dangerous

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. Full of danger.
  2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
  3. (colloquial, dated) In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.

Tegenovergesteld aan
safe
Frequentie

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈdeɪnʒ(ə)ɹəs/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English dangerous (“difficult, severe, domineering, arrogant, fraught with danger”), daungerous, from Anglo-Norman [Term?], from Old French dangereus (“threatening, difficult”), from dangier. Equivalent to danger + -ous. Displaced native Old English frēcne.

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