Feminine
chance
Meaning
- chance
- luck
Concepts
suitable time
medical prognosis
mazel
Synonyms
bonne fortune
mauvaise chance
heureux hazard
découverte heureuse et inattendue
moment favorable
serendipité
sérendipité
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃɑ̃s/
Etymology
In summary
From Old French cheance (“accident, chance, luck”), inherited from Vulgar Latin *cadentia (“falling”). Doublet of cadence, a borrowing from Italian.
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