different between fortunate vs fitting

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fortunatus.

Morphologically fortune +? -ate.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??t???n?t/, /?f??t???n?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f??t???n?t/, /?f??t??n?t/
• (General American, weak-vowel merger) IPA^(key): [?fo?t???n?t?], [?fo?t??n?t?]
• Hyphenation: for?tu?nate

Adjective

fortunate (comparative more fortunate, superlative most fortunate)

1. Auspicious.

   It is a fortunate sign if the sun shines on a newly wedded couple.
2. Happening by good luck or favorable chance.

   Patrick was the unlikely match-winner as Berkeley earned a fortunate victory over Chisolm.
3. Favored by fortune.

   This is a time when we think of those less fortunate than ourselves.

Synonyms

• (auspicious): rosy; see also Thesaurus:auspicious
• (happening by favorable chance): lucky; see also Thesaurus:lucky
• (favored by fortune): privileged, successful; see also Thesaurus:prosperous

Antonyms

• unlucky
• unfortunate

Derived terms

• unfortunately
• fortunately

Translations

See also

• unluckily
• luckily

References

• fortunate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• fortunate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Adjective

fortunate

1. feminine plural of fortunato

Latin

Etymology

From fort?n?tus (“fortunate, prosperous”)

Adverb

fort?n?t? (comparative fort?n?tius, superlative fort?n?tissim?)

1. prosperously, fortunately

Related terms

• fort?n?tus
• fort?n?

References

• fortunate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fortunate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fortunate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

English

Alternative forms

• (ready): fittin', fittin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?t??/
• Rhymes: -?t??

Verb

fitting

1. present participle of fit
2. (informal, US, with infinitive) Getting ready; preparing.

   I'm fitting to go home and sleep.

Synonyms

• (ready): fixing to (see also going to)

Adjective

fitting (comparative more fitting, superlative most fitting)

1. Ready, appropriate, suitable, or in keeping

Translations

Noun

fitting (countable and uncountable, plural fittings)

1. A small part, especially a standardized or detachable part of a device or machine.
2. (engineering) A tube connector; a standardized connecting part of a piping system to attach sections of pipe together, such as a coupling
3. The act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit.
4. (manufacturing) The process of fitting up; especially of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products.
5. (chiefly Britain, often plural) A removable item in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when one moves out, such as a moveable piece of furniture, a carpet, picture, etc.; US furnishing; compare fixture.

   the fittings of a church or study

6. (uncountable) The action or condition of having fits in the sense of seizures or convulsions.

   Since her medication was changed, her fitting has got worse.

Derived terms

• fitting-out
• fitting room (noun)

Translations