CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>chance - Wiktionary, the free dictionary</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwiktionarymwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy","wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"7e915ff4-d2cc-4839-8deb-a3487b7505d2","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"chance","wgTitle":"chance","wgCurRevisionId":82560972,"wgRevisionId":82560972,"wgArticleId":7380,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":[ "Pages with entries","Pages with 9 entries","Entries with translation boxes","Terms with Albanian translations","Terms with Arabic translations","Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations","Terms with Armenian translations","Terms with Azerbaijani translations","Terms with Bashkir translations","Terms with Belarusian translations","Terms with Breton translations","Terms with Bulgarian translations","Terms with Burmese translations","Terms with Catalan translations","Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations","Terms with Cantonese translations","Terms with Hokkien translations","Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations","Terms with Mandarin translations","Terms with Czech translations","Terms with Danish translations","Terms with Dutch translations","Terms with Esperanto translations","Terms with Estonian translations","Terms with Finnish translations","Terms with French translations","Terms with Galician translations","Terms with Georgian translations", "Terms with German translations","Terms with Greek translations","Terms with Hebrew translations","Terms with Hindi translations","Terms with Hungarian translations","Terms with Irish translations","Terms with Italian translations","Terms with Japanese translations","Terms with Kabuverdianu translations","Terms with Kazakh translations","Terms with Khmer translations","Terms with Korean translations","Terms with Northern Kurdish translations","Terms with Kyrgyz translations","Terms with Lao translations","Terms with Latin translations","Terms with Latvian translations","Terms with Lithuanian translations","Terms with Macedonian translations","Terms with Malay translations","Terms with Malayalam translations","Terms with Manchu translations","Terms with Middle English translations","Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations","Terms with Occitan translations","Terms with Old English translations","Terms with Pashto translations","Terms with Persian translations", "Terms with Polish translations","Terms with Portuguese translations","Terms with Romanian translations","Terms with Romansch translations","Terms with Russian translations","Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations","Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations","Terms with Sinhalese translations","Terms with Slovak translations","Terms with Slovene translations","Terms with Spanish translations","Terms with Swahili translations","Terms with Swedish translations","Terms with Tagalog translations","Terms with Tajik translations","Terms with Tatar translations","Terms with Telugu translations","Terms with Thai translations","Terms with Turkish translations","Terms with Turkmen translations","Terms with Ukrainian translations","Terms with Urdu translations","Terms with Uyghur translations","Terms with Uzbek translations","Terms with Vietnamese translations","Terms with Volapük translations","Terms with West Frisian translations","Terms with Zazaki translations","Terms with Basque translations" ,"Terms with Norwegian translations","Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations","Terms with Icelandic translations","Terms with Maori translations","Requests for review of Georgian translations","Bashkir terms with redundant script codes","Quotation templates to be cleaned","English 1-syllable words","English terms with IPA pronunciation","English terms with audio pronunciation","Rhymes:English/ɑːns","Rhymes:English/ɑːns/1 syllable","Rhymes:English/æns","Rhymes:English/æns/1 syllable","English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European","English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱh₂d-","English terms inherited from Middle English","English terms derived from Middle English","English terms derived from Old French","English terms derived from Vulgar Latin","English terms derived from Latin","English doublets","English lemmas","English nouns","English uncountable nouns","English countable nouns","English terms with usage examples","English terms with quotations", "English terms with archaic senses","English adjectives","English uncomparable adjectives","English adverbs","English uncomparable adverbs","English terms with obsolete senses","English verbs","English intransitive verbs","English transitive verbs","Belizean English","Nigerian English","English raising verbs","Danish terms borrowed from French","Danish terms derived from French","Danish terms derived from Vulgar Latin","Danish terms derived from Latin","Danish terms with IPA pronunciation","Danish lemmas","Danish nouns","Danish terms spelled with C","Danish common-gender nouns","Franco-Provençal terms borrowed from French","Franco-Provençal terms derived from French","Franco-Provençal terms derived from Vulgar Latin","Franco-Provençal doublets","Franco-Provençal lemmas","Franco-Provençal nouns","Franco-Provençal countable nouns","Franco-Provençal feminine nouns","ORB, broad","French terms inherited from Old French","French terms derived from Old French", "French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin","French terms derived from Vulgar Latin","French doublets","French 1-syllable words","French terms with IPA pronunciation","French terms with audio pronunciation","Rhymes:French/ɑ̃s","Rhymes:French/ɑ̃s/1 syllable","French lemmas","French nouns","French countable nouns","French feminine nouns","French terms with usage examples","Italian terms borrowed from French","Italian terms derived from French","Italian doublets","Italian 1-syllable words","Italian terms with IPA pronunciation","Rhymes:Italian/ans","Rhymes:Italian/ans/1 syllable","Italian lemmas","Italian nouns","Italian indeclinable nouns","Italian countable nouns","Italian feminine nouns","Middle English lemmas","Middle English nouns","Old French lemmas","Old French nouns","Old French feminine nouns","Portuguese terms borrowed from French","Portuguese terms derived from French","Portuguese doublets","Portuguese 2-syllable words","Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation", "Portuguese lemmas","Portuguese nouns","Portuguese countable nouns","Portuguese feminine nouns","Spanish terms borrowed from French","Spanish terms derived from French","Spanish terms borrowed from English","Spanish terms derived from English","Spanish doublets","Spanish 2-syllable words","Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation","Rhymes:Spanish/anθe","Rhymes:Spanish/anθe/2 syllables","Rhymes:Spanish/anse","Rhymes:Spanish/anse/2 syllables","Spanish lemmas","Spanish nouns","Spanish countable nouns","Spanish masculine nouns","Spanish feminine nouns","Spanish nouns with multiple genders","Spanish colloquialisms","Guatemalan Spanish","Salvadorian Spanish","Spanish terms with usage examples","Spanish conjunctions","Mexican Spanish"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"chance","wgRelevantArticleId":7380,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":["sysop" ],"wgNoticeProject":"wiktionary","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":true,"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":20000,"wgCentralAuthMobileDomain":false,"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":true,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":false,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"]};RLSTATE={"ext.gadget.LanguagesAndScripts":"ready","ext.gadget.Palette":"ready","ext.gadget.Site":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options": "loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","ext.tmh.player.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles.legacy":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","codex-search-styles":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","ext.tmh.player","site","mediawiki.page.ready","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.legacy.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.LegacyScripts","ext.gadget.TargetedTranslations","ext.gadget.DocTabs","ext.gadget.RevdelInfo","ext.gadget.PagePreviews","ext.gadget.TranslationAdder","ext.gadget.Edittools","ext.gadget.defaultVisibilityToggles","ext.gadget.UnsupportedTitles","ext.gadget.WiktGadgetPrefs","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.compactlinks", "ext.uls.interface","ext.checkUser.clientHints"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=codex-search-styles%7Cext.cite.styles%7Cext.tmh.player.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cskins.vector.styles.legacy&only=styles&skin=vector"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.gadget.LanguagesAndScripts%2CPalette%2CSite&only=styles&skin=vector"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.4"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:site_name" content="Wiktionary"> <meta property="og:title" content="chance - Wiktionary, the free dictionary"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit" href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wiktionary/en.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wiktionary/en.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wiktionary (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wiktionary Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin-vector-legacy mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-chance rootpage-chance skin-vector action-view"><div id="mw-page-base" class="noprint"></div> <div id="mw-head-base" class="noprint"></div> <div id="content" class="mw-body" role="main"> <a id="top"></a> <div id="siteNotice"></div> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading">chance</h1> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body"> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wiktionary, the free dictionary</div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="contentSub2"></div> <div id="jump-to-nav"></div> <a class="mw-jump-link" href="#mw-head">Jump to navigation</a> <a class="mw-jump-link" href="#searchInput">Jump to search</a> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="disambig-see-also">See also: <a href="/wiki/Chance" title="Chance">Chance</a></div> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#English">1 English</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Alternative_forms">1.1 Alternative forms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Pronunciation">1.2 Pronunciation</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Etymology_1">1.3 Etymology 1</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="#Noun">1.3.1 Noun</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-6"><a href="#Synonyms">1.3.1.1 Synonyms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-7"><a href="#Derived_terms">1.3.1.2 Derived terms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-8"><a href="#Descendants">1.3.1.3 Descendants</a></li> <li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-9"><a href="#Translations">1.3.1.4 Translations</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10"><a href="#Adjective">1.3.2 Adjective</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-11"><a href="#Translations_2">1.3.2.1 Translations</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12"><a href="#Adverb">1.3.3 Adverb</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Etymology_2">1.4 Etymology 2</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-14"><a href="#Verb">1.4.1 Verb</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-15"><a href="#Synonyms_2">1.4.1.1 Synonyms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-16"><a href="#Derived_terms_2">1.4.1.2 Derived terms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-17"><a href="#Translations_3">1.4.1.3 Translations</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#References">1.5 References</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#Anagrams">1.6 Anagrams</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20"><a href="#Danish">2 Danish</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="#Etymology">2.1 Etymology</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Pronunciation_2">2.2 Pronunciation</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="#Noun_2">2.3 Noun</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-24"><a href="#Antonyms">2.3.1 Antonyms</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-25"><a href="#Franco-Provençal">3 Franco-Provençal</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-26"><a href="#Alternative_forms_2">3.1 Alternative forms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-27"><a href="#Etymology_3">3.2 