danger

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 Related terms 1.6 References 1.7 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Derived terms 2.3 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Middle English daunger "power, dominion, peril" from Anglo-Norman dangier from Old French dangier, alteration of Old French dongier (infl by Old French dam "damage") from Vulgar Latin *domniārium "authority, power" from Latin dominus "lord, master". Displaced native Middle English pliht, plight "danger" (from Old English pliht "danger, peril, risk", cf Old English plēon "to risk"), Middle English frese "danger, fear" (from or akin to Old Saxon frēsa "peril, fear"), Middle English wathe "peril, hurt" (from Old Norse vāði "peril, hurt").

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /deɪn.ʤə/
• (US) IPA: ˈdeɪndʒɝ
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

danger (plural dangers)

1. (obsolete) Able to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. See In one's danger, below.

   "You stand within his danger, do you not?" (Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, 4:1:180)

2. (obsolete) Difficulty; sparingness.
3. (obsolete) Coyness; disdainful behavior.
4. (obsolete) A place where one is in the hands of the enemy.
5. Exposure to liable harm.

   "Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars" (William Hazlitt, Table talk).

6. An instance or cause of liable harm.

   "Two territorial questions..unsettled..each of which was a positive danger to the peace of Europe" (Times, 5 Sept. 3/2).

7. Mischief.

   "We put a Sting in him, / That at his will he may doe danger with" (Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, 2:1:17).

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:danger

[edit] Derived terms

• kicking in danger

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to danger (third-person singular simple present dangers, present participle dangering, simple past and past participle dangered)

1. (obsolete) To claim liability.
2. (obsolete) To imperil; to endanger.
3. (obsolete) To run the risk.

[edit] Related terms

• dungeon
• domain
• dame

[edit] References

• Oxford English Dictionary

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: adegnr
• gander
• garden
• grande
• ranged

---

[edit] French

Wikipedia ^fr

[edit] Pronunciation

•  Audio^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

danger m. (plural dangers)

1. danger
2. jeopardy (danger of loss, harm, or failure)

[edit] Derived terms

• dangereux

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: adegnr
• grande