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10 Language-to-English DictionariesSerendipità
Pronunciation / Transliteration: se-ren-di-pi-ta
"Una vera serendipità."
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
Coined by Horace Walpole in 1754 from the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip.
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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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