English
Pronunciation
IPA|/'l�k/
audio|en-us-luck.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�k|-�k
Etymology
Shortened form of Middle Dutch: gheluc (happiness)
Noun
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- Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.
#: The raffle is just a matter of luck.
- A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success.
#: He blew on the dice for luck.
Derived terms
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down on one's luck
lucky
lucky break
luck out
luck of the draw
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luck upon
ride one's luck
run of bad luck
streak of good luck
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Translations
trans-top|something that happens to someone by chance
Albanian: fat
Czech: št�stà n
Kurdish: KUchar|ب��خت
Arabic: ARchar|خظ (kha�), ARchar|بخت (bakht)
Basque: zori
Bosnian: sre�a#Bosnian|sre�a f
Croatian: sre�a#Croatian|sre�a f
Dutch: geluk n
Estonian: õnn
Finnish: onni, tuuri
French: chance f
Frisian: lock n, gelok n
German: Glück n
Hebrew: ��� (mazal), �� (gad)
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Hungarian: szerencse
Interlingua: sorte
Italian: fortuna f, sorte f
Latin: felix f
Polish: szcz��cie n
Portuguese: Sorte
Romanian: noroc n, �ans� f
Russian: �да�а (udá�a) f, везение (v'ez'énije) n, ��а���е (s�ást'je) n
Serbian:
Slovenian: sre�a f
Spanish: suerte F
Swedish: tur
Volapük: läb
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Verb
en-verb
- intransitive To succeed by chance
#: He lucked into a great job.
- intransitive To rely on luck.
#: No plan. We're just to going to have to luck through.
- transitive To carry out relying on luck.
#: Our plan is to luck it through.
Category:Positive words
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