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10 Language-to-English DictionariesGlücklicher Zufall
Native Script:Serendipität
Pronunciation / Transliteration: glük-li-kher tsu-fall
"Reiner glücklicher Zufall."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
"A fortunate stroke of serendipity brought the two old university friends together."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coinage from 1754 by Horace Walpole, derived from the Persian fairy tale 'The Three Princes of Serendip', whose heroes were always making discoveries by accidents and sagacity of things they were not in quest of. 'Serendip' is an old name for Sri Lanka.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Serendipity" is said worldwide
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Sérendipité
Transliteration: se-ran-di-pi-te
"Un exemple de sérendipité."
Glücklicher Zufall
Transliteration: glük-li-kher tsu-fall
Script: Serendipität
"Reiner glücklicher Zufall."
Serendipità
Transliteration: se-ren-di-pi-ta
"Una vera serendipità."
Serendipia
Transliteration: se-ren-di-pya
"Fue pura serendipia."
Serendipidade
Transliteration: se-ren-di-pi-da-de
"Por pura serendipidade."
संयोग से मिला सौभाग्य
Transliteration: Sanyog se mila saubhagya
Script: संयोगवश लाभ
"सुखद संयोग था।"
意外发现的珍宝
Transliteration: Yìwài fāxiàn de zhēnbǎo
Script: 巧合之喜
"真是一种意外之喜。"
뜻밖의 행운
Transliteration: Tteutbakk-ui haeng-un
Script: 세렌디피티
"뜻밖의 행운이었다."
思いがけない幸運
Transliteration: Omoigakenai kōun
Script: セレンディピティ
"偶然の幸運である。"
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