fortunate
/ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Example Sentences
- "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"
- "Patrick was the unlikely match-winner as Berkeley earned a fortunate victory over Chisolm."
- "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?"
- "Weiner acknowledges that a stroke of good luck has helped steer her to a more fortunate path early on in life."
- "We were fortunate not to be fined for speeding."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: fortunat, fortūnātus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt/
- British English: /ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/
Inflected Forms
more fortunate (comparative)
most fortunate (superlative)