EuroLex/F/Chance
- Original language: French
- Original form and meaning: chance - 1. luck, 2. happenstance, 3. opportunity, 4. possibility
(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)
| Language | Form | Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) | Current Meaning and Status | Earlier Meanings and Statusses | Source |
| Catalan | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Croatian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Czech | noun: šance | ... | 'meaning 4' | '...' | ... |
| Danish | noun: chance, verb: tage chancen | ... | 'meaning 1, 3, 4;
verb: to risk' | '...' | ... |
| Dutch | noun: kans | ... | 'meaning 3, 4' | '...' | ... |
| English | noun: chance, verb: to chance, adjective: chance | noun (meaning 1, 2, 3, 4): 1297;
verb meaning "to risk": 1859 | 'meaning 1, 2, 3, 4 (often used in the plural)
and also a) a risk or hazard b) Games: a raffle or lottery ticket c) Baseball: an opportunity to field the ball and make a put-out or assist d) Midland and Southern U.S. a quantity or number (usually followed by of) adjective (a chance encounter) caused by or ascribable to chance; unexpected, random, or casual verb v.intr. to come about by chance; occur (It chanced that the train was late that day.) v.tr. to take the risk or hazard of (not willing to chance it)' | 'an unfortunate event; mishap' | http://www.etymonline.com, http://dictionary.reference.com |
| Estonian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Finnish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| French | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| German | noun: Chance | 19c | 'meaning 3' | '...' | http://www.koeblergerhard.de/derwbhin.html |
| Hungarian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Italian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Latvian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Lithuanian | noun: šansas | ... | 'meaning 4' | '...' | ... |
| Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Norwegian | noun: sjanse | ... | 'meaning 4' | '...' | ... |
| Polish | noun: szansa | ... | 'meaning 4' | '...' | ... |
| Portuguese | noun: chance (only in Brazil) | ... | 'meaning 4' | '...' | ... |
| Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovak | noun: šanca | ... | 'meaning 4' | '...' | ... |
| Slovenian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Spanish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Swedish | noun: chans, verb: chansa | ... | 'meaning 3, 4;
verb: to risk' | '...' | ... |
Annotations
editEtymology: from OFr cheance "accident, the falling of dice", from VL cadentia "that which falls out", from L cadentem (nom. cadens), prp. of cadere "to fall". Notions of "opportunity" and "randomness" are equally old in English. The verb meaning "to risk" is from 1859.
Source: http://www.etymonline.com
Information on Other Languages
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