danger

danger

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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 *dominārium (authority, power) from Latin dominus (lord, master). Displaced native Old English frēcennes.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒɚ/
  • Hyphenation: dan‧ger
  • Rhymes: -eɪndʒə(ɹ)

Noun

danger (countable and uncountable, plural dangers)

  1. Exposure to likely harm; peril.
  2. An instance or cause of likely harm.
    • 1st September 1884, William Gladstone, Second Midlothian Speech
      Two territorial questions [] unsettled [] each of which was a positive danger to the peace of Europe.
  3. (obsolete) Mischief.
  4. (mainly outside US, rail transport) The stop indication of a signal (usually in the phrase "at danger").
  5. (obsolete) Ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See in one's danger, below.
  6. (obsolete) Liability.
  7. (obsolete) Difficulty; sparingness; hesitation.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:danger

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

danger (third-person singular simple present dangers, present participle dangering, simple past and past participle dangered)

  1. (obsolete) To claim liability.
  2. (obsolete) To imperil; to endanger.
  3. (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

Inherited from Old French dangier, alteration of Old French dongier (due to association with Latin damnum (damage)), from Vulgar Latin *domniārium (authority, power), from Latin dominus (lord, master).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɑ̃.ʒe/

Noun

danger m (plural dangers)

  1. danger
  2. jeopardy (danger of loss, harm, or failure)

Derived terms

  • danger public
  • dangereux
  • en danger
  • hors de danger
  • non-assistance à personne en danger

Descendants

  • Esperanto: danĝero

Further reading

  • “danger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • de rang, grande

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