lucky

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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):

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• Rhymes: -ʌki

Adjective

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

1. (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.

   • 1872, Laurence William M. Lockhart, Fair to see‎, page 149:

     I thought my nephew a fool ; I now know that he is a doosed sensible fellow, and the luckiest dog in Christendom — luckiest dog in Christendom, I declare.

   • 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

   • 2011, Alan Bennett, “Baffled at a Bookcase”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.15:

     The luckier and less disabled ones manned lifts or were posted at the doors of public buildings, a uniformed and bemedalled conciergerie who were more often than not unhelpful, making the most of whatever petty authority they were invested with.

2. Producing, or resulting in, good fortune

   Synonyms: favorable, auspicious, favorable, fortunate; see also Thesaurus:auspicious

   a lucky mistake

   a lucky cast

   a lucky hour

   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 17:

     A local doctor had bought one canvas and but for that lucky chance he would have been out of pocket.

Derived terms

• cut one's lucky
• get lucky
• happy-go-lucky
• luckily
• luckiness
• lucky bag
• lucky bamboo
• lucky break
• lucky charm
• lucky clover
• Lucky Country
• lucky devil
• lucky dip
• lucky dog
• lucky draw
• lucky duck
• lucky duckling
• lucky girl syndrome
• lucky grouper
• lucky imaging
• lucky loser
• lucky money
• lucky nut
• Lucky Pierre
• lucky star
• lucky stiff
• lucky streak
• lucky you
• one should be so lucky
• strike it lucky
• strike lucky
• strike me lucky
• superlucky
• third time lucky
• today's lucky 10,000
• today's lucky ten thousand
• unlucky
• you have to be good to be lucky

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), mázlista (hu) (slang) 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 Navajo: bízháneeʼ Norwegian: heldig (no) Occitan: astruc (oc) Old English: ġesǣliġ Ottoman Turkish: اوغورلو (uğurlu), میمون (maymun) 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), suertero, lechoso (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), mázlis (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 Ottoman Turkish: اوغورلو (uğurlu), میمون (maymun) 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) Turkish: uğurlu (tr) 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) Spanish: a la champa

Noun

lucky

1. (bingo) seven