different between dice vs hazarder

English

Etymology

• From Middle English dys, plural of dy.
• The voiceless /s/ was most likely retained because the word felt like a collective term rather than a plural form (compare pence). The spelling dice is a result of the pronunciation.
• See die Etymology 2.

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?s, IPA^(key): /da?s/
• Rhymes: -a?s

Noun

dice (countable and uncountable, plural dice or dices)

1. (uncountable) Gaming with one or more dice.
2. (countable, proscribed by some; standard in British English) A die.
   • 1980, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, “The Winner Takes It All”, Super Trouper, Polar Music

     The gods may throw a dice / Their minds as cold as ice
3. (uncountable, formerly countable, cooking) That which has been diced.

   Cut onions, carrots and celery into medium dice.

Usage notes

• The singular usage is considered incorrect by many authorities. However, it should be noted that The New Oxford Dictionary of English, Judy Pearsall, Patrick Hanks (1998) states that “In modern standard English, the singular die (rather than dice) is uncommon. Dice is used for both the singular and the plural.”
• Die is predominant among tabletop gamers.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:dice.

Synonyms

• astragals

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

dice

1. plural of die

Verb

dice (third-person singular simple present dices, present participle dicing, simple past and past participle diced)

1. (intransitive) To play dice.
   • c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, part 1, Act III, scene iii:

     Virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times — a week

   • 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 407:

     Tyrion found Timmett dicing with his Burned Men in the barracks.

2. (transitive) To cut into small cubes.
   • 1898, Thomas Hardy, "Hap":

     And dicing Time for gladness casts a moan....
3. (transitive) To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.

Derived terms

• dice with death

Translations

Anagrams

• -cide, cedi, deci-, iced

Interlingua

Verb

dice

1. present of dicer
2. imperative of dicer

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -it?e

Verb

dice

1. third-person singular present indicative of dire

Anagrams

• cedi

Latin

Verb

d?ce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of d?c?

References

• dice in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dice in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• dice in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[3]
• dice in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dice in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Middle English

Noun

dice

1. Alternative form of dees

Spanish

Alternative forms

• dize (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?di?e/, [?d?i.?e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?dise/, [?d?i.se]

Verb

dice

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of decir.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of decir.

Tarantino

Numeral

dice

1. ten

English

Alternative forms

• hasardour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English hasardour, from Middle French hasardeur.

Noun

hazarder (plural hazarders)

1. One who ventures or hazards.
   • 1913, W. Compton Leith, Sirenica, page #58:

     Meeting his doom so, the great hazarder fulfils a destiny for which his whole life was prelude.

2. (obsolete) A player at cards or dice; gamester.

References

• hazarder in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• hazàrd?š

Etymology

From hàzard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaz?rde?r/
• Hyphenation: ha?zar?der

Noun

hazàrd?r m (Cyrillic spelling ??????????)

1. hazarder, daredevil

Declension

References

• “hazarder” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal