chaunce

English

Noun

chaunce (plural chaunces)

1. Archaic spelling of chance.

Verb

chaunce (third-person singular simple present chaunces, present participle chauncing, simple past and past participle chaunced)

1. Archaic spelling of chance.

Anagrams

• uncache

Middle English

Alternative forms

• chance, chanse, chauns, chaunse, chaunche, cheance, cheaunce, cheiance, schaunce
• chanse, chaunsse, chawnce (Late Middle English)

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cheance, cheaunce, chaunce, from Vulgar Latin *cadentia (“falling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃau̯ns(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃans(ə)/

Noun

chaunce (plural chaunces) (somewhat literary)

1. An (especially random) event or occurrence:
   1. An eventuality or possibility; a potential event.
   2. A (life-changingly) lucky or unlucky event.
2. Luck, chance, fate:
   1. The (numerical) result of a dice throw.
   2. (rare) Power or authority over one's fate.
3. A scenario or situation; a state of affairs.
4. A chance or option; an opening for change.
5. A bold or daring undertaking or feat.

Derived terms

• chauncen

Descendants

• English: chance (archaic chaunce)
  • → Icelandic: séns
  • → Japanese: チャンス
• Scots: chance
• → Middle Welsh: siawns
  • Welsh: siawns

References

• “chaunce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.