coincidence

See also:coïncidence

English

Alternative forms

• coïncidence(rare,chieflydated)
• coincidency(dated)
• quincidence(pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

FromFrenchcoïncidence.Bysurface analysis,coincide+‎-ence.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/
• (General American)IPA^(key):/koʊˈɪnsɪdəns/,/kəˈwɪnsɪdəns/

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Noun

coincidence(countableanduncountable,pluralcoincidences)

1. Of objects, the property of beingcoincident;occurring at the sametimeorplace.
2. Ofevents,the appearance of a meaningful connection when there is none.

   That the two writers were born and died on the same day is just acoincidence,although there are many conspiracy theories about it.

   It is sheercoincidencethat the cartoon resembles the local politician.

3. (mathematical analysis)Acoincidence point.
4. (geometry)A fixed point of acorrespondence;a point of avarietycorresponding to itself under a correspondence.

Synonyms

• (of objects and time):concurrentness,synchronicity;see alsoThesaurus:simultaneousness
• (in analysis):coincidence point

Derived terms

• anthropic coincidence
• anticoincidence
• cohencidence
• cohencidental
• coincidence method
• coincidence point
• coincidence technique
• coincidence theorist
• coincidence theory
• coinkydink
• divine coincidence
• incoincidence
• index of coincidence
• Lefschetz coincidence theorem
• noncoincidence

Related terms

• coincide
• coincident
• coincidental
• coincidentally

Translations

of objects, property of being coincident

• Bulgarian:съвпаде́ние(bg)n(sǎvpadénie)
• Czech:koincidence(cs)f
• French:coïncidence(fr)f
• Hungarian:egybeesés(hu)
• Malay:keadaan serentak(ms)​
• Maori:oruatanga
• Russian:совпаде́ние(ru)n(sovpadénije)
• Spanish:coincidencia(es)f,casualidad(es)f
• Ukrainian:збігm(zbih)

state of events appearing to be connected when they are not

• Arabic:صُدْفَة(ar)f(ṣudfa),مُصَادَفَةf(muṣādafa),تَصَادُفm(taṣāduf)

  Hijazi Arabic:صُدْفةf(ṣudfa)

• Armenian:պատահականություն(hy)(patahakanutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani:təsadüf(az)
• Belarusian:збе́жнасцьf(zbjéžnascʹ),супадзе́ннеn(supadzjénnje)
• Bulgarian:съвпаде́ние(bg)n(sǎvpadénie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Xảo hợp(zh)(qiǎohé)

• Czech:náhoda(cs)f,koincidence(cs)f
• Danish:sammenfaldn,sammentræfn
• Dutch:toeval(nl)n
• Esperanto:koincido
• Finnish:yhteensattuma(fi)
• French:coïncidence(fr)f
• German:zufälliges Zusammentreffenm,Koinzidenz(de)f,Zufall(de)m
• Greek:σύμπτωση(el)f(sýmptosi)

  Ancient Greek:σύμπτωσιςf(súmptōsis)

• Hawaiian:ūlialia
• Hebrew:צירוף-מקריםm(tzerúf-mikrím)
• Hindi:संयोग(hi)m(sãyog),इत्तिफ़ाक़m(ittifāq)
• Hungarian:véletlenegybeesés
• Italian:coincidenza(it)f
• Japanese:Nhất trí(ja)(いっち, itchi),Ngẫu nhiên(ja)(ぐうぜん, gūzen),Phù hợp(ja)(ふごう, fugō),Ngẫu nhiênのNhất trí(ぐうぜんのいっち, gūzen no itchi)
• Korean:일치( nhất trí )(ko)(ilchi),우연의일치(uyeonui ilchi),우연( ngẫu nhiên )(ko)(uyeon)
• Lithuanian:sutapimasm
• Macedonian:совпаѓањеn(sovpaǵanje),случајностf(slučajnost)
• Malay:kebetulan(ms)
• Maori:oruatanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:sammentreffn,sammenfalln,tilfeldighet(no)morf

  Nynorsk:samantreffmorn,samanfall

• Persian:

  Dari:تَصَادُف(fa)(tasāduf)

  Iranian Persian:تَصادُف(fa)(tasâdof)

• Polish:zbieg okoliczności(pl)m,koincydencja(pl)f,przypadek(pl)m,traf(pl)m
• Portuguese:coincidência(pt)f
• Romanian:coincidență(ro)f
• Russian:совпаде́ние(ru)n(sovpadénije)
• Scottish Gaelic:co-thuiteamasm
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:случајностf,коинциденцијаf

  Roman:slučajnost(sh)f,koincidencija(sh)f

• Slovak:náhodaf
• Slovene:nakljúčje(sl)n
• Spanish:coincidencia(es)f,casualidad(es)f
• Swedish:sammanträffande(sv)
• Tajik:тасодуф(tg)(tasoduf)
• Turkish:tesadüf(tr),rastlantı(tr)
• Ukrainian:збігm(zbih),збі́жністьf(zbížnistʹ)
• Urdu:اِتِّفاق(ur)m(ittifāq),تَصادُف?(tasāduf)

coincidence point—seecoincidence point