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10 Language-to-English DictionariesGlücklicher Zufall
Native Script:Serendipität / Glücklicher Zufall
Pronunciation / Transliteration: glucklicher-zufall
"Ihre Begegnung war pure Serendipität."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
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 on a remote train in Tokyo." - 2
An aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.
"Scientific breakthroughs often depend on the researcher's serendipity and open-minded observation."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined by Horace Walpole in 1754 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.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Serendipity" is said worldwide
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Sérendipité
Transliteration: serendipite
"La découverte de la pénicilline est un exemple classique de sérendipité."
Glücklicher Zufall
Transliteration: glucklicher-zufall
Script: Serendipität / Glücklicher Zufall
"Ihre Begegnung war pure Serendipität."
Serendipità
Transliteration: serendipita
"Trovare questo libro raro è stata una vera serendipità."
Serendipia
Transliteration: serendipia
"El hallazgo de la cueva prehistórica fue pura serendipia."
Serendipidade
Transliteration: serendipidade
"Foi por pura serendipidade que eles se conheceram naquele café."
संयोग से मिला सौभाग्य
Transliteration: sanyog-se-mila-saubhagya
Script: संयोगवश लाभ / आकस्मिक सौभाग्य
"उस पुराने दोस्त से मिलना एक सुखद संयोग था।"
意外发现的珍宝
Transliteration: yiwai-faxian-de-zhenbao
Script: 意外机缘 / 巧合之喜
"在旧书店找到这本绝版书真是一种意外之喜。"
뜻밖의 행운
Transliteration: tteutbakk-ui-haeng-un
Script: 세렌디피티 (뜻밖의 발견)
"그녀와의 재회는 뜻밖의 기적 같은 행운이었다."
思いがけない幸運
Transliteration: omoigakenai-koun
Script: セレンディピティ / 偶然の幸運
"科学の進歩にはセレンディピティが不可欠である。"
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