lucky

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English

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lucky

Etymology

From Middle English lukky, equivalent to luck +‎ -y. Cognate with Scots lucky (“lucky”), West Frisian lokkich (“lucky, fortunate”), Dutch gelukkig (“lucky, fortunate, happy”). Compare also Danish lykkelig (“happy”), Swedish lycklig (“happy, lucky”), German glücklich (“happy”), Saterland Frisian glukkelk (“happy”).

Pronunciation

enPR: lŭkʹē, IPA^(key): /ˈlʌki/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ʌki

Adjective

lucky (comparative luckier or more lucky, superlative luckiest or most lucky)

(of people) Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.
Synonyms: fortunate, successful; see also Thesaurus:lucky

a lucky adventurer

The downed pilot is very lucky to be alive.
- 1989, “Under the Sea”, in Howard Ashman (lyrics), Alan Menken (music), The Little Mermaid:
  They sad ’cause they in their bowl / But fish in the bowl is lucky / They in for a worser fate
Producing, or resulting in, good fortune
Synonyms: favorable, auspicious, favorable, fortunate; see also Thesaurus:auspicious

a lucky mistake

a lucky cast

a lucky hour

Derived terms

Translations

of people, having good fortune

Afrikaans: gelukkig
Albanian: fatlum (sq)
American Sign Language: Open8@Chin-PalmBack Open8@NearSideChinhigh-PalmForward
Arabic: مَحْظُوظ (maḥẓūẓ)
Armenian: բախտավոր (hy) (baxtavor)
Azerbaijani: bəxtli, bəxti gətirən, bəxtəvər (az)
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: уда́члівы (udáčlivy), шчаслі́вы (be) (ščaslívy), шанцава́ць impf (šancavácʹ) (impersonal verb), шча́сціць impf (ščáscicʹ) (impersonal verb), шчаслі́віцца impf (ščaslívicca) (impersonal verb)
Bulgarian: късметли́я m (kǎsmetlíja) (noun, a lucky person), късметли́йка f (kǎsmetlíjka)
Catalan: astruc (ca), afortunat (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 幸運／幸运 (zh) (xìngyùn), 福氣／福气 (zh) (fúqì), 福 (zh) (fú), 吉利 (zh) (jílì), 吉祥 (zh) (jíxiáng)
Czech: mít štěstí (cs), mít kliku, být klikař
Danish: heldig
Dutch: gelukkig (nl), succesvol (nl)
Esperanto: bonŝanca
Finnish: hyväonninen (fi), onnekas (fi)
French: chanceux (fr), heureux (fr), veinard (fr) (colloquial)
Georgian: ბედნიერი (bednieri), იღბლიანი (iɣbliani)
German: glücklich (de)
Greek: τυχερός (el) (tycherós)
Ancient: εὐτυχής (eutukhḗs), μάκαρ (mákar), εὐαίων (euaíōn)
Hebrew: בר מזל (bar mazal)
Hindi: भाग्यशाली (hi) (bhāgyaśālī), ख़ुशक़िस्मत (xuśqismat)
Hungarian: szerencsés (hu)
Icelandic: lánsamur, heppinn, gæfusamur
Irish: sonasach
Italian: fortunato (it)
Japanese: 幸運 (ja) (こううん, kōun), 運のよい (うんのよい, un no yoi), ラッキー (ja) (rakkī)
Korean: 운이 좋은 (uni jo'eun), 운수 좋은 (unsu jo'eun)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بەختەوەر (bextewer), خۆشبەخت (xoşbext)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: faustus, fēlīx, fortūnātus
Latvian: veiksmīgs
Malay: bertuah (ms)
Navajo: bízháneeʼ
Norwegian: heldig (no)
Occitan: astruc (oc)
Old English: ġesǣliġ
Persian: خوشبخت (fa) (xošbaxt), بختیار (fa) (baxtiyâr)
Polish: szczęśliwy (pl)
Portuguese: sortudo (pt)
Romanian: norocos (ro)
Russian: уда́чливый (ru) (udáčlivyj), (impersonal verb) везти́ (ru) (veztí) (e.g. "ему́ везёт" - "he is lucky"), счастли́вый (ru) (sčastlívyj), везу́чий (ru) (vezúčij), (day, hit) уда́чный (ru) (udáčnyj), счастли́виться (ru) impf (sčastlívitʹsja) (impersonal verb), фарти́ть (ru) impf (fartítʹ) (impersonal verb, slang)
Scots: weirdly
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: срећан, имати среће

Roman: srećan, imati sreće
Spanish: afortunado (es), suertudo (es), lechero (es)
Swedish: lyckosam (sv)
Tagalog: manigo
Thai: มีโชค (mii-chôok), มีโชคดี (mii chôok dii), เฮง (th) (heng)
Turkish: şanslı (tr), uğurlu (tr), ballı (tr), talihli (tr)
Ukrainian: щасли́вий (uk) (ščaslývyj), ща́сний (ščásnyj), щасти́ти (uk) impf (ščastýty) (impersonal verb), талани́ти impf (talanýty) (impersonal verb)
Vietnamese: may (vi), may mắn (vi), hên (vi)
Welsh: ffodus (cy), lwcus (cy)
Yiddish: גליקלעך (gliklekh), מזלדיק (mazldik)

being good by chance

Afrikaans: gelukkig
American Sign Language: Open8@Chin-PalmBack Open8@NearSideChinhigh-PalmForward
Arabic: مَحْظُوظ (maḥẓūẓ)
Armenian: հաջող (hy) (haǰoġ), բարեբախտ (hy) (barebaxt)
Belarusian: шчаслі́вы (be) (ščaslívy)
Bulgarian: щастли́в (bg) (štastlív)
Catalan: afortunat (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 幸運／幸运 (zh) (xìngyùn)
Czech: šťastný (cs)
Danish: heldig
Dutch: gelukkig (nl), boffend (nl)
Finnish: onnekas (fi), onnellinen (fi)
French: fortuné (fr), chanceux (fr), heureux (fr), porte-bonheur (fr)
German: glücklich (de)
Hindi: भाग्यशाली (hi) (bhāgyaśālī)
Hungarian: szerencsés (hu)
Irish: ádhúil, méanar (predicative only)
Italian: fortunato (it)
Japanese: 運の良い (うんのよい, un no yoi)
Korean: 운이 좋은 (uni jo'eun), 운수 좋은 (unsu jo'eun)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بەختەوەر (bextewer), خۆشبەخت (xoşbext)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: faustus, fēlīx, prosperus
Macedonian: среќен (sreḱen)
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Persian: خوش‌شانس (xoš-šâns)
Polish: szczęśliwy (pl)
Portuguese: sortudo (pt)
Russian: счастли́вый (ru) (sčastlívyj), хоро́ший (ru) (xoróšij), уда́чный (ru) (udáčnyj)
Scots: weirdly
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: срећан, сретан

Roman: srećan, sretan (sh)
Slovak: šťastný (sk)
Slovene: srečen (sl)
Spanish: fortunado (es), afortunado (es)
Swedish: tursam (sv), lycklig (sv)
Thai: โอกาสดี (oo-gàat dii)
Ukrainian: щасли́вий (uk) (ščaslývyj), ща́сний (ščásnyj)
Vietnamese: may (vi), may mắn (vi)
Welsh: ffodus (cy), lwcus (cy)

resulting in good luck

Arabic: جَالِب للحَظّ
German: glückbringend
Greek: γουρλής (el) (gourlís)

Noun

lucky

(bingo) seven