different between felony vs aventure

English

Alternative forms

• fellonie

Etymology

From Middle English felony, felonie, from Old French felonie (“evil, immoral deed”), from felon (“evildoer”). Ultimately of Proto-Germanic origin. More at felon.

Pronunciation

• enPR: f?'l?-n?, IPA^(key): /?f?.l?.ni/

Noun

felony (plural felonies)

1. (US, law) A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year or by death.

Related terms

• felon
• felonious
• felonize

Translations

See also

• misdemeanor (less serious crime)

English

Etymology

See adventure.

Noun

aventure (countable and uncountable, plural aventures)

1. (obsolete) accident; chance; adventure
2. (obsolete) a mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire

Verb

aventure (third-person singular simple present aventures, present participle aventuring, simple past and past participle aventured)

1. Obsolete form of adventure.

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *adventura, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin adventus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.v??.ty?/
• Rhymes: -y?

Noun

aventure f (plural aventures)

1. adventure
2. venture
3. (romantic) affair

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Crimean Tatar: avantüra
• ? Japanese: ???????
• ? Polish: awantura
  • ? Belarusian: ????????? (avantúra)
  • ? Yiddish: ???????????? (avanture)
• ? Turkish: avantür

Further reading

• “aventure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French aventure.

Noun

aventure f

1. event
2. dangerous situation, adventure
3. happenstance
4. fate
5. story, account

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• avonture

Further reading

• “aventure”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “aventure (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I

Middle English

Alternative forms

• aventor, aventour, aventer, aventir, adventure, eventure, antur, auntur, anter, aunter

Etymology

From Old French aventure, from Late Latin advent?rus (“adventure”).

Noun

aventure (plural aventures)

1. fate, chance
2. event, experience
3. danger, risk
4. venture, quest
5. wonder, miracle
6. A tale of adventures.

Descendants

• English: aventure, adventure
• Scots: anter, adventur

References

• “avent?re, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle Low German

Pronunciation

• (originally) IPA^(key): /æ?v?nty?r?/, /a?v?nty?r?/

Noun

ä?ventü?re

1. Alternative form of êventü?re.

Portuguese

Verb

aventure

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of aventurar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of aventurar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of aventurar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of aventurar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aben?tu?e/, [a.???n??t?u.?e]

Verb

aventure

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of aventurar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of aventurar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of aventurar.