Etymology</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-28"><a href="#Noun_3">3.3 Noun</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-29"><a href="#Derived_terms_3">3.3.1 Derived terms</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-30"><a href="#References_2">3.4 References</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-31"><a href="#Further_information">3.5 Further information</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-32"><a href="#French">4 French</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-33"><a href="#Etymology_4">4.1 Etymology</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-34"><a href="#Pronunciation_3">4.2 Pronunciation</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-35"><a href="#Noun_4">4.3 Noun</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-36"><a href="#Antonyms_2">4.3.1 Antonyms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-37"><a href="#Derived_terms_4">4.3.2 Derived terms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-38"><a href="#Related_terms">4.3.3 Related terms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-39"><a href="#Descendants_2">4.3.4 Descendants</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-40"><a href="#Further_reading">4.4 Further reading</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-41"><a href="#Italian">5 Italian</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-42"><a href="#Alternative_forms_3">5.1 Alternative forms</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-43"><a href="#Etymology_5">5.2 Etymology</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-44"><a href="#Pronunciation_4">5.3 Pronunciation</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-45"><a href="#Noun_5">5.4 Noun</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-46"><a href="#Middle_English">6 Middle English</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-47"><a href="#Noun_6">6.1 Noun</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-48"><a href="#Old_French">7 Old French</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-49"><a href="#Noun_7">7.1 Noun</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-50"><a href="#Portuguese">8 Portuguese</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-51"><a href="#Etymology_6">8.1 Etymology</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-52"><a href="#Pronunciation_5">8.2 Pronunciation</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-53"><a href="#Noun_8">8.3 Noun</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-54"><a href="#References_3">8.4 References</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-55"><a href="#Spanish">9 Spanish</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-56"><a href="#Etymology_7">9.1 Etymology</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-57"><a href="#Pronunciation_6">9.2 Pronunciation</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-58"><a href="#Noun_9">9.3 Noun</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-59"><a href="#Derived_terms_5">9.3.1 Derived terms</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-60"><a href="#Conjunction">9.4 Conjunction</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-61"><a href="#Further_reading_2">9.5 Further reading</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: English">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Alternative forms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/chaunce#English" title="chaunce">chaunce</a> (<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>): /t͡ʃæns/ <ul><li>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_English" class="extiw" title="w:Canadian English">Canada</a>) <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>): [t͡ʃʰɛəns], [t͡ʃʰeəns] <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a>):</td><td class="audiofile"><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="en-us-chance.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/En-us-chance.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/88/En-us-chance.ogg/En-us-chance.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-us-chance.ogg" title="File:en-us-chance.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul></li> <li>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language_in_Northern_England" class="extiw" title="w:English language in Northern England">Northern England</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiberno-English" class="extiw" title="w:Hiberno-English">Ireland</a>) <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>): [t͡ʃʰæns], [t͡ʃʰans]</li> <li>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English_phonology" class="extiw" title="w:Australian English phonology">General Australian</a>) <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>): [t͡ʃʰæːns], [t͡ʃʰɛːns]</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>): /t͡ʃɑːns/ <ul><li>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Received Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockney#Speech" class="extiw" title="w:Cockney">Cockney</a>) <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>): [t͡ʃʰɑːns] <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Received Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a>):</td><td class="audiofile"><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="en-uk-chance.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/En-uk-chance.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8e/En-uk-chance.ogg/En-uk-chance.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-uk-chance.ogg" title="File:en-uk-chance.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a>):</td><td class="audiofile"><audio id="mwe_player_2" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="en-GB-chance.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/En-GB-chance.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/En-GB-chance.ogg/En-GB-chance.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-GB-chance.ogg" title="File:en-GB-chance.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul></li> <li>(Cultivated Australian, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_English_phonology" class="extiw" title="w:New Zealand English phonology">New Zealand</a>) <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>): [t͡ʃʰäːns], [t͡ʃʰɐːns]</li> <li>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_English" class="extiw" title="w:Indian English">India</a>) <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>): [t͡ʃɑːns]</li></ul></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/%C9%91%CB%90ns" title="Rhymes:English/ɑːns">-ɑːns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/%C3%A6ns" title="Rhymes:English/æns">-æns</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Etymology 1">edit</a>]</div> From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a> <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Middle_English">chance</a>, <a href="/wiki/cheance#Middle_English" title="cheance">cheance</a>, <a href="/wiki/chaunce#Middle_English" title="chaunce">chaunce</a>, <a href="/wiki/cheaunce#Middle_English" title="cheaunce">cheaunce</a>, a borrowing from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a> <a href="/wiki/cheance#Old_French" title="cheance">cheance</a> (“accident, chance, luck”), from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgar_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Vulgar Latin">Vulgar Latin</a> <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Latin/cadentia" title="Reconstruction:Latin/cadentia">*cadentia</a> (“falling”), from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a> <a href="/wiki/cadere#Latin" title="cadere">cadere</a> (“to fall, to die, to happen, occur”). <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#doublet" title="Appendix:Glossary">Doublet</a> of <a href="/wiki/cadence#English" title="cadence">cadence</a> and <a href="/wiki/cadenza#English" title="cadenza">cadenza</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun">Noun</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> chance (<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a>, plural <a href="/wiki/chances#English" title="chances">chances</a>) <ol><li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a>) An <a href="/wiki/opportunity" title="opportunity">opportunity</a> or <a href="/wiki/possibility" title="possibility">possibility</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example">We had the chance to meet the president last week.</div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">1897 December (indicated as 1898), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill_(novelist)" class="extiw" title="w:Winston Churchill (novelist)">Winston Churchill</a>, chapter II, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Celebrity" class="extiw" title="w:The Celebrity">The Celebrity: An Episode</a></cite>, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macmillan_Inc." class="extiw" title="w:Macmillan Inc.">The Macmillan Company</a>; London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macmillan_Publishers" class="extiw" title="w:Macmillan Publishers">Macmillan & Co., Ltd.</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/222716698">→OCLC</a>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">Here was my chance. I took the old man aside, and two or three glasses of Old Crow launched him into reminiscence.</div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole">1965 March 15, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" class="extiw" title="w:Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a>, 42:30 from the start, in <cite>Special Message to the Congress: The American Promise [on the Voting Rights Act], 3/15/65. MP506.</cite>‎<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NvPhiuGZ6I">[1]</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_Baines_Johnson_Library_and_Museum" class="extiw" title="w:Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum">Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum</a>‎<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/vantagepointpers00john/page/n14/">[2]</a>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">It never even occurred to me in my fondest dreams that I might have the chance to help the sons and daughters of those students and to help people like them all over this country. But now I do have that chance, and I'll let you in on a secret: I mean to use it.</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a>) <a href="/wiki/random" title="random">Random</a> <a href="/wiki/occurrence" title="occurrence">occurrence</a>; <a href="/wiki/luck" title="luck">luck</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example">Why leave it to chance when a few simple steps will secure the desired outcome?</div></dd></dl></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a>) The <a href="/wiki/probability" title="probability">probability</a> of something happening. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example">There is a 30 percent chance of rain tomorrow.</div></dd></dl></li> <li>(in plural as chances) <a href="/wiki/probability" title="probability">probability</a>; <a href="/wiki/possibility" title="possibility">possibility</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">1908, Ernest Young, “<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Peeps_at_Many_Lands:_Siam/Chapter_4" class="extiw" title="s:Peeps at Many Lands: Siam/Chapter 4">Chapter 4 The children</a>”, in <cite>Peeps at Many Lands: Siam</cite>, London: Adam and Charles Black, page 16:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">Sometimes the name is changed because it is thought to be unlucky. If "Chua" is ill, the chances are that there are certain spirits who do not like his name, so the parents alter his name to "Mee," or something else, and then he gets well again.</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a>, <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#archaic" title="Appendix:Glossary">archaic</a>) What <a href="/wiki/befall" title="befall">befalls</a> or <a href="/wiki/happen" title="happen">happens</a> to a <a href="/wiki/person" title="person">person</a>; their <a href="/wiki/lot" title="lot">lot</a> or <a href="/wiki/fate" title="fate">fate</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">1795, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Southey" class="extiw" title="w:Robert Southey">Robert Southey</a>, <cite>The Soldier's Wife</cite>‎<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.ca/books?id=Eq88AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA168&lpg=PA168&dq=soldier%27s+wife+southey&source=bl&ots=1fZA4KTK2O&sig=mQgIrkNRtLcrpqIVAi8Z5077-RQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjg-YDr0oLKAhUCax4KHa4kBawQ6AEIITAB#v=onepage&q=soldier's%20wife%20southey&f=false">[3]</a>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">Wild-visag'd Wanderer! ah for thy heavy chance!