adj.

1. Occurring or likely to occur as an unpredictable or minor accompaniment: the snags incidental to a changeover in upper management. See synonyms at accidental.
2. Of a minor, casual, or subordinate nature: incidental expenses.

n.

A minor accompanying item or expense: a pocket in the suitcase for incidentals.

adjective

Not part of the real or essential nature of a thing: adscititious, adventitious, supervenient. See surface/depth.

adj

Definition: related; minor
Antonyms: basic, essential, fundamental, important, vital

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Contingent upon or pertaining to something that is more important; that which is necessary, appertaining to, or depending upon another known as the prin- cipal.

Under workers' compensation statutes, a risk is deemed incidental to employment when it is related to whatever a worker must do in order to fulfill the employment contract, but is not the primary function that the worker was hired to do.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tilfældig, mindre væsentlig
n. - diverse

idioms:

• incidental music    ledsagemusik

Nederlands (Dutch)
bijkomstigheid, bijkomend

Français (French)
adj. - secondaire, mineur, usage critiqué fortuit
n. - détail, (Comm) faux-frais (npl)

idioms:

• incidental music    (Cin) musique de film, (Théât) musique de scène

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nebensächlichkeit
adj. - Begleit-, beiläufig, verbunden

idioms:

• incidental music    Begleitmusik

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λεπτομέρεια, (οικον.) συναφής δαπάνη
adj. - συμπτωματικός, τυχαίος, παρεμπίπτων

idioms:

• incidental music    (για θέαμα) μουσική επένδυση

Italiano (Italian)
caso fortuito, incidentale

idioms:

• incidental music    accompagnamento musicale

Português (Portuguese)
n. - circunstância (f) acidental
adj. - incidental

idioms:

• incidental music    música (f) incidental

Русский (Russian)
случайный, свойственный, побочный, деньги на мелкие расходы

idioms:

• incidental music    музыка, сопровождающая спектакль

Español (Spanish)
adj. - incidental, imprevisto, fortuito, secundario, accidental, casual, concomitante
n. - circunstancias imprevistas, improvistos

idioms:

• incidental music    música de fondo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tillfälliga utgifter
adj. - tillfällig, oväsentlig, bi-

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
附带的, 容易发生的, 偶然的, 附带事件, 杂项, 偶然事件, 杂费

idioms:

• incidental music    配乐

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 附帶的, 容易發生的, 偶然的
n. - 附帶事件, 雜項, 偶然事件, 雜費

idioms:

• incidental music    配樂

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - ~에 일어나기 쉬운, 부수적인
n. - 부수적인 사건, 잡비

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 付随して起こる, 付随的な, 主要でない, 臨時の, 偶然の
n. - 付随するもの, 諸雑費

idioms:

• incidental music    付随音楽

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حدث عارض أو طارئ (صفه) عرضي, طارئ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮כרוך ב-, עלול לקרות, טפל, משני, מקרי‬
n. - ‮פרט, הוצאה או אירוע קטנים‬

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