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English
Etymology
From co- + incidental.
Pronunciation
Adjective
coincidental (comparative more coincidental, superlative most coincidental)
- Occurring as or resulting from coincidence.
2009, Alex Horne, Birdwatchingwatching: One Year, Two Men, Three Rules, Ten Thousand Birds, →ISBN:Now, I don't know whether this is an example of nominative determinism – a phrase coined by the New Scientist to describe the phenomenon of one's name determining one's career – or aptonymy, the more coincidental occurrence of one's name being particularly fitting for one's personality, but I came across several such examples in the birding world.
- Happening or existing at the same time.
Derived terms
Translations
occurring as or resulting from coincidence
happening or existing at the same time
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /koinθidenˈtal/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /koinsidenˈtal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: co‧in‧ci‧den‧tal
Adjective
coincidental m or f (masculine and feminine plural coincidentales)
- coincidental
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