</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Synonyms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>(random occurrence): <a href="/wiki/fortune#English" title="fortune">fortune</a>, <a href="/wiki/hap#English" title="hap">hap</a>; see also <a href="/wiki/Thesaurus:luck" title="Thesaurus:luck">Thesaurus:luck</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Derived terms">edit</a>]</div> <div class="term-list-header">Terms derived from the noun chance</div><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="2"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/bechance" title="bechance">bechance</a> (adverb)</li><li><a href="/wiki/blow_one%27s_chance#English" title="blow one's chance">blow one's chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Buckley%27s_chance#English" title="Buckley's chance">Buckley's chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/by_any_chance#English" title="by any chance">by any chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/by_chance#English" title="by chance">by chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/cat_in_hell%27s_chance#English" title="cat in hell's chance">cat in hell's chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/chanceable#English" title="chanceable">chanceable</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/chance_acquaintance#English" title="chance acquaintance">chance acquaintance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/chance_card#English" title="chance card">chance card</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/chance%27d_be_a_fine_thing#English" title="chance'd be a fine thing">chance'd be a fine thing</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=chance_fracture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="chance fracture (page does not exist)">chance fracture</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/chanceful#English" title="chanceful">chanceful</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/chanceless#English" title="chanceless">chanceless</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/chancely#English" title="chancely">chancely</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/chance-medley#English" title="chance-medley">chance-medley</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/chancer#English" title="chancer">chancer</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/chances_are#English" title="chances are">chances are</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/chance_the_ducks#English" title="chance the ducks">chance the ducks</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/chancewise#English" title="chancewise">chancewise</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/chance_would_be_a_fine_thing#English" title="chance would be a fine thing">chance would be a fine thing</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/chancy#English" title="chancy">chancy</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Chinaman%27s_chance#English" title="Chinaman's chance">Chinaman's chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Come_By_Chance#English" title="Come By Chance">Come By Chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/dog%27s_chance#English" title="dog's chance">dog's chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/even_chance#English" title="even chance">even chance</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=fair_chance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fair chance (page does not exist)">fair chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/fat_chance#English" title="fat chance">fat chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/fighting_chance#English" title="fighting chance">fighting chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/first-chance_exception#English" title="first-chance exception">first-chance exception</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/game_of_chance#English" title="game of chance">game of chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/half_a_chance#English" title="half a chance">half a chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/half-chance#English" title="half-chance">half-chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/happenchance#English" title="happenchance">happenchance</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=happy_chance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="happy chance (page does not exist)">happy chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/in_with_a_chance#English" title="in with a chance">in with a chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/jump_at_the_chance#English" title="jump at the chance">jump at the chance</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=last_chance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="last chance (page does not exist)">last chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/last_chance_saloon#English" title="last chance saloon">last chance saloon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/leave_to_chance#English" title="leave to chance">leave to chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/main_chance#English" title="main chance">main chance</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=mum_chance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="mum chance (page does not exist)">mum chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/no_chance#English" title="no chance">no chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/not_a_chance#English" title="not a chance">not a chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/off_chance#English" title="off chance">off chance</a>/<a href="/wiki/off-chance#English" title="off-chance">off-chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/on_the_off_chance#English" title="on the off chance">on the off chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/outside_chance#English" title="outside chance">outside chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/overchance#English" title="overchance">overchance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/perchance#English" title="perchance">perchance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/second_chance#English" title="second chance">second chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/shutter_chance#English" title="shutter chance">shutter chance</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=slim_chance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="slim chance (page does not exist)">slim chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/smart_chance#English" title="smart chance">smart chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/snowball%27s_chance#English" title="snowball's chance">snowball's chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/snowball%27s_chance_in_heck#English" title="snowball's chance in heck">snowball's chance in heck</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/snowball%27s_chance_in_hell#English" title="snowball's chance in hell">snowball's chance in hell</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/snowflake%27s_chance_in_hell#English" title="snowflake's chance in hell">snowflake's chance in hell</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/sporting_chance#English" title="sporting chance">sporting chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/stand_a_chance#English" title="stand a chance">stand a chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/take_a_chance#English" title="take a chance">take a chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/take_one%27s_chance#English" title="take one's chance">take one's chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/unchance#English" title="unchance">unchance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/wanchance#English" title="wanchance">wanchance</a></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Descendants">Descendants</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Descendants">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>→ Japanese: <a href="/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9#Japanese" title="チャンス">チャンス</a><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r68481116">.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title]{cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title="uncertain"]{font-size:.7em;vertical-align:super}</style></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations">Translations</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Translations">edit</a>]</div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-an_opportunity_or_possibility"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">an opportunity or possibility</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="an opportunity or possibility"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Albanian: <a href="/wiki/nge#Albanian" title="nge">nge</a> <a href="https://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/nge" class="extiw" title="sq:nge">(sq)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/shans#Albanian" title="shans">shans</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Arabic: <a href="/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%A9#Arabic" title="فرصة">فُرْصَة</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (furṣa) <dl><dd>Hijazi Arabic: <a href="/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%A9#Hijazi_Arabic" title="فرصة">فُرْصة</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (furṣa)</dd></dl></li> <li>Armenian: <a href="/wiki/%D5%B0%D5%B6%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6#Armenian" title="հնարավորություն">հնարավորություն</a> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%B0%D5%B6%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" class="extiw" title="hy:հնարավորություն">(hy)</a> (hnaravorutʻyun)</li> <li>Azerbaijani: <a href="/wiki/imkan#Azerbaijani" title="imkan">imkan</a> <a href="https://az.wiktionary.org/wiki/imkan" class="extiw" title="az:imkan">(az)</a>, <a href="/wiki/f%C3%BCrs%C9%99t#Azerbaijani" title="fürsət">fürsət</a> <a href="https://az.wiktionary.org/wiki/f%C3%BCrs%C9%99t" class="extiw" title="az:fürsət">(az)</a></li> <li>Bashkir: <a href="/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%82#Bashkir" title="форсат">форсат</a> (forsat)</li> <li>Belarusian: <a href="/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81#Belarusian" title="шанс">шанс</a> (šans), <a href="/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86#Belarusian" title="шанц">шанц</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (šanc), <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%87%D1%8B%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%86%D1%8C#Belarusian" title="магчымасць">магчы́масць</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (mahčýmascʹ)</li> <li>Breton: <a href="/wiki/cha%C3%B1s#Breton" title="chañs">chañs</a> <a href="https://br.wiktionary.org/wiki/cha%C3%B1s" class="extiw" title="br:chañs">(br)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Bulgarian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B2%D1%8A%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82#Bulgarian" title="възможност">възмо́жност</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B2%D1%8A%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82" class="extiw" title="bg:възможност">(bg)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (vǎzmóžnost), <a href="/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81#Bulgarian" title="шанс">шанс</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81" class="extiw" title="bg:шанс">(bg)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (šans)</li> <li>Burmese: <a href="/wiki/%E1%80%A1%E1%80%81%E1%80%BD%E1%80%84%E1%80%B7%E1%80%BA%E1%80%A1%E1%80%9B%E1%80%B1%E1%80%B8#Burmese" title="အခွင့်အရေး">အခွင့်အရေး</a> <a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%80%A1%E1%80%81%E1%80%BD%E1%80%84%E1%80%B7%E1%80%BA%E1%80%A1%E1%80%9B%E1%80%B1%E1%80%B8" class="extiw" title="my:အခွင့်အရေး">(my)</a> (a.hkwang.a.re:)</li> <li>Catalan: <a href="/wiki/oportunitat#Catalan" title="oportunitat">oportunitat</a> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/oportunitat" class="extiw" title="ca:oportunitat">(ca)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Cantonese: <a href="/wiki/%E6%A9%9F%E6%9C%83#Cantonese" title="機會">機會</a>／<a href="/wiki/%E6%9C%BA%E4%BC%9A#Cantonese" title="机会">机会</a> (gei1 wui6)</dd> <dd>Hokkien: <a href="/wiki/%E6%A9%9F%E6%9C%83#Hokkien" title="機會">機會</a>／<a href="/wiki/%E6%9C%BA%E4%BC%9A#Hokkien" title="机会">机会</a> <a href="https://zh-min-nan.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%A9%9F%E6%9C%83" class="extiw" title="zh-min-nan:機會">(zh-min-nan)</a> (ki-hōe)</dd> <dd>Mandarin: <a href="/wiki/%E6%A9%9F%E6%9C%83#Mandarin" title="機會">機會</a>／<a href="/wiki/%E6%9C%BA%E4%BC%9A#Mandarin" title="机会">机会</a> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%A9%9F%E6%9C%83" class="extiw" title="zh:機會">(zh)</a> (jīhuì)</dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <a href="/wiki/%C5%A1ance#Czech" title="šance">šance</a> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%A1ance" class="extiw" title="cs:šance">(cs)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/p%C5%99%C3%ADle%C5%BEitost#Czech" title="příležitost">příležitost</a> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/p%C5%99%C3%ADle%C5%BEitost" class="extiw" title="cs:příležitost">(cs)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Danish: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Danish">chance</a> <a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" class="extiw" title="da:chance">(da)</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/mulighed#Danish" title="mulighed">mulighed</a> <a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/mulighed" class="extiw" title="da:mulighed">(da)</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></li> <li>Dutch: <a href="/wiki/kans#Dutch" title="kans">kans</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/kans" class="extiw" title="nl:kans">(nl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/gelegenheid#Dutch" title="gelegenheid">gelegenheid</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/gelegenheid" class="extiw" title="nl:gelegenheid">(nl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/mogelijkheid#Dutch" title="mogelijkheid">mogelijkheid</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/mogelijkheid" class="extiw" title="nl:mogelijkheid">(nl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Esperanto: <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Danco#Esperanto" title="ŝanco">ŝanco</a></li> <li>Estonian: <a href="/wiki/v%C3%B5imalus#Estonian" title="võimalus">võimalus</a></li> <li>Finnish: <a href="/wiki/mahdollisuus#Finnish" title="mahdollisuus">mahdollisuus</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/mahdollisuus" class="extiw" title="fi:mahdollisuus">(fi)</a></li> <li>French: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#French">chance</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" class="extiw" title="fr:chance">(fr)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Galician: <a href="/wiki/oportunidade#Galician" title="oportunidade">oportunidade</a> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/oportunidade" class="extiw" title="gl:oportunidade">(gl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Georgian: <a href="/wiki/%E1%83%A8%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%AB%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%90#Georgian" title="შესაძლებლობა">შესაძლებლობა</a> (šesaʒlebloba), <a href="/wiki/%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98#Georgian" title="შანსი">შანსი</a> <a href="https://ka.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" class="extiw" title="ka:შანსი">(ka)</a> (šansi)</li> <li>German: <a href="/wiki/Gelegenheit#German" title="Gelegenheit">Gelegenheit</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gelegenheit" class="extiw" title="de:Gelegenheit">(de)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/M%C3%B6glichkeit#German" title="Möglichkeit">Möglichkeit</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/M%C3%B6glichkeit" class="extiw" title="de:Möglichkeit">(de)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/Chance#German" title="Chance">Chance</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Chance" class="extiw" title="de:Chance">(de)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Greek: <a href="/wiki/%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1#Greek" title="ευκαιρία">ευκαιρία</a> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1" class="extiw" title="el:ευκαιρία">(el)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (efkairía), <a href="/wiki/%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B8%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B1#Greek" title="πιθανότητα">πιθανότητα</a> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B8%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B1" class="extiw" title="el:πιθανότητα">(el)</a> (pithanótita)</li> <li>Hebrew: <a href="/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%99#Hebrew" title="סיכוי">סִיכּוּי</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (sikúi), <a href="/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%96%D7%9C#Hebrew" title="מזל">מַזָּל</a> <a href="https://he.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%96%D7%9C" class="extiw" title="he:מזל">(he)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (mazzál), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D7%94%D7%96%D7%93%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%A4%D7%96&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="הזדמנות פז (page does not exist)">הִזְדַּמְּנוּת פָּז</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (hizdámnúth' paz)</li> <li>Hindi: <a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0#Hindi" title="अवसर">अवसर</a> <a href="https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0" class="extiw" title="hi:अवसर">(hi)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (avsar), <a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BE#Hindi" title="मौक़ा">मौक़ा</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (mauqā), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="चांस (page does not exist)">चांस</a> <a href="https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8" class="extiw" title="hi:चांस">(hi)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (cāns), <a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B6#Hindi" title="अवकाश">अवकाश</a> <a href="https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B6" class="extiw" title="hi:अवकाश">(hi)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (avkāś)</li> <li>Hungarian: <a href="/wiki/alkalom#Hungarian" title="alkalom">alkalom</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/alkalom" class="extiw" title="hu:alkalom">(hu)</a>, <a href="/wiki/lehet%C5%91s%C3%A9g#Hungarian" title="lehetőség">lehetőség</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/lehet%C5%91s%C3%A9g" class="extiw" title="hu:lehetőség">(hu)</a></li> <li>Indonesian: <a href="/wiki/sempat" title="sempat">kesempatan</a></li> <li>Irish: <a href="/wiki/faill#Irish" title="faill">faill</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/seans#Irish" title="seans">seans</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/amhantar#Irish" title="amhantar">amhantar</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Italian: <a href="/wiki/possibilit%C3%A0#Italian" title="possibilità">possibilità</a> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/possibilit%C3%A0" class="extiw" title="it:possibilità">(it)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/opportunit%C3%A0#Italian" title="opportunità">opportunità</a> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/opportunit%C3%A0" class="extiw" title="it:opportunità">(it)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Italian">chance</a> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" class="extiw" title="it:chance">(it)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Japanese: <a href="/wiki/%E6%A9%9F%E4%BC%9A#Japanese" title="機会">機会</a> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%A9%9F%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:機会">(ja)</a> (きかい, kikai), <a href="/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9#Japanese" title="チャンス">チャンス</a> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9" class="extiw" title="ja:チャンス">(ja)</a> (chansu), <a href="/wiki/%E6%A9%9F#Japanese" title="機">機</a> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%A9%9F" class="extiw" title="ja:機">(ja)</a> (き, ki)</li> <li>Kabuverdianu: <a href="/wiki/txansa#Kabuverdianu" title="txansa">txansa</a>, <a href="/wiki/xanse#Kabuverdianu" title="xanse">xanse</a></li> <li>Kazakh: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D2%AF%D0%BC%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%BA#Kazakh" title="мүмкіндік">мүмкіндік</a> (mümkındık)</li> <li>Khmer: <a href="/wiki/%E1%9E%B1%E1%9E%80%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9F#Khmer" title="ឱកាស">ឱកាស</a> <a href="https://km.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%9E%B1%E1%9E%80%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9F" class="extiw" title="km:ឱកាស">(km)</a> (ʼaokaah)</li> <li>Korean: <a href="/wiki/%EA%B8%B0%ED%9A%8C#Korean" title="기회">기회(機會)</a> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EA%B8%B0%ED%9A%8C" class="extiw" title="ko:기회">(ko)</a> (gihoe), <a href="/wiki/%EC%B0%AC%EC%8A%A4#Korean" title="찬스">찬스</a> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EC%B0%AC%EC%8A%A4" class="extiw" title="ko:찬스">(ko)</a> (chanseu)</li> <li>Kurdish: <dl><dd>Northern Kurdish: <a href="/w/index.php?title=firset&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="firset (page does not exist)">firset</a> <a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/firset" class="extiw" title="ku:firset">(ku)</a></dd></dl></li> <li>Kyrgyz: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D2%AF%D0%BC%D0%BA%D2%AF%D0%BD%D0%B4%D2%AF%D0%BA#Kyrgyz" title="мүмкүндүк">мүмкүндүк</a> <a href="https://ky.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D2%AF%D0%BC%D0%BA%D2%AF%D0%BD%D0%B4%D2%AF%D0%BA" class="extiw" title="ky:мүмкүндүк">(ky)</a> (mümkündük)</li> <li>Lao: <a href="/wiki/%E0%BB%82%E0%BA%AD%E0%BA%81%E0%BA%B2%E0%BA%94#Lao" title="ໂອກາດ">ໂອກາດ</a> (ʼō kāt)</li> <li>Latin: <a href="/wiki/opportunitas#Latin" title="opportunitas">opportunitas</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/possibilitas#Latin" title="possibilitas">possibilitas</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/potestas#Latin" title="potestas">potestas</a> <a href="https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/potestas" class="extiw" title="la:potestas">(la)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/aditus#Latin" title="aditus">aditus</a> <a href="https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/aditus" class="extiw" title="la:aditus">(la)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Latvian: <a href="/wiki/iesp%C4%93ja#Latvian" title="iespēja">iespēja</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Lithuanian: <a href="/wiki/proga#Lithuanian" title="proga">próga</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Macedonian: <a href="/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0#Macedonian" title="шанса">шанса</a> <a href="https://mk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="mk:шанса">(mk)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (šansa), <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82#Macedonian" title="можност">можност</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (možnost)</li> <li>Malay: <a href="/wiki/peluang#Malay" title="peluang">peluang</a>, <a href="/wiki/kesempatan#Malay" title="kesempatan">kesempatan</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=cerlak&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="cerlak (page does not exist)">cerlak</a>, <a href="/wiki/can#Malay" title="can">can</a> <a href="https://ms.wiktionary.org/wiki/can" class="extiw" title="ms:can">(ms)</a></li> <li>Malayalam: <a href="/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82#Malayalam" title="അവസരം">അവസരം</a> <a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82" class="extiw" title="ml:അവസരം">(ml)</a> (avasaraṁ)</li> <li>Manchu: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%A0%A8%E1%A0%A0%E1%A0%B0%E1%A1%A5%E1%A1%A1%E1%A0%A8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ᠨᠠᠰᡥᡡᠨ (page does not exist)">ᠨᠠᠰᡥᡡᠨ</a> (nashūn)</li> <li>Middle English: <a href="/wiki/chaunce#Middle_English" title="chaunce">chaunce</a></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <a href="/wiki/sjanse#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="sjanse">sjanse</a> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/sjanse" class="extiw" title="no:sjanse">(no)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/mulighet#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="mulighet">mulighet</a> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/mulighet" class="extiw" title="no:mulighet">(no)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></dd></dl></li> <li>Occitan: <a href="/wiki/oportunitat#Occitan" title="oportunitat">oportunitat</a> <a href="https://oc.wiktionary.org/wiki/oportunitat" class="extiw" title="oc:oportunitat">(oc)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=possibiltat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="possibiltat (page does not exist)">possibiltat</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Old English: <a href="/wiki/gegang#Old_English" title="gegang">ġegang</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Pashto: <a href="/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%AA#Pashto" title="فرصت">فرصت</a> <a href="https://ps.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%AA" class="extiw" title="ps:فرصت">(ps)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (fersat)</li> <li>Persian: <a href="/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%AA#Persian" title="فرصت">فرصت</a> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%AA" class="extiw" title="fa:فرصت">(fa)</a> (forsat), <a href="/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3#Persian" title="شانس">شانس</a> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3" class="extiw" title="fa:شانس">(fa)</a> (šâns)</li> <li>Polish: <a href="/wiki/szansa#Polish" title="szansa">szansa</a> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/szansa" class="extiw" title="pl:szansa">(pl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/okazja#Polish" title="okazja">okazja</a> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/okazja" class="extiw" title="pl:okazja">(pl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/gratka#Polish" title="gratka">gratka</a>, <a href="/wiki/mo%C5%BCliwo%C5%9B%C4%87#Polish" title="możliwość">możliwość</a> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/mo%C5%BCliwo%C5%9B%C4%87" class="extiw" title="pl:możliwość">(pl)</a>, <a href="/wiki/sposobno%C5%9B%C4%87#Polish" title="sposobność">sposobność</a> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/sposobno%C5%9B%C4%87" class="extiw" title="pl:sposobność">(pl)</a></li> <li>Portuguese: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Portuguese">chance</a> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" class="extiw" title="pt:chance">(pt)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Romanian: <a href="/wiki/%C8%99ans%C4%83#Romanian" title="șansă">șansă</a> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C8%99ans%C4%83" class="extiw" title="ro:șansă">(ro)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/%C8%99anse#Romanian" title="șanse">șanse</a> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C8%99anse" class="extiw" title="ro:șanse">(ro)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> <abbr title="plural number">pl</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/ocazie#Romanian" title="ocazie">ocazie</a> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/ocazie" class="extiw" title="ro:ocazie">(ro)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Romansch: <a href="/wiki/pussaivladad#Romansch" title="pussaivladad">pussaivladad</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (Rumantsch Grischun)</li> <li>Russian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="возможность">возмо́жность</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:возможность">(ru)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (vozmóžnostʹ), <a href="/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81#Russian" title="шанс">шанс</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81" class="extiw" title="ru:шанс">(ru)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (šans)</li> <li>Scottish Gaelic: <a href="/wiki/cothrom#Scottish_Gaelic" title="cothrom">cothrom</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <a href="/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0#Serbo-Croatian" title="шанса">ша̏нса</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%9B%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82#Serbo-Croatian" title="могућност">могу́ћно̄ст</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></dd> <dd>Roman: <a href="/wiki/%C5%A1ansa#Serbo-Croatian" title="šansa">šȁnsa</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%A1ansa" class="extiw" title="sh:šansa">(sh)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/mogu%C4%87nost#Serbo-Croatian" title="mogućnost">mogúćnōst</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></dd></dl></li> <li>Sinhalese: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%85%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AE%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%80&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="අවස්ථාව (page does not exist)">අවස්ථාව</a> (awasthāwa)</li> <li>Slovak: <a href="/wiki/pr%C3%ADle%C5%BEitos%C5%A5#Slovak" title="príležitosť">príležitosť</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%A1anca&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="šanca (page does not exist)">šanca</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Slovene: <a href="/wiki/prilo%C5%BEnost#Slovene" title="priložnost">priložnost</a> <a href="https://sl.wiktionary.org/wiki/prilo%C5%BEnost" class="extiw" title="sl:priložnost">(sl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/%C5%A1ansa#Slovene" title="šansa">šansa</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Spanish: <a href="/wiki/oportunidad#Spanish" title="oportunidad">oportunidad</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/oportunidad" class="extiw" title="es:oportunidad">(es)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/posibilidad#Spanish" title="posibilidad">posibilidad</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/posibilidad" class="extiw" title="es:posibilidad">(es)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Spanish">chance</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" class="extiw" title="es:chance">(es)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/chanza#Spanish" title="chanza">chanza</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/chanza" class="extiw" title="es:chanza">(es)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (Latin America)</li> <li>Swahili: <a href="/wiki/nafasi#Swahili" title="nafasi">nafasi</a> <a href="https://sw.wiktionary.org/wiki/nafasi" class="extiw" title="sw:nafasi">(sw)</a></li> <li>Swedish: <a href="/wiki/chans#Swedish" title="chans">chans</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/chans" class="extiw" title="sv:chans">(sv)</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/m%C3%B6jlighet#Swedish" title="möjlighet">möjlighet</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/m%C3%B6jlighet" class="extiw" title="sv:möjlighet">(sv)</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></li> <li>Tagalog: <a href="/wiki/pagkakataon#Tagalog" title="pagkakataon">pagkakataon</a></li> <li>Tajik: <a href="/wiki/%D1%84%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%82#Tajik" title="фурсат">фурсат</a> (fursat)</li> <li>Tatar: <a href="/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%82#Tatar" title="форсат">форсат</a> <a href="https://tt.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%82" class="extiw" title="tt:форсат">(tt)</a> (forsat)</li> <li>Telugu: <a href="/wiki/%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%81#Telugu" title="అవకాశము">అవకాశము</a> <a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%81" class="extiw" title="te:అవకాశము">(te)</a> (avakāśamu)</li> <li>Thai: <a href="/wiki/%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AA#Thai" title="โอกาส">โอกาส</a> <a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AA" class="extiw" title="th:โอกาส">(th)</a> (oo-gàat)</li> <li>Turkish: <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Fans#Turkish" title="şans">şans</a> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%9Fans" class="extiw" title="tr:şans">(tr)</a>, <a href="/wiki/talih#Turkish" title="talih">talih</a> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/talih" class="extiw" title="tr:talih">(tr)</a>, <a href="/wiki/f%C4%B1rsat#Turkish" title="fırsat">fırsat</a> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/f%C4%B1rsat" class="extiw" title="tr:fırsat">(tr)</a></li> <li>Turkmen: <a href="/w/index.php?title=pursat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="pursat (page does not exist)">pursat</a></li> <li>Ukrainian: <a href="/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81#Ukrainian" title="шанс">шанс</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (šans), <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C#Ukrainian" title="можливість">можли́вість</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (možlývistʹ)</li> <li>Urdu: <a href="/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B9#Urdu" title="موقع">موقع</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (mauqā)</li> <li>Uyghur: <a href="/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%95%D8%AA#Uyghur" title="پۇرسەت">پۇرسەت</a> (purset)</li> <li>Uzbek: <a href="/wiki/imkoniyat#Uzbek" title="imkoniyat">imkoniyat</a> <a href="https://uz.wiktionary.org/wiki/imkoniyat" class="extiw" title="uz:imkoniyat">(uz)</a>, <a href="/wiki/fursat#Uzbek" title="fursat">fursat</a> <a href="https://uz.wiktionary.org/wiki/fursat" class="extiw" title="uz:fursat">(uz)</a></li> <li>Vietnamese: <a href="/wiki/c%C6%A1_h%E1%BB%99i#Vietnamese" title="cơ hội">cơ hội</a> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/c%C6%A1_h%E1%BB%99i" class="extiw" title="vi:cơ hội">(vi)</a> (<a href="/wiki/%E6%A9%9F%E6%9C%83#Vietnamese" title="機會">機會</a>)</li> <li>Volapük: <a href="/w/index.php?title=m%C3%B6god&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="mögod (page does not exist)">mögod</a> <a href="https://vo.wiktionary.org/wiki/m%C3%B6god" class="extiw" title="vo:mögod">(vo)</a></li> <li>West Frisian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=k%C3%A2ns&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="kâns (page does not exist)">kâns</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></li> <li>Zazaki: <a href="/w/index.php?title=se%C4%9Fs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="seğs (page does not exist)">seğs</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=sehud&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="sehud (page does not exist)">sehud</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=f%C4%B1rset&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fırset (page does not exist)">fırset</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-random_occurrence"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">random occurrence</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="random occurrence"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Armenian: <a href="/wiki/%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6#Armenian" title="պատահականություն">պատահականություն</a> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" class="extiw" title="hy:պատահականություն">(hy)</a> (patahakanutʻyun), <a href="/wiki/%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%BA%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%AE#Armenian" title="դիպված">դիպված</a> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%BA%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%AE" class="extiw" title="hy:դիպված">(hy)</a> (dipvac)</li> <li>Basque: <a href="/wiki/zori#Basque" title="zori">zori</a></li> <li>Bulgarian: <a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82#Bulgarian" title="случайност">случа́йност</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82" class="extiw" title="bg:случайност">(bg)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (slučájnost)</li> <li>Catalan: <a href="/wiki/atzar#Catalan" title="atzar">atzar</a> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/atzar" class="extiw" title="ca:atzar">(ca)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=casualitat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="casualitat (page does not exist)">casualitat</a> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/casualitat" class="extiw" title="ca:casualitat">(ca)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Czech: <a href="/wiki/n%C3%A1hoda#Czech" title="náhoda">náhoda</a> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/n%C3%A1hoda" class="extiw" title="cs:náhoda">(cs)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Danish: <a href="/wiki/mulighed#Danish" title="mulighed">mulighed</a> <a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/mulighed" class="extiw" title="da:mulighed">(da)</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/tilf%C3%A6ldighed#Danish" title="tilfældighed">tilfældighed</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></li> <li>Dutch: <a href="/wiki/toeval#Dutch" title="toeval">toeval</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/toeval" class="extiw" title="nl:toeval">(nl)</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></li> <li>Esperanto: <a href="/wiki/hazardo#Esperanto" title="hazardo">hazardo</a> <a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/hazardo" class="extiw" title="eo:hazardo">(eo)</a></li> <li>Finnish: <a href="/wiki/sattuma#Finnish" title="sattuma">sattuma</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/sattuma" class="extiw" title="fi:sattuma">(fi)</a></li> <li>French: <a href="/wiki/raccroc#French" title="raccroc">raccroc</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/raccroc" class="extiw" title="fr:raccroc">(fr)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/hasard#French" title="hasard">hasard</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/hasard" class="extiw" title="fr:hasard">(fr)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Georgian: <a href="/wiki/%E1%83%A8%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%97%E1%83%AE%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%90#Georgian" title="შემთხვევა">შემთხვევა</a> (šemtxveva)</li> <li>German: <a href="/wiki/Zufall#German" title="Zufall">Zufall</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Zufall" class="extiw" title="de:Zufall">(de)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Greek: <a href="/wiki/%CF%84%CF%8D%CF%87%CE%B7#Greek" title="τύχη">τύχη</a> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%84%CF%8D%CF%87%CE%B7" class="extiw" title="el:τύχη">(el)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (týchi), <a href="/wiki/%CF%83%CF%8D%CE%BC%CF%80%CF%84%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B7#Greek" title="σύμπτωση">σύμπτωση</a> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%83%CF%8D%CE%BC%CF%80%CF%84%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B7" class="extiw" title="el:σύμπτωση">(el)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (sýmptosi), <a href="/wiki/%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B7#Greek" title="περίσταση">περίσταση</a> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B7" class="extiw" title="el:περίσταση">(el)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (perístasi), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%CF%83%CF%85%CE%B3%CE%BA%CF%85%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="συγκυρία (page does not exist)">συγκυρία</a> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%83%CF%85%CE%B3%CE%BA%CF%85%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1" class="extiw" title="el:συγκυρία">(el)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (sygkyría)</li> <li>Hebrew: <a href="/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%94#Hebrew" title="מקרה">מִקְרֶה</a> <a href="https://he.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%94" class="extiw" title="he:מקרה">(he)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (mikré), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D7%A6%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A3_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="צרוף מקרים (page does not exist)">צֵרוּף מִקְרִים</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (zeruf mikriem)</li> <li>Hungarian: <a href="/wiki/v%C3%A9letlen#Hungarian" title="véletlen">véletlen</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/v%C3%A9letlen" class="extiw" title="hu:véletlen">(hu)</a></li> <li>Irish: <a href="/wiki/seans#Irish" title="seans">seans</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Italian: <a href="/wiki/caso#Italian" title="caso">caso</a> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/caso" class="extiw" title="it:caso">(it)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Kabuverdianu: <a href="/wiki/txansa#Kabuverdianu" title="txansa">txansa</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=xansa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="xansa (page does not exist)">xansa</a></li> <li>Khmer: <a href="/wiki/%E1%9E%82%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9A%E1%9F%84%E1%9F%87#Khmer" title="គ្រោះ">គ្រោះ</a> <a href="https://km.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%9E%82%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9A%E1%9F%84%E1%9F%87" class="extiw" title="km:គ្រោះ">(km)</a> (krŭəh)</li> <li>Korean: <a href="/wiki/%EC%9A%B0%EC%97%B0#Korean" title="우연">우연(偶然)</a> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EC%9A%B0%EC%97%B0" class="extiw" title="ko:우연">(ko)</a> (uyeon)</li> <li>Latin: <a href="/wiki/temeritas#Latin" title="temeritas">temeritās</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/accidentia#Latin" title="accidentia">accidentia</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/fors#Latin" title="fors">fors</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Middle English: <a href="/wiki/chaunce#Middle_English" title="chaunce">chaunce</a></li> <li>Norwegian: <a href="/wiki/mulighet#Norwegian" title="mulighet">mulighet</a> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/mulighet" class="extiw" title="no:mulighet">(no)</a>, <a href="/wiki/tilfeldigheter#Norwegian" title="tilfeldigheter">tilfeldigheter</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> <abbr title="plural number">pl</abbr></li> <li>Occitan: <a href="/wiki/escasen%C3%A7a#Occitan" title="escasença">escasença</a> <a href="https://oc.wiktionary.org/wiki/escasen%C3%A7a" class="extiw" title="oc:escasença">(oc)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Old English: <a href="/wiki/gegang#Old_English" title="gegang">ġegang</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Ottoman Turkish: <a href="/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%AA#Ottoman_Turkish" title="بخت">بخت</a> (baht)</li> <li>Portuguese: <a href="/wiki/acaso#Portuguese" title="acaso">acaso</a> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/acaso" class="extiw" title="pt:acaso">(pt)</a></li> <li>Romanian: <a href="/wiki/%C3%AEnt%C3%A2mplare#Romanian" title="întâmplare">întâmplare</a> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%AEnt%C3%A2mplare" class="extiw" title="ro:întâmplare">(ro)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/accident#Romanian" title="accident">accident</a> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/accident" class="extiw" title="ro:accident">(ro)</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></li> <li>Russian: <a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="случайность">случа́йность</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:случайность">(ru)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (slučájnostʹ)</li> <li>Spanish: <a href="/wiki/azar#Spanish" title="azar">azar</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/azar" class="extiw" title="es:azar">(es)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/suerte#Spanish" title="suerte">suerte</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/suerte" class="extiw" title="es:suerte">(es)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/casualidad#Spanish" title="casualidad">casualidad</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/casualidad" class="extiw" title="es:casualidad">(es)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Swedish: <a href="/wiki/slump#Swedish" title="slump">slump</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/slump" class="extiw" title="sv:slump">(sv)</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></li> <li>Turkish: <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Fans#Turkish" title="şans">şans</a> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%9Fans" class="extiw" title="tr:şans">(tr)</a>, <a href="/wiki/f%C4%B1rsat#Turkish" title="fırsat">fırsat</a> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/f%C4%B1rsat" class="extiw" title="tr:fırsat">(tr)</a>, <a href="/wiki/kaza#Turkish" title="kaza">kaza</a> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/kaza" class="extiw" title="tr:kaza">(tr)</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-probability_of_something_happening"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">probability of something happening</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="probability of something happening"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Armenian: <a href="/wiki/%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6#Armenian" title="հավանականություն">հավանականություն</a> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" class="extiw" title="hy:հավանականություն">(hy)</a> (havanakanutʻyun)</li> <li>Bulgarian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82#Bulgarian" title="вероятност">вероя́тност</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82" class="extiw" title="bg:вероятност">(bg)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (verojátnost)</li> <li>Catalan: <a href="/wiki/probabilitat#Catalan" title="probabilitat">probabilitat</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <a href="/wiki/%E5%B9%BE%E7%8E%87#Mandarin" title="幾率">幾率</a>／<a href="/wiki/%E5%87%A0%E7%8E%87#Mandarin" title="几率">几率</a> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%B9%BE%E7%8E%87" class="extiw" title="zh:幾率">(zh)</a> (jīlǜ)</dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <a href="/wiki/%C5%A1ance#Czech" title="šance">šance</a> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%A1ance" class="extiw" title="cs:šance">(cs)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/pravd%C4%9Bpodobnost#Czech" title="pravděpodobnost">pravděpodobnost</a> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/pravd%C4%9Bpodobnost" class="extiw" title="cs:pravděpodobnost">(cs)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Danish: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Danish">chance</a> <a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" class="extiw" title="da:chance">(da)</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=sandsynlighed&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="sandsynlighed (page does not exist)">sandsynlighed</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></li> <li>Dutch: <a href="/wiki/kans#Dutch" title="kans">kans</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/kans" class="extiw" title="nl:kans">(nl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Finnish: <a href="/wiki/mahdollisuus#Finnish" title="mahdollisuus">mahdollisuus</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/mahdollisuus" class="extiw" title="fi:mahdollisuus">(fi)</a>, <a href="/wiki/todenn%C3%A4k%C3%B6isyys#Finnish" title="todennäköisyys">todennäköisyys</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/todenn%C3%A4k%C3%B6isyys" class="extiw" title="fi:todennäköisyys">(fi)</a></li> <li>French: (beneficial) <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#French">chance</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" class="extiw" title="fr:chance">(fr)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, (detrimental, risky) <a href="/wiki/risque#French" title="risque">risque</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/risque" class="extiw" title="fr:risque">(fr)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Georgian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%83%A8%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%97%E1%83%AE%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%97%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%90&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="შემთხვევითობა (page does not exist)">შემთხვევითობა</a> (šemtxvevitoba)</li> <li>German: <a href="/wiki/Wahrscheinlichkeit#German" title="Wahrscheinlichkeit">Wahrscheinlichkeit</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wahrscheinlichkeit" class="extiw" title="de:Wahrscheinlichkeit">(de)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Greek: <a href="/wiki/%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B8%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B1#Greek" title="πιθανότητα">πιθανότητα</a> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B8%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B1" class="extiw" title="el:πιθανότητα">(el)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (pithanótita), <a href="/w/index.php?title=%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B4%CE%B5%CF%87%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%BF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ενδεχόμενο (page does not exist)">ενδεχόμενο</a> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B4%CE%B5%CF%87%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%BF" class="extiw" title="el:ενδεχόμενο">(el)</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr> (endechómeno)</li> <li>Hindi: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="सम्भावना (page does not exist)">सम्भावना</a> <a href="https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="hi:सम्भावना">(hi)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (sambhāvnā)</li> <li>Hungarian: <a href="/wiki/val%C3%B3sz%C3%ADn%C5%B1s%C3%A9g#Hungarian" title="valószínűség">valószínűség</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/val%C3%B3sz%C3%ADn%C5%B1s%C3%A9g" class="extiw" title="hu:valószínűség">(hu)</a>, <a href="/wiki/eshet%C5%91s%C3%A9g#Hungarian" title="eshetőség">eshetőség</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/eshet%C5%91s%C3%A9g" class="extiw" title="hu:eshetőség">(hu)</a>, <a href="/wiki/es%C3%A9ly#Hungarian" title="esély">esély</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/es%C3%A9ly" class="extiw" title="hu:esély">(hu)</a></li> <li>Icelandic: <a href="/wiki/l%C3%ADkindi#Icelandic" title="líkindi">líkindi</a> <a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/l%C3%ADkindi" class="extiw" title="is:líkindi">(is)</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr> <abbr title="plural number">pl</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/l%C3%ADkur#Icelandic" title="líkur">líkur</a> <a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/l%C3%ADkur" class="extiw" title="is:líkur">(is)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> <abbr title="plural number">pl</abbr></li> <li>Irish: <a href="/wiki/seans#Irish" title="seans">seans</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Italian: <a href="/wiki/probabilit%C3%A0#Italian" title="probabilità">probabilità</a> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/probabilit%C3%A0" class="extiw" title="it:probabilità">(it)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Kabuverdianu: <a href="/wiki/txansa#Kabuverdianu" title="txansa">txansa</a>, <a href="/wiki/xanse#Kabuverdianu" title="xanse">xanse</a></li> <li>Latin: <a href="/wiki/accidentia#Latin" title="accidentia">accidentia</a>, <a href="/wiki/accidentia#Latin" title="accidentia">accidentia</a>, <a href="/wiki/probabilitas#Latin" title="probabilitas">probabilitas</a>, <a href="/wiki/fors#Latin" title="fors">fors</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Malayalam: <a href="/wiki/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A7%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%A4#Malayalam" title="സാധ്യത">സാധ്യത</a> <a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A7%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%A4" class="extiw" title="ml:സാധ്യത">(ml)</a> (sādhyata)</li> <li>Maori: <a href="/w/index.php?title=t%C5%ABponotanga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tūponotanga (page does not exist)">tūponotanga</a></li> <li>Norwegian: <a href="/wiki/sjanse#Norwegian" title="sjanse">sjanse</a> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/sjanse" class="extiw" title="no:sjanse">(no)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/sannsynlighet#Norwegian" title="sannsynlighet">sannsynlighet</a> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/sannsynlighet" class="extiw" title="no:sannsynlighet">(no)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Portuguese: <a href="/wiki/probabilidade#Portuguese" title="probabilidade">probabilidade</a> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/probabilidade" class="extiw" title="pt:probabilidade">(pt)</a>, <a href="/wiki/hip%C3%B3tese#Portuguese" title="hipótese">hipótese</a> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/hip%C3%B3tese" class="extiw" title="pt:hipótese">(pt)</a></li> <li>Romanian: <a href="/wiki/probabilitate#Romanian" title="probabilitate">probabilitate</a> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/probabilitate" class="extiw" title="ro:probabilitate">(ro)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Russian: <a href="/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="вероятность">вероя́тность</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:вероятность">(ru)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (verojátnostʹ), <a href="/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81#Russian" title="шанс">шанс</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81" class="extiw" title="ru:шанс">(ru)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (šans)</li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%9B%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82#Serbo-Croatian" title="могућност">могу́ћно̄ст</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0#Serbo-Croatian" title="шанса">ша̏нса</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></dd> <dd>Roman: <a href="/wiki/mogu%C4%87nost#Serbo-Croatian" title="mogućnost">mogúćnōst</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/%C5%A1ansa#Serbo-Croatian" title="šansa">šȁnsa</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%A1ansa" class="extiw" title="sh:šansa">(sh)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></dd></dl></li> <li>Spanish: <a href="/wiki/probabilidad#Spanish" title="probabilidad">probabilidad</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/probabilidad" class="extiw" title="es:probabilidad">(es)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></li> <li>Swedish: <a href="/wiki/chans#Swedish" title="chans">chans</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/chans" class="extiw" title="sv:chans">(sv)</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/sannolikhet#Swedish" title="sannolikhet">sannolikhet</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/sannolikhet" class="extiw" title="sv:sannolikhet">(sv)</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></li> <li>Turkish: <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Fans#Turkish" title="şans">şans</a> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%9Fans" class="extiw" title="tr:şans">(tr)</a>, <a href="/wiki/ihtimal#Turkish" title="ihtimal">ihtimal</a> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/ihtimal" class="extiw" title="tr:ihtimal">(tr)</a>, <a href="/wiki/olanak#Turkish" title="olanak">olanak</a> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/olanak" class="extiw" title="tr:olanak">(tr)</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-lot_or_fate"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">lot or fate</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="lot or fate"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <a href="/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81#Bulgarian" title="шанс">шанс</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81" class="extiw" title="bg:шанс">(bg)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> (šans)</li> <li>German: <a href="/wiki/Los#German" title="Los">Los</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Los" class="extiw" title="de:Los">(de)</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/Schicksal#German" title="Schicksal">Schicksal</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Schicksal" class="extiw" title="de:Schicksal">(de)</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></li> <li>Middle English: <a href="/wiki/chaunce#Middle_English" title="chaunce">chaunce</a></li> <li>Ottoman Turkish: <a href="/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%AA#Ottoman_Turkish" title="بخت">بخت</a> (baht)</li> <li>Spanish: <a href="/wiki/albur#Spanish" title="albur">albur</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/albur" class="extiw" title="es:albur">(es)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li> <li>Turkish: <a href="/wiki/talih#Turkish" title="talih">talih</a> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/talih" class="extiw" title="tr:talih">(tr)</a>, <a href="/wiki/baht#Turkish" title="baht">baht</a> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/baht" class="extiw" title="tr:baht">(tr)</a>, <a href="/wiki/kader#Turkish" title="kader">kader</a> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/kader" class="extiw" title="tr:kader">(tr)</a>, <a href="/wiki/k%C4%B1smet#Turkish" title="kısmet">kısmet</a> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/k%C4%B1smet" class="extiw" title="tr:kısmet">(tr)</a></li> <li>Zazaki: <a href="/w/index.php?title=be%C4%9Ft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="beğt (page does not exist)">beğt</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr>, <a href="/wiki/qeder#Zazaki" title="qeder">qeder</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="checktrans"> <dl><dd>The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Entry_layout#Translations" title="Wiktionary:Entry layout">Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations</a>.</dd></dl> </div> <div class="NavFrame"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">Translations to be checked</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="Translations to be checked"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Georgian: (please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>) <a href="/wiki/%E1%83%A8%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%97%E1%83%AE%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%90#Georgian" title="შემთხვევა">შემთხვევა</a> (šemtxveva)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Adjective">Adjective</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Adjective">edit</a>]</div> chance (not <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparable" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparable</a>) <ol><li><a href="/wiki/happen" title="happen">Happening</a> <a href="/wiki/by" title="by">by</a> <a href="#Noun">chance</a>, <a href="/wiki/casual" title="casual">casual</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">1859, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens" class="extiw" title="w:Charles Dickens">Charles Dickens</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Tale_of_Two_Cities" class="extiw" title="w:A Tale of Two Cities">A Tale of Two Cities</a></cite>, London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapman_%26_Hall" class="extiw" title="w:Chapman & Hall">Chapman and Hall</a>, […], <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/906152507">→OCLC</a>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">No crowd was about the door; no people were discernible at any of the many windows; not even a chance passer-by was in the street. An unnatural silence and desertion reigned there.</div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole">1919, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Somerset_Maugham" class="extiw" title="w:W. Somerset Maugham">W[illiam] Somerset Maugham</a>, chapter II, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_and_Sixpence" class="extiw" title="w:The Moon and Sixpence">The Moon and Sixpence</a></cite>, [New York, N.Y.]: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosset_%26_Dunlap" class="extiw" title="w:Grosset & Dunlap">Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […]</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/365836">→OCLC</a>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">Heaven knows what pains the author has been at, what bitter experiences he has endured and what heartache suffered, to give some chance reader a few hours' relaxation or to while away the tedium of a journey.</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations_2">Translations</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Translations">edit</a>]</div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-happening_by_chance"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">happening by chance</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="happening by chance"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Bashkir: <a href="/wiki/%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%80%D0%B0%D2%A1%D0%BB%D1%8B#Bashkir" title="осраҡлы">осраҡлы</a> (osraqlı)</li> <li>Bulgarian: <a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%BD#Bulgarian" title="случаен">случаен</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%BD" class="extiw" title="bg:случаен">(bg)</a> (slučaen)</li> <li>Danish: <a href="/wiki/tilf%C3%A6ldigvis#Danish" title="tilfældigvis">tilfældigvis</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></li> <li>German: <a href="/wiki/zuf%C3%A4llig#German" title="zufällig">zufällig</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/zuf%C3%A4llig" class="extiw" title="de:zufällig">(de)</a></li> <li>Hungarian: <a href="/wiki/v%C3%A9letlen#Hungarian" title="véletlen">véletlen</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/v%C3%A9letlen" class="extiw" title="hu:véletlen">(hu)</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=k%C3%B3sza&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="kósza (page does not exist)">kósza</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/k%C3%B3sza" class="extiw" title="hu:kósza">(hu)</a>, <a href="/wiki/arra#Hungarian" title="arra">arra</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=vet%C5%91dik&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="vetődik (page does not exist)">vetődött</a></li> <li>Latin: <a href="/wiki/fortuitus#Latin" title="fortuitus">fortuītus</a> <a href="https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/fortuitus" class="extiw" title="la:fortuitus">(la)</a></li> <li>Swedish: <a href="/wiki/tillf%C3%A4llig#Swedish" title="tillfällig">tillfällig</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/tillf%C3%A4llig" class="extiw" title="sv:tillfällig">(sv)</a>, <a href="/wiki/of%C3%B6rutsedd#Swedish" title="oförutsedd">oförutsedd</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/of%C3%B6rutsedd" class="extiw" title="sv:oförutsedd">(sv)</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=op%C3%A5r%C3%A4knad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="opåräknad (page does not exist)">opåräknad</a>, <a href="/wiki/f%C3%B6rlupen#Swedish" title="förlupen">förlupen</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/f%C3%B6rlupen" class="extiw" title="sv:förlupen">(sv)</a>, <a href="/wiki/slumpartad#Swedish" title="slumpartad">slumpartad</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/slumpartad" class="extiw" title="sv:slumpartad">(sv)</a>, <a href="/wiki/h%C3%A4ndelsevis#Swedish" title="händelsevis">händelsevis</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/h%C3%A4ndelsevis" class="extiw" title="sv:händelsevis">(sv)</a> påträffad</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Adverb">Adverb</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Adverb">edit</a>]</div> chance (not <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparable" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparable</a>) <ol><li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a>) <a href="/wiki/perchance" title="perchance">Perchance</a>; <a href="/wiki/perhaps" title="perhaps">perhaps</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Etymology 2">edit</a>]</div> From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a> <a href="/wiki/chancen#Middle_English" title="chancen">chancen</a>, <a href="/wiki/chauncen#Middle_English" title="chauncen">chauncen</a>, from the noun (see above). <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verb">Verb</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Verb">edit</a>]</div> chance (third-person singular simple present <a href="/wiki/chances#English" title="chances">chances</a>, present participle <a href="/wiki/chancing#English" title="chancing">chancing</a>, simple past and past participle <a href="/wiki/chanced#English" title="chanced">chanced</a>) <ol><li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#archaic" title="Appendix:Glossary">archaic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">intransitive</a>) To <a href="/wiki/happen" title="happen">happen</a> by chance, to <a href="/wiki/occur" title="occur">occur</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example">It chanced that I found a solution the very next day.</div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">1611, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible" class="extiw" title="w:Bible">The Holy Bible, [<span title="Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New. Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: & with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Reuised, by His Maiesties Speciall Comandement. Appointed to be Read in Churches.">…]</a></cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version" class="extiw" title="w:King James Version">King James Version</a>), London: […] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Barker_(printer)" class="extiw" title="w:Robert Barker (printer)">Robert Barker</a>, […], <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/964384981">→OCLC</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Deuteronomy" class="extiw" title="w:Book of Deuteronomy">Deuteronomy</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/1611_Deuteronomy-Chapter-22/#6">22:6</a>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">if a bird's nest chance to be before thee</div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole">1843 April, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Carlyle" class="extiw" title="w:Thomas Carlyle">Thomas Carlyle</a>, “ch. XV, Practical — Devotional”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Past_and_Present_(book)" class="extiw" title="w:Past and Present (book)">Past and Present</a></cite>, American edition, Boston, Mass.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Coffin_Little" class="extiw" title="w:Charles Coffin Little">Charles C[offin] Little</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown_(publisher)" class="extiw" title="w:James Brown (publisher)">James Brown</a>, published 1843, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/191225086">→OCLC</a>, book II (The Ancient Monk):<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">Once […] it chanced that Geoffrey Riddell <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_of_Ely" class="extiw" title="w:Bishop of Ely">Bishop of Ely</a>, a Prelate rather troublesome to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_of_Tottington" class="extiw" title="w:Samson of Tottington">our Abbot</a>, made a request of him for timber from his woods towards certain edifices going on at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glemsford" class="extiw" title="w:Glemsford">Glemsford</a>.</div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole">1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Bront%C3%AB" class="extiw" title="w:Charlotte Brontë">Charlotte Brontë</a>], chapter XVIII, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Eyre" class="extiw" title="w:Jane Eyre">Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […]</a></cite>, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith,_Elder_%26_Co." class="extiw" title="w:Smith, Elder & Co.">Smith, Elder, and Co.</a>, […], <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/3163777">→OCLC</a>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">Mr. Mason, shivering as some one chanced to open the door, asked for more coal to be put on the fire, which had burnt out its flame, though its mass of cinder still shone hot and red. The footman who brought the coal, in going out, stopped near Mr. Eshton's chair, and said something to him in a low voice, of which I heard only the words, "old woman,"—"quite troublesome."</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#archaic" title="Appendix:Glossary">archaic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a>) To <a href="/wiki/befall" title="befall">befall</a>; to <a href="/wiki/happen" title="happen">happen</a> to. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">1826, William Lambarde, <cite>A Perambulation of Kent</cite>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">[…] while the King and Godwine sate at the table, accompanied with others of the nobilitie, it chanced the cupbearer (as he brought wine to the bourd) to slip with the one foote, and yet by good strength of his other leg, to recover himselfe without falling […]</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>To <a href="/wiki/try" title="try">try</a> or <a href="/wiki/risk" title="risk">risk</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example">Shall we carry the umbrella, or chance a rainstorm?</div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">1890, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dean_Howells" class="extiw" title="w:William Dean Howells">William Dean Howells</a>, <cite>A Hazard of New Fortunes</cite>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">He does chance it in stocks, but he's always played on the square, if you call stocks gambling.</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>To <a href="/wiki/discover" title="discover">discover</a> something by chance. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example">He chanced upon a kindly stranger who showed him the way.</div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#c." title="Appendix:Glossary"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr></a> 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merchant_of_Venice" class="extiw" title="w:The Merchant of Venice">The Merchant of Venice</a>”, in <cite>Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […]</cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Folio" class="extiw" title="w:First Folio">First Folio</a>), London: […] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jaggard" class="extiw" title="w:William Jaggard">Isaac Iaggard</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Blount" class="extiw" title="w:Edward Blount">Ed[ward] Blount</a>, published 1623, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/606515358">→OCLC</a>, [Act V, scene i]:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">I chanced on this letter.</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belizean_English" class="extiw" title="w:Belizean English">Belize</a>) To <a href="/wiki/rob" title="rob">rob</a>, <a href="/wiki/cheat" title="cheat">cheat</a> or <a href="/wiki/swindle" title="swindle">swindle</a> someone. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example">The car broke down a week after I bought it. I was chanced by that fast-talking salesman.</div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole">2017 March 22, Jules Vasquez, “Shyne Urges Artists To Protest Against Businesses Countrywide”, in <cite>7 News Belize</cite>‎<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=39763">[4]</a>:<dl><dd><div class="h-quotation">Be prepared to engage in protests of all businesses nationwide who are violating the copyright act and chancing our members.</div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_English" class="extiw" title="w:Nigerian English">Nigeria</a>) To <a href="/wiki/take" title="take">take</a> an <a href="/wiki/opportunity" title="opportunity">opportunity</a> from someone; to <a href="/wiki/cut" title="cut">cut</a> a <a href="/wiki/queue" title="queue">queue</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Synonyms_2">Synonyms</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Synonyms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>(to happen) <a href="/wiki/come_to_pass#English" title="come to pass">come to pass</a>, <a href="/wiki/occur#English" title="occur">occur</a>, <a href="/wiki/transpire#English" title="transpire">transpire</a>; See also <a href="/wiki/Thesaurus:happen" title="Thesaurus:happen">Thesaurus:happen</a></li> <li>(to happen to)</li> <li>(to try) <a href="/wiki/test#English" title="test">test</a></li> <li>(to discover something) <a href="/wiki/come_across#English" title="come across">come across</a>, <a href="/wiki/come_on#English" title="come on">come on</a>, <a href="/wiki/come_upon#English" title="come upon">come upon</a>, <a href="/wiki/encounter#English" title="encounter">encounter</a>, <a href="/wiki/stumble_upon#English" title="stumble upon">stumble upon</a></li> <li>(to cheat someone) <a href="/wiki/deceive#English" title="deceive">deceive</a>, <a href="/wiki/fool#English" title="fool">fool</a>, <a href="/wiki/trick#English" title="trick">trick</a>; See also <a href="/wiki/Thesaurus:deceive" title="Thesaurus:deceive">Thesaurus:deceive</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms_2">Derived terms</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Derived terms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/bechance#English" title="bechance">bechance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/chance_on#English" title="chance on">chance on</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/chance_one%27s_arm#English" title="chance one's arm">chance one's arm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/chance_upon#English" title="chance upon">chance upon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/unchanced#English" title="unchanced">unchanced</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations_3">Translations</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Translations">edit</a>]</div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_try_or_risk"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to try or risk</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to try or risk"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="рискувам (page does not exist)">рискувам</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC" class="extiw" title="bg:рискувам">(bg)</a> (riskuvam)</li> <li>Catalan: <a href="/w/index.php?title=arriscar-se&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="arriscar-se (page does not exist)">arriscar-se</a> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/arriscar-se" class="extiw" title="ca:arriscar-se">(ca)</a></li> <li>Danish: <a href="/w/index.php?title=ta_chancen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ta chancen (page does not exist)">ta chancen</a>, <a href="/wiki/risikere#Danish" title="risikere">risikere</a> <a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/risikere" class="extiw" title="da:risikere">(da)</a></li> <li>Dutch: <a href="/wiki/wagen#Dutch" title="wagen">wagen</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/wagen" class="extiw" title="nl:wagen">(nl)</a></li> <li>Finnish: <a href="/wiki/ottaa#Finnish" title="ottaa">ottaa</a> <a href="/wiki/riski#Finnish" title="riski">riski</a></li> <li>German: <a href="/wiki/riskieren#German" title="riskieren">riskieren</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/riskieren" class="extiw" title="de:riskieren">(de)</a>, <a href="/wiki/wagen#German" title="wagen">wagen</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/wagen" class="extiw" title="de:wagen">(de)</a></li> <li>Hungarian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=megkock%C3%A1ztat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="megkockáztat (page does not exist)">megkockáztat</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/megkock%C3%A1ztat" class="extiw" title="hu:megkockáztat">(hