odds

English

Etymology

From odd (“uneven, strange”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑdz/
• IPA^(key): /ɒdz/
• Rhymes: -ɒdz

Noun

1. The ratio of the probability of an event happening to that of it not happening.

   I'd say the odds are strongly in favor of the sun rising tomorrow morning.

2. The ratio of winnings to stake in betting situations.
3. Odd numbers.

odds

1. plural of odd

Usage notes

• The word "odds" was formerly sometimes used with a singular verb, e.g. (Stephen S. Foster) "If there be any difference in the two crimes, the odds is in favor of the foreign enslaver."

Derived terms

• against all odds
• at all odds
• at odds
• by all odds
• implied odds
• lay odds
• long odds
• make no odds
• odds against
• odds and ends
• odds on
• odds-on
• pot odds
• short odds
• take odds

 

Descendants

• → Welsh: ots

Translations

the ratio of the probabilities of an event happening to that of it not happening

• Afrikaans: kansverhouding
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: шанс (bg) m (šans)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: šance (cs) f
• Dutch: de kansen
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: mahdollisuudet (fi) pl, todennäköisyydet (fi) pl
• French: chances (fr) f pl
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Wahrscheinlichkeit (de) f
• Greek: πιθανότητα (el) f (pithanótita)
• Italian: possibilità (it) f pl
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• Japanese: オッズ (ozzu)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: вероја́тност f (verojátnost), и́згледи m pl (ízgledi), ша́нси f pl (šánsi)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: odds m

  Nynorsk: odds m

• Portuguese: chances f pl
• Russian: вероя́тность (ru) f (verojátnostʹ), ша́нс (ru) m (šáns) or ша́нсы (ru) m pl (šánsy)
• Spanish: probabilidad (es) f
• Tagalog: kahigtan
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

the ratio of winnings to stake in betting situations

• Czech: kurs (cs) m
• Finnish: kerroin (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Gewinnquote (de) f
• Greek: απόδοση (el) f (apódosi)
• Hungarian: szorzó (hu)
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• Italian: probabilità (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: odds m

  Nynorsk: odds m

See also

• even money
• evens

Anagrams

• DDOS, DDOs, DDoS, Dods, dods

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Icelandic

Noun

odds

1. indefinite genitive singular of oddur

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English odds.

Noun

odds m (definite singular oddsen, indefinite plural odds, definite plural oddsene)

1. odds

References

• “odds” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English odds.

Noun

odds m (definite singular oddsen, indefinite plural odds, definite plural oddsa)

1. odds

References

• “odds” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.