Chance

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See also: chance

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃæns/
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [tʃʰɛəns~tʃʰeəns]
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Northern England" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [tʃʰæns~tʃʰans]
  • IPA(key): /tʃɑːns/
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [tʃʰɑːns]
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "NZ" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [tʃʰɐːns]
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːns, -æns

Proper noun

Chance

  1. A male given name from English, an American pet form of Chauncey, in modern usage also associated with the word chance.

German

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Etymology

Borrowed from French chance.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃãːs(ə)/, /ˈʃɔ̃ːs(ə)/, /ˈʃaŋs(ə)/, /ˈʃɔŋs(ə)/, /ˈʃaŋzə/, /ˈʃɔŋzə/ (roughly ordered from standard to substandard, though all are common)
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Chance f (genitive Chance, plural Chancen)

  1. chance
    • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 43/2010, page 170:
      Frauen haben bessere Chancen, schwerste Unfälle zu überleben, als Männer.
      Women have better chances to survive the most serious accidents than men.

Declension

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Derived terms

Further reading