accidental
A property which is not essentialA property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
» Do you think this was accidental?
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4 sensesA property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
Zufall, Versehen
(plural, plural only)Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.
Examples
41 sentencesDo you think this was accidental?
My meeting Tom was purely accidental.
Do you think the shooting was accidental?
The timing was accidental.
The timing wasn't accidental.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English accidental, from Anglo-Norman accidentel, Middle French accidentel, acFrom Middle English accidental, from Anglo-Norman accidentel, Middle French accidentel, accidental, and their source, Late Latin accidēntālis; corresponding to accident + -al.
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Forms
plural: accidentals| Singular | accidental |
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