English Dictionary
Definition of “luck”
luck (lʌk
)
Word Origin
C15: from Middle Dutch luc; related to Middle High German gelücke, late Old Norse lukka, lykka
Synonyms
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=
good fortune
success,
advantage,
prosperity,
break,
stroke of luck
blessing,
windfall,
good luck,
fluke,
godsend,
serendipity,
=
fortune,
lot,
stars,
chance,
accident,
fate,
hazard,
destiny,
hap,
twist of fate
fortuity,
Quotations
"The more I practise the luckier I get"
Gary Player"You win some, you lose some"
Translations
- British English:
luck
Luck is success or good things that happen to you, which do not come from your own abilities or efforts.He does deserve some good luck.lʌk NOUN He does deserve some good luck.
- Spanish:
suerte
nf
- French:
chance
nf
- German:
Glück
nnt
- Chinese: 运气 n
- Arabic: حَظٌ n
- Portuguese: sorte nf
- Russian: везение nnt
- Croatian: sreća nf
- Czech: štěstí nnt
- Danish: held nnt
- Dutch: geluk nnt
- Finnish: onni n
- Greek: τύχη nf
- Italian: fortuna nf
- Japanese: 運 n
- Korean: 운명 n
- Norwegian: hell nnt
- Polish: szczęście nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: sorte nf
- European Spanish:
suerte
nf
- Swedish: tur nutr
- Thai: โชค n
- Turkish: şans n
- Vietnamese: vận may n
Usage examples
Such strokes of fortune happened occasionally and he accepted them as his share of luck.
Stuart Harrison, LOST SUMMER (2002)I think the engine and the generator problems were just bad luck but the rest was probably my responsibility.
Yachting Boating World (2004)London Irish are a team of practised illusionists who have not got where they are today by luck or blarney.
Irish Times (2002)Bad luck Middlesbrough, it was always going to end in tears.
Glasgow Herald (2001)The longer it continues the longer that period of time for bad luck.
Lilian Verner-Bonds, THORSONS WAY OF - PALMISTRY (2002)
