Lucky

Luck′y

,

Adj.

[

Com

par.

Luckier

;

sup

erl.

Luckiest

.]

1.

Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; – said of persons;

as, a

lucky

adventurer

.

“ Lucky wight.”

Spenser.

2.

Producing, or resulting in, good by chance, or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate;

as, a

lucky

mistake; a

lucky

cast; a

lucky

hour.

Syn. – Successful; fortunate; prosperous; auspicious.

Lucky

LUCK'Y

, a.

1.

Fortunate; meeting with good success; as a lucky adventurer.

2.

Fortunate; producing good by chance; favorable; as a lucky adventure; a lucky time; a lucky cast.

lucky

English

Adjective

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

Favoured by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune. Said of persons.

a lucky adventurer

The downed pilot is very lucky to be alive.
Producing, or resulting in, good chance, or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate.

a lucky mistake

a lucky cast

a lucky hour

Quotations

1989, Howard Ashman, “Under the Sea”, The Little Mermaid, Walt Disney Feature Animation
They sad ’cause they in their bowl / But fish in the bowl is lucky / They in for a worser fate

Synonyms

(favored by luck): fortunate, successful
(producing or resulting in good chance): auspicious, favorable/favourable, fortunate, fortuitous

Derived terms

Translations

of people, having good fortune

Afrikaans: gelukkig
Albanian:
American Sign Language: Open8@Chin-PalmBack Open8@NearSideChinhigh-PalmForward
Arabic: مَحْظُوظ ‎(maḥẓūẓ)
Armenian: բախտավոր (hy) ‎(baxtavor)
Basque:
Catalan: afortunat
Chinese:
Mandarin: 幸運 (zh), 幸运 (zh) ‎(xìngyùn), 福氣 (zh), 福气 (zh) ‎(fúqì), 福 (zh) ‎(fú), 吉利 (zh) ‎(jílì), 吉祥 (zh) ‎(jíxiáng)
Czech: mít štěstí, mít kliku, být klikař
Danish: heldig
Dutch: gelukkig (nl)
Esperanto: bonŝanca
Finnish: hyväonninen (fi), onnekas (fi)
French: chanceux (fr) m, heureux (fr) m, veinard (fr) m (colloquial)
Georgian: ბედნიერი ‎(bednieri), იღბლიანი ‎(iɣbliani)
German: glücklich (de)
Greek: τυχερός (el) m ‎(tycherós)
Ancient Greek: μάκαρ ‎(mákar), εὐαίων ‎(euaíōn)
Hebrew: בר מזל m ‎(bar mazal)
Hindi: भाग्यशाली ‎(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:
Kurdish:
Sorani: به‌خته‌وه‌ر (ku) ‎(bextewer), خۆشبه‌خت ‎(xoshbext)
Lao:
Latin: faustus, fēlīx, fortūnātus
Latvian: veiksmīgs m, veiksmīga f
Navajo: bízháneeʼ
Norwegian: heldig (no)
Persian: خوشبخت (fa)
Polish: szczęśliwy (pl) m
Portuguese: sortudo (pt) m
Romanian: norocos (ro) m
Russian: уда́чливый (ru) ‎(udáčlivyj), (verb) везти́ (ru) ‎(veztí), счастли́вый (ru) ‎(sčastlívyj), везучий (ru) ‎(vezučij), (day, hit) уда́чный (ru) ‎(udáčnyj)
Scots: weirdly
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: срећан, имати среће

Roman: srećan (sh), imati sreće
Spanish: afortunado (es), suertudo m
Swedish: lyckosam (sv)
Tagalog: manigo
Thai: มีโชค ‎(mee chôhk), มีโชคดี ‎(mee chôhk dee)
Turkish: şanslı (tr)
Vietnamese: may (vi), may mắn (vi)
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) ‎(haǰoł), բարեբախտ (hy) ‎(barebaxt)
Catalan: afortunat
Chinese:
Mandarin: 幸運 (zh), 幸运 (zh) ‎(xìngyùn)
Czech: šťastný (cs)
Danish: heldig
Dutch: gelukkig (nl), boffend (nl)
Finnish: onnekas (fi), onnellinen (fi)
French: fortuné (fr), chanceux (fr) m, heureux (fr) m, porte-bonheur (fr)
German: glücklich (de)
Hindi: भाग्यशाली ‎(bhāgyaśālī)
Hungarian: szerencsés (hu)
Irish: ádhúil
Italian: fortunato (it) m, fortunata (it) f
Japanese: 運の良い ‎(うんのよい, un no yoi)
Korean: 운수 좋은 ‎(unsu joheun)

Kurdish:
Sorani: به‌خته‌وه‌ر (ku) ‎(bextewer), خۆشبه‌خت ‎(xoshbext)
Lao:
Latin: faustus, fēlīx, prosperus
Persian: خوش‌شانس ‎(xoššâns)
Polish: szczęśliwy (pl) m
Portuguese: sortudo (pt) m
Russian: счастли́вый (ru) ‎(sčastlívyj), хоро́ший (ru) ‎(xoróšij), уда́чный (ru) ‎(udáčnyj)
Scots: weirdly
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: срећан m, сретан m

Roman: srećan (sh) m, sretan (sh) m
Spanish: fortunado (es), afortunado (es)
Swedish: tursam (sv), lycklig (sv)
Thai: โอกาสดี ‎(ohgàat dee)
Vietnamese: may (vi), may mắn (vi)

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