Serendipity — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˌɛɹəndˈɪpᵻɾi/

🇬🇧British English

/sˌɛɹəndˈɪpɪti/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˌɛɹəndˈɪpɪti/

5 syllables Say it as /sˌɛɹəndˈɪpᵻɾi/.

Word Forms

serendipitous

adjective

lucky in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

glücklicher Zufall

Viel Glück bei unerwarteten und glücklichen Entdeckungen

🇫🇷French

hasard

bonne chance pour faire des découvertes inattendues et heureuses

🇪🇸Spanish

casualidad

buena suerte haciendo descubrimientos inesperados y afortunados

🇮🇹Italian

serendipità

buona fortuna nel fare scoperte inaspettate e fortunate

🇳🇱Dutch

toevalstreffer

veel succes met het doen van onverwachte en gelukkige ontdekkingen

🇵🇹Portuguese

acaso

boa sorte em fazer descobertas inesperadas e afortunadas

🇷🇺Russian

случайность

удачи в неожиданных и удачных открытиях

India

🇮🇳Hindi

नसीब

अप्रत्याशित और भाग्यशाली खोज करने के लिए शुभकामनाएँ

🇮🇳Tamil

தற்செயல்

எதிர்பாராத மற்றும் அதிர்ஷ்டமான கண்டுபிடிப்புகள் செய்ய நல்ல அதிர்ஷ்டம்

🇮🇳Telugu

సెరెండిపిటీ

ఊహించని మరియు అదృష్టవంతమైన ఆవిష్కరణలు చేయడంలో అదృష్టం

🇮🇳Marathi

निर्मळपणा

अनपेक्षित आणि भाग्यवान शोध लावण्यासाठी शुभेच्छा

🇮🇳Gujarati

નિર્મળતા

અણધારી અને નસીબદાર શોધ કરવામાં સારા નસીબ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪ್ರಶಾಂತತೆ

ಅನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿತ ಮತ್ತು ಅದೃಷ್ಟದ ಆವಿಷ್ಕಾರಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾಡುವಲ್ಲಿ ಅದೃಷ್ಟ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സാന്ദർഭികത

അപ്രതീക്ഷിതവും ഭാഗ്യകരവുമായ കണ്ടെത്തലുകൾ നടത്തുന്നതിൽ ഭാഗ്യം

🇵🇰Urdu

بے حسی

غیر متوقع اور خوش قسمت دریافت کرنے میں اچھی قسمت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

偶然性

祝你好运，做出意想不到的幸运发现

🇯🇵Japanese

偶然

予期せぬ幸運な発見をして幸運を祈ります

🇰🇷Korean

세렌디피티

예상치 못한 행운의 발견에 행운을 빕니다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự tình cờ

chúc may mắn trong việc có những khám phá bất ngờ và may mắn

🇹🇭Thai

ความบังเอิญ

ขอให้โชคดีในการค้นพบที่ไม่คาดคิดและโชคดี

🇮🇩Indonesian

keberuntungan

semoga berhasil dalam membuat penemuan yang tidak terduga dan membawa keberuntungan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الصدفة

حظا سعيدا في تحقيق اكتشافات غير متوقعة ومحظوظة

🇮🇷Persian

خوشبختی

موفق باشید در اکتشافات غیر منتظره و خوش شانس

🇹🇷Turkish

tesadüf

beklenmedik ve şanslı keşifler yapmada iyi şanslar

🇮🇱Hebrew

שלווה

בהצלחה בגילוי תגליות בלתי צפויות ומאושרות

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The primary meaning of 'serendipity' is 'good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries'.

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