Masculine

hasard

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (masculine, singular, usually) (random) chance
  2. (masculine) a coincidence
  3. (masculine) hazard
  4. (masculine) hazard

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.zaʁ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French hasard, from Old French hasart, from Old Spanish azar, from Arabic اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “flowers”), named after a game of dice where the winning side of the die had a flower on it. Compare modern Spanish azar, Italian zara. The initial h- was originally purely graphic, but became aspirated by analogy with other non-Latin words. The final -d/-t is also excrescent, perhaps influenced by the suffix -ard.

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