aventure
English
editEtymology
editSee adventure.
Noun
editaventure (countable and uncountable, plural aventures)
- (obsolete) accident; chance; adventure
- (obsolete) a mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire
aventure
Derived terms
editVerb
editaventure (third-person singular simple present aventures, present participle aventuring, simple past and past participle aventured)
French
editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *adventūra, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin adventus.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editaventure f (plural aventures)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Japanese: アバンチュール
- → Polish: awantura
- → Belarusian: аванту́ра (avantúra)
- → Yiddish: אַוואַנטורע (avanture)
- → Russian: авантюра (avantjura) (see there for further descendants)
- → Romansch: aventüra
- → Turkish: avantür
References
edit- “aventure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*advĕntūra”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 197
Galician
editVerb
editaventure
- inflection of aventurar:
Middle Dutch
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old French aventure.
Noun
editaventure f
Inflection
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “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
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old French aventure, from Vulgar Latin *adventūra.
Noun
editaventure (plural aventures)
- fate, chance
- c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, line LINES:
- At nyght was come into that hostelrye / Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye / Of sondry folk, by aventure yfalle / In felaweshipe, and pilgrimes were they alle,
- There came at nightfall to that hostelry / Some nine and twenty in a company / Of sundry folk who had by chance fallen / In fellowship, and pilgrims were they all
- event, experience
- danger, risk
- venture, quest
- wonder, miracle
- A tale of adventures.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “aventūre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Middle Low German
editPronunciation
editNoun
editä̂ventü̂re
- Alternative form of êventü̂re.
Old French
editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *adventūra.
Noun
editaventure oblique singular, f (oblique plural aventures, nominative singular aventure, nominative plural aventures)
Descendants
edit- French: aventure (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle Dutch: aventure (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle English: aventure (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle High German: āventiure
- German: Abenteuer (influenced by Middle Low German)
- → Middle Irish: amhantur
- → Middle Low German: êventü̂re (see there for further descendants)
References
edit- aventure on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*advĕntūra”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 197
Portuguese
editVerb
editaventure
- inflection of aventurar:
Spanish
editPronunciation
editVerb
editaventure
- inflection of aventurar:
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