hazardo
Esperanto
Etymology
From French hasard (“chance, coincidence, hazard”), from Old French hasart (“game, risk, danger”), from Arabic اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [haˈzardo]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -ardo
- Hyphenation: ha‧zar‧do
Noun
hazardo (accusative singular hazardon, plural hazardoj, accusative plural hazardojn)
- accidence, chance
- Synonym: ŝanco
- 1903, R.J. Lloyd, “La Esperantaj vokaloj”, in The Esperantist, volume 1, number 11:
- Se, per malbona hazardo, iu nacio komencos paroli malkorekte la Esperantajn vokalojn, estos tute facile montri kaj pruvi al ĝi ĝian eraron.
- If, by bad accident, some nation begins to speak Esperanto vowels incorrectly, it will be completely easy to show and prove its error to it.
- 1907, Henri Vallienne, Kastelo de Prelongo, ch. 1:
- Nur la hazardo estis dankinda; ĉar ĝi lin metis en la oportunan lokon.
- Only chance deserved thanks, as it put him in an opportune situation.
- 2018, Sten Johansson, Marina ĉe la limo, ch. 4:
- Neniu estis vundita, sed tio estis nur hazardo.
- No one was wounded, but that was only an accident.
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Etymology
From Esperanto hazardo, from French hasard (“chance, coincidence, hazard”), from Old French hasart (“game, risk, danger”), from Arabic اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /haˈzardo/
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