Italian

Adjective

fortuito m ‎(feminine singular fortuita, masculine plural fortuiti, feminine plural fortuite)

1. accidental, chance (attributive), fortuitous, casual

Synonyms

• casuale, accidentale

Derived terms

• fortuitamente

Latin

Etymology

From fōrte ‎(“by chance”)

Adverb

fōrtuītō ‎(not comparable)

1. by chance, accidentally, casually
2. fortuitously

Synonyms

• (by chance): fōrte

Related terms

References

• fortuito in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fortuito in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fortuito”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere
    
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Portuguese

Adjective

fortuito m ‎(feminine singular fortuita, masculine plural fortuitos, feminine plural fortuitas, comparable)

1. fortuitous (happening by chance, not necessarily a lucky one)

Spanish

Adjective

fortuito m ‎(feminine singular fortuita, masculine plural fortuitos, feminine plural fortuitas)

1. accidental

Derived terms

• fortuitamente