serendipity

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) A combination of events which have come together by chance to make a surprisingly good or wonderful outcome.
2. (countable, uncountable) An unsought, unintended, and/or unexpected, but fortunate, discovery and/or learning experience that happens by accident.
3. (countable, uncountable) The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.

Concepts

sérendipité

chance

🎲

aubaine

coup de pot

heureux hazard

Opposé de

Murphy's law, perfect storm

Synonymes

fluke

stroke of luck

Traductions

serendipità

Serendipität

serendipismo

serendipidade

serendipia

τυχαιότητα

Zufallstreffer

serendipiteit

scoperta

serendipitia

überraschende Erfahrung

unerwartete Entdeckung

wunderbares Zusammentreffen

freudige Überraschung

glücklicher Zufall

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˌsɛɹ.ənˈdɪp.ɪ.ti/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Serendip (“variant of Serendib: Ceylon, Sri Lanka”) + -ity. Coined by English writer and politician Horace Walpole in 1754 based on the Persian story of The Three Princes of Serendip, who (Walpole wrote to a friend) were “always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things which they were not in quest of”.