chance
French
noun
Definitions
- chance
- luck
Etymology
Inherited from Old French chance (accident, chance, luck) inherited from Latin *cadentia, cadēns.
Origin
Latin
cadēns
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bechance English
- chance English
- chanceable English
- chanceful English
- chanceless English
- chancer English
- chancest English
- chanceth English
- chancewise English
- chancy English
- happenchance English
- overchance English
- unchance English
- wanchance English
- *cadentia Latin
- cadens Latin
- cadentia Latin
- cadere Latin
- cadēns Latin
- cadō Latin
- Chance German
- Chancentod German
- chancenlos German
- cadenza Italian
- chance Italian
- buitenkans Dutch, Flemish
- herkansen Dutch, Flemish
- kans Dutch, Flemish
- kansloos Dutch, Flemish
- kansrekening Dutch, Flemish
- kansrijk Dutch, Flemish
- kansspel Dutch, Flemish
- pakkans Dutch, Flemish
- waterkans Dutch, Flemish
- chanceux French
- chançard French
- malchance French
- malchanceux French
- шанс Russian
- chance Spanish, Castilian
- sjanse Norwegian Bokmål
- chance Portuguese
- chans Swedish
- chansa Swedish
- チャンス Japanese
- sjanse Norwegian Nynorsk
- chance Middle English
- seans Irish
- chance Danish
- chance Old French
- cădință Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- șansă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- شانس Persian
- tsansa Cebuano
- kans Indonesian
- canse Middle Dutch
- şans Turkish
- şanslı Turkish
- şanssız Turkish
- kans Afrikaans
- chanceux Norman
- tsansa Tagalog
- shans Albanian
- შანსი Georgian
- 찬스 Korean
- *kadō Proto-Italic
- chañs Breton
- chañsoù Breton
- txansa Kabuverdianu
- xanse Kabuverdianu
- شنص Gulf Arabic
- cance ONF.
- chans Antillean Creole