coincidental

From co- +‎ incidental.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊ.ɪn.sɪˌdɛn.tl̩/

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• Rhymes: -ɛntəl

coincidental (comparative more coincidental, superlative most coincidental)

1. Occurring as or resulting from coincidence.
   • 2009, Alex Horne, Birdwatchingwatching: One Year, Two Men, Three Rules, Ten Thousand Birds, →ISBN:

     Now, I don't know whether this is an example of nominative determinism – a phrase coined by the New Scientist to describe the phenomenon of one's name determining one's career – or aptonymy, the more coincidental occurrence of one's name being particularly fitting for one's personality, but I came across several such examples in the birding world.

2. Happening or existing at the same time.

• coincide
• incident
• accident

• nondialectic

• IPA^(key): /koinθidenˈtal/ [ko.ĩn̟.θi.ð̞ẽn̪ˈt̪al] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /koinsidenˈtal/ [ko.ĩn.si.ð̞ẽn̪ˈt̪al] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: co‧in‧ci‧den‧tal

coincidental m or f (masculine and feminine plural coincidentales)

1. coincidental