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Pronunciation / Transliteration: qiǎohé
"真是一个巧合！"
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A striking occurrence of two or more events at one time by chance, without apparent causal connection.
"What a coincidence that we ended up staying at the same hotel!"
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
From medieval Latin coincidentia, from Latin coincidere (co- 'together' + incidere 'fall upon, happen'), from in- 'upon' + cadere 'to fall'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "coincidence" is said worldwide
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coïncidence
Transliteration: coïncidence
"C'est une pure coïncidence."
Zufall
Transliteration: Zufall
"Das ist ein seltsamer Zufall."
coincidenza
Transliteration: coincidenza
"Che incredibile coincidenza!"
coincidencia
Transliteration: coincidencia
"Fue una gran coincidencia vernos allí."
coincidência
Transliteration: coincidência
"Foi apenas uma coincidência."
संयोग
Transliteration: sanyog
"यह एक अद्भुत संयोग है।"
巧合
Transliteration: qiǎohé
"真是一个巧合！"
우연의 일치
Transliteration: u-yeon-ui il-chi
"이것은 우연의 일치였다."
偶然の一致
Transliteration: gūzen no itchī
"それはただの偶然の一致です。"
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