chance
English
/tʃæns/, [tʃʰɛəns], [tʃʰæns], /tʃɑːns/, [tʃʰɑːns], [tʃʰɐːns]
noun
Definitions
- (countable) An opportunity or possibility.
- (uncountable) Random occurrence; luck.
- (countable) The probability of something happening.
- (countable) What befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English chance derived from Old French chance (accident, chance, luck) derived from Latin *cadentia, cadere (fall, happen, occur, die) root from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- (fall).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱh₂d-
Gloss
fall
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- accidence English
- accidentally English
- bechance English
- casualty English
- chanceable English
- chanceably English
- chanceful English
- chanceless English
- chancelessness English
- chancer English
- chancest English
- chanceth English
- chancewise English
- chancily English
- chanciness English
- chancy English
- happen English
- happenchance English
- incident English
- occiduous English
- overchance English
- recidivate English
- recidivism English
- recidivistic English
- recidivous English
- unchance English
- unchancy English
- wanchance English
- wanchancy English
- *cadentia Latin
- *cadeta Latin
- *cadēre Latin
- accidēns Latin
- cadaver Latin
- cadens Latin
- cadentia Latin
- cadere Latin
- cadāver Latin
- cadēns Latin
- cadō Latin
- casus Latin
- cāsuālis Latin
- decadens Latin
- decadentia Latin
- decido Latin
- dēciduus Latin
- dēcidō, decidere Latin
- excido Latin
- incidens Latin
- occasionem Latin
- occidens Latin
- occidentalis Latin
- occidentem Latin
- recidivus Latin
- recido Latin
- Chance German
- cadenza Italian
- cascata Italian
- chance Italian
- buitenkans Dutch, Flemish
- herkansen Dutch, Flemish
- kans Dutch, Flemish
- kansloos Dutch, Flemish
- kansrekening Dutch, Flemish
- kansrijk Dutch, Flemish
- kansspel Dutch, Flemish
- pakkans Dutch, Flemish
- waterkans Dutch, Flemish
- chance French
- chanceux French
- chançard French
- chuter French
- coïncider French
- malchance French
- récidiviste French
- шанс Russian
- chance Spanish, Castilian
- *ḱad- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱh₂d- Proto-Indo-European
- sjanse Norwegian Bokmål
- chance Portuguese
- chans Swedish
- チャンス Japanese
- sjanse Norwegian Nynorsk
- chance Middle English
- seans Irish
- chance Danish
- caeir Old French
- chance Old French
- caure Catalan, Valencian
- cădință Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- șansă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- شانس Persian
- tsansa Cebuano
- kans Indonesian
- canse Middle Dutch
- şans Turkish
- kans Afrikaans
- tsansa Tagalog
- shans Albanian
- შანსი Georgian
- 찬스 Korean
- *kadō Proto-Italic
- scjadê Friulian
- cazer Old Occitan
- càdiri Sicilian
- chañs Breton
- txansa Kabuverdianu
- xanse Kabuverdianu
- شنص Gulf Arabic
- cance ONF.
- chans Antillean Creole