hazard
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French hasart (“a game of dice”) (noun), hasarder (verb), probably from Arabic الزّهر (az-zahr, “the dice”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hazard (plural hazards)
- (historical) A type of game played with dice. [from 14th c.]
- Chance. [from 16th c.]
- 2006, John Patterson, The Guardian, 20 May 06:
- I see animated movies are now managing, by hazard or design, to reflect our contemporary reality more accurately than live-action movies.
- 2006, John Patterson, The Guardian, 20 May 06:
- The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss. [from 16th c.]
- 1599, Wm. Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
- Why, now, blow wind, swell billow, and swim bark! The storm is up and all is on the hazard.
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, Internal Combustion[1]:
- If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .
- 2009, Barbara Ellen, The Guardian, 27 Dec 09:
- Quite apart from the gruesome road hazards, snow is awful even when you don't have to travel.
- 1599, Wm. Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
- An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally. [from 19th c.]
- The video game involves guiding a character on a skateboard past all kinds of hazards.
- (golf) sand or water obstacle on a golf course
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from hazard (noun)
Translations[edit]
chance
peril
Verb[edit]
hazard (third-person singular simple present hazards, present participle hazarding, simple past and past participle hazarded)
Translations[edit]
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from German, from Old French hasart.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /ɦazart/
Noun[edit]
hazard m
Declension[edit]
declension of hazard
References[edit]
- ^ hazard in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2007
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
hazard m (plural hazards)
- Archaic spelling of hasard, chiefly used before 1800
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
hazard m (invariable)
Middle French[edit]
Noun[edit]
hazard m (plural hazards)
Descendants[edit]
- French: hasard
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
hazard (plural: hazards)
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /xǎzard/
- Hyphenation: ha‧zard
Noun[edit]
hàzard m (Cyrillic spelling ха̀зард)
Declension[edit]
declension of hazard
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hazard | hazardi |
| genitive | hazarda | hazarda |
| dative | hazardu | hazardima |
| accusative | hazard | hazarde |
| vocative | hazarde | hazardi |
| locative | hazardu | hazardima |
| instrumental | hazardom | hazardima |
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