chance

Etymology 1
From, , , , a borrowing from , from , from. .

Noun

 * 1)  An opportunity or possibility.
 * 2)  Random occurrence; luck.
 * 3)  The probability of something happening.
 * 4)  probability; possibility.
 * 5)  What befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.
 * 1)  The probability of something happening.
 * 2)  probability; possibility.
 * 3)  What befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.
 * 1)  probability; possibility.
 * 2)  What befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.
 * 1)  What befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:luck

Translations

 * Albanian:, shans
 * Arabic: فُرْصَة
 * Hijazi Arabic: فُرْصة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Bashkir: форсат
 * Belarusian: шанс, шанц, магчы́масць
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 機會
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: ŝanco
 * Estonian: võimalus
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: შესაძლებლობა,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: סִיכּוּי,, הִזְדַּמְּנוּת פָּז
 * Hindi:, मौक़ा, ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian: kesempatan
 * Irish: faill, seans, amhantar
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kabuverdianu: txansa, xanse
 * Kazakh: мүмкіндік
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ໂອກາດ
 * Latin: opportunitas, possibilitas, ,
 * Latvian: iespēja
 * Lithuanian: próga
 * Macedonian: шанса, можност
 * Malay: peluang, kesempatan, cerlak,
 * Malayalam:
 * Middle English: chaunce
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Occitan:, possibiltat
 * Old English: ġegang
 * Pashto:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, , gratka, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Romansch: pussaivladad
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cothrom
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ша̏нса, могу́ћно̄ст
 * Roman:, mogúćnōst
 * Sinhalese: අවස්ථාව
 * Slovak: príležitosť, šanca
 * Slovene:, šansa
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: pagkakataon
 * Tajik: фурсат
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Turkmen: pursat
 * Ukrainian: шанс, можли́вість
 * Urdu: موقع
 * Uyghur: پۇرسەت
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: (機會)
 * Volapük:
 * West Frisian: kâns
 * Zazaki: seğs, sehud, fırset


 * Armenian: ,
 * Basque: zori
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, tilfældighed
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: შემთხვევა
 * German:
 * Greek:, , ,
 * Hebrew:, צֵרוּף מִקְרִים
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: seans
 * Italian:
 * Kabuverdianu: txansa, xansa
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: temeritās, accidentia, fors
 * Middle English: chaunce
 * Norwegian:, tilfeldigheter
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: ġegang
 * Ottoman Turkish: بخت
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, ,


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: probabilitat
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:, sandsynlighed
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: შემთხვევითობა
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Irish: seans
 * Italian:
 * Kabuverdianu: txansa, xanse
 * Latin: accidentia, accidentia, probabilitas, fors
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: tūponotanga
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: могу́ћно̄ст, ша̏нса
 * Roman: mogúćnōst,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:, ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * German: ,
 * Middle English: chaunce
 * Ottoman Turkish: بخت
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:, , ,
 * Zazaki: beğt, qeder


 * Georgian:

Adjective

 * 1) Happening by chance, casual.

Translations

 * Bashkir: осраҡлы
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: tilfældigvis
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, , arra vetődött
 * Latin:
 * Swedish:, , opåräknad, , , påträffad

Adverb

 * 1)  Perchance; perhaps.

Etymology 2
From, , from the noun (see above).

Verb

 * 1)  To happen by chance, to occur.
 * 2)  To befall; to happen to.
 * 3) To try or risk.
 * 4) To discover something by chance.
 * 5)  To rob, cheat or swindle someone.
 * 6)  To take an opportunity from someone; to cut a queue.
 * 1) To try or risk.
 * 2) To discover something by chance.
 * 3)  To rob, cheat or swindle someone.
 * 4)  To take an opportunity from someone; to cut a queue.
 * 1) To discover something by chance.
 * 2)  To rob, cheat or swindle someone.
 * 3)  To take an opportunity from someone; to cut a queue.
 * 1)  To rob, cheat or swindle someone.
 * 2)  To take an opportunity from someone; to cut a queue.
 * 1)  To take an opportunity from someone; to cut a queue.
 * 1)  To take an opportunity from someone; to cut a queue.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; See also Thesaurus:happen
 * ,, ; See also Thesaurus:deceive
 * ,, ; See also Thesaurus:deceive
 * ,, ; See also Thesaurus:deceive
 * ,, ; See also Thesaurus:deceive

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: ta chancen,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ottaa riski
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Romanian:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: riske etmek


 * Bulgarian: попадам на
 * Czech:
 * Danish: støde på (ved en tilfældighed)
 * Finnish: löytää sattumalta, kohdata sattumalta, tavata sattumalta
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Maori: tūpono, matawhaia
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from.

Noun

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Etymology
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Etymology
From,. , a borrowing from Italian.

Noun

 * 1) luck
 * 1) luck
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Descendants

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Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  (possibility of a certain outcome)

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) probability
 * , opportunity

Etymology
or, in Mexico, from. .

Conjunction

 * 1)  maybe, perchance, perhaps or possibly