hazard

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Etymology

From Old French hasard (“a game of dice”) (noun), hasarder (verb), probably from Arabic الزّهر (az-zahr, “the dice”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hazard (plural hazards)

  1. (historical) A type of game played with dice. [from 14th c.]
  2. 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.
  3. The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss. [from 16th c.]
    • 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.
  4. 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.

Verb

to hazard (third-person singular simple present hazards, present participle hazarding, simple past and past participle hazarded)

  1. To expose to chance; to take a risk.
    I'll hazard a guess.
  2. To incur or venture.

Translations

to chance; to take a risk

Related terms

French

Noun

hazard m. (plural hazards)

  1. Archaic spelling of hasard, chiefly used before 1800

Italian

Noun

hazard m. inv.

  1. hazard lights (on a vehicle)

Polish

Noun

hazard (plural: hazards)

  1. gambling

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Noun

hàzard m. (Cyrillic spelling ха̀зард)

  1. gamble, gambling
  2. risk, hazard

Declension

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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