക്കി

അപകടത്തിനോ അവസരത്തിനോ മാറ്റത്തിനോ വിധേയമായി

🇵🇰Urdu

فلکی

حادثے یا موقع یا تبدیلی کے تابع

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

侥幸

受意外、偶然或变化的影响

🇯🇵Japanese

まぐれな

事故、偶然、または変更の可能性があります

🇰🇷Korean

플루키

사고나 우연, 변화가 있을 수 있음

🇻🇳Vietnamese

con sán

tùy thuộc vào tai nạn hoặc cơ hội hoặc thay đổi

🇹🇭Thai

ฟลุคกี้

อาจเกิดอุบัติเหตุหรือโอกาสหรือการเปลี่ยนแปลง

🇮🇩Indonesian

kebetulan

tunduk pada kecelakaan atau kebetulan atau perubahan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

فلوكي

عرضة لحادث أو فرصة أو تغيير

🇮🇷Persian

فلوکی

در معرض تصادف یا شانس یا تغییر است

🇹🇷Turkish

şans eseri

kazaya veya şansa veya değişikliğe tabidir

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