luck

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Meaning

1. Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence, especially a favourable one.
2. A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success.
3. Success.
4. The results of a random number generator.

luck

fortune

fate

good fortune

chance

destiny

good luck

happiness

success

lot

favor

blessing

fluke

hazard

wealth

auspiciousness

windfall

merit

horoscope

accident

coincidence

circumstances

portion

mercy

fortuity

lucky

bad luck

incident

opportunity

tendency

trend

will of Heaven

advantage

favour

providence

fortuitous

godsend

good

meritorious deed

virtue

fortunateness

luckiness

omen

prophetic sign

circumstance

eventuality

good fortunate

happy lot

coup

die

piece of luck

stroke of luck

fortunate

charm

betide

hap

random

good chance

good thing

mazel

donut

friar

monastic

monk

raised doughnut

bliss

blissfulness

bonheur

joy

bunce

withers

randomicity

time

pluck

in luck

goodness

contingency

occurrence

trouble

doom

foredoom

fortunately

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lʌk/

From Middle English luk, lukke, related to Old Frisian luk (“luck”), West Frisian gelok (“luck”), Saterland Frisian Gluk (“luck”), Dutch geluk (“luck, happiness”), Low German luk (“luck”), German Glück (“luck, good fortune, happiness”), Danish lykke (“luck”), Swedish lycka (“luck”), Icelandic lukka (“luck”). According to the OED, it may be related to lock. A loanword into English in the 15th century (probably as a gambling term) from Middle Dutch luc, a shortened form of gheluc (“good fortune”), whence Modern Dutch geluk. Middle Dutch luc, gheluc has parallels with Middle High German lücke, gelücke (Modern German Glück). The word occurs only from the 12th century, apparently first in Rhine Frankish. Perhaps from a Frankish *galukki. The word enters standard Middle High German during the 13th century, and spreads to English and Scandinavian in the Late Middle Ages. Its origin seems to have been regional or dialectal, and there were competing German words such as gevelle or schick, or the Latinate fortūne from Latin fortūna. Its etymology is unknown, although there are numerous proposals as to its derivations from a number of roots. Use as a verb in American English is late (1940s), but there was a Middle English verb lukken (“to chance, to happen by good fortune”) in the 15th century.