Hazard

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English

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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

• (UK) IPA: /ˈhazəd/

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Noun

Singular Hazard

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1. Template:Historical A type of game played with dice. Template:Defdate
2. Chance. Template:Defdate
   • 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. Template:Defdate
   • 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. Template:Defdate

   The video game involves guiding a character on a skateboard past all kinds of hazards.

Translations

chance

French: hasard fr(fr) m. German: Zufall de(de) m. Ido: hazardo io(io)

Portuguese: risco pt(pt) m. Spanish: riesgo es(es) m.

peril

Armenian: վտանգ hy(hy) (vtang) Finnish: vaara fi(fi) French: danger fr(fr) m.

German: Gefahr de(de) f. Polish: niebezpieczeństwo pl(pl) n., ryzyko pl(pl) n. Spanish: peligro es(es) m.

Verb

Infinitive to Hazard

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Hazard (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

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

French: tenter fr(fr), hasarder fr(fr)

Spanish: arriesgar es(es), peligrar es(es)

Related terms

• hazardous
• biohazard

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French

Noun

Hazard m. (plural Hazards)

1. Template:Archaic spelling of, chiefly used before 1800

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Italian

Noun

Hazard m. inv.

1. hazard lights (on a vehicle)

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Polish

Noun

Hazard (plural: hazards)

1. gambling

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /xǎzard/
• Hyphenation: ha‧zard

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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