# lucky

Pronunciation: say "LUK-ee" /ˈlʌki/

## Adjective

1. Favored by luck; enjoying good fortune or success that came by chance rather than effort.
   - Simple: Having good things happen to you by chance, not because of skill.
   - _The contestant was lucky enough to draw the only winning ticket in the box._
   - _Investors who sold before the crash proved luckier than those who held on._
2. Bringing about good fortune, or turning out to have a fortunate result.
   - Simple: Bringing good luck, or leading to something good happening.
   - _A lucky break in the weather let the crew finish the roof before dark._
   - _They scheduled the wedding for what the calendar called the luckiest day of the month._

## Other meanings

- (noun) In the game of bingo, the number seven.

## Origin

From Middle English lukky, formed from luck plus the suffix -y. It is related to Scots lucky, West Frisian lokkich, and Dutch gelukkig, and compares with Danish lykkelig, Swedish lycklig, and German glücklich.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/lucky (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).