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lucky.

Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈlʌki/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈlʊki/Northern-England/ˈlʌke/Scotland

  1. Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.

    a lucky adventurer
    The downed pilot is very lucky to be alive.

  2. Producing, or resulting in, good fortune

    a lucky mistake
    a lucky cast
Where this word comes from

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”).

noun/ˈlʌki/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈlʊki/Northern-England/ˈlʌke/Scotland

  1. seven

Where this word comes from

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”).

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