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danger
English
Etymology
From Middle English daunger (“power, dominion, peril”), from Anglo-Norman dangier, from Old French dangier, alteration of Old French dongier (due to association with Latin damnum (“damage”)) from Vulgar Latin *domin?rium (“authority, power”) from Latin dominus (“lord, master”). Displaced native Old English fr?cennes.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?de?n.d??(?)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?de?nd??/
- Hyphenation: dan?ger
- Rhymes: -e?nd??(?)
Noun
danger (countable and uncountable, plural dangers)
- Exposure to likely harm; peril.
- 1821-1822, William Hazlitt, Table-Talk
- Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars.
- 1821-1822, William Hazlitt, Table-Talk
- An instance or cause of likely harm.
- September 1, 1884, William Gladstone, Second Midlothian Speech
- Two territorial questions […] unsettled […] each of which was a positive danger to the peace of Europe.
- September 1, 1884, William Gladstone, Second Midlothian Speech
- (obsolete) Mischief.
- (mainly outside US, rail transport) The stop indication of a signal (usually in the phrase "at danger").
- (obsolete) Ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See in one's danger, below.
- 1551, Ralph Robinson More's Utopia
- Covetousness of gains hath brought [them] in danger of this statute.
- 1551, Ralph Robinson More's Utopia
- (obsolete) Liability.
- 1526, Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew V:
- Thou shalt not kyll. Whosoever shall kyll, shalbe in daunger of iudgement.
- 1526, Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew V:
- (obsolete) Difficulty; sparingness.
- (obsolete) Coyness; disdainful behavior.
- With daunger oute we al oure chaffare; / Greet prees at market maketh deere ware, / And to greet cheep is holde at litel prys: / This knoweth every womman that is wys.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:danger
Derived terms
- danger signal
- kicking in danger
Translations
Verb
danger (third-person singular simple present dangers, present participle dangering, simple past and past participle dangered)
- (obsolete) To claim liability.
- (obsolete) To imperil; to endanger.
- (obsolete) To run the risk.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:danger.
Related terms
- dangerous
- at danger
- SPAD
- dungeon
- domain
- dame
- endanger
References
- Oxford English Dictionary
Anagrams
- Gander, Garden, gander, garden, grande, graned, nadger, ranged
French
Etymology
From Old French dangier, alteration of Old French dongier (due to association with Latin damnum (“damage”)) from Vulgar Latin *domni?rium (“authority, power”) from Latin dominus (“lord, master”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??.?e/
Noun
danger m (plural dangers)
- danger
- jeopardy (danger of loss, harm, or failure)
Derived terms
- danger public
- dangereux
- en danger
- hors de danger
- non-assistance à personne en danger
Further reading
- “danger” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- de rang, grande
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disaster
English
Alternative forms
- disastre (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle French desastre, from Italian disastro, from dis- + astro (“star”), from Latin astrum (“star”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (ástron, “star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?st?r.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /d??zæs.t?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??z??s.t?(?)/
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /d??zæs.t?/
- Rhymes: -??st?(?), -æst?(?)
Noun
disaster (countable and uncountable, plural disasters)
- An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment.
- An unforeseen event causing great loss, upset or unpleasantness of whatever kind.
- 2003, The Devil Wears Prada
- A nod means good, two nods; very good. And then there's the pursing of the lips: disaster.
- 2003, The Devil Wears Prada
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:disaster
Derived terms
- natural disaster
Translations
Anagrams
- TARDISes, Tardises, diasters, disastre, disrates, restiads, tardises
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