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coincidental

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English

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Etymology

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From co- +‎ incidental.

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Adjective

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coincidental (comparative more coincidental, superlative most coincidental)

  1. 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.
  2. Happening or existing at the same time.

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /koinθidenˈtal/ [ko.ĩn̟.θi.ð̞ẽn̪ˈt̪al]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /koinsidenˈtal/ [ko.ĩn.si.ð̞ẽn̪ˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: co‧in‧ci‧den‧tal

Adjective

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coincidental m or f (masculine and feminine plural coincidentales)

  1. coincidental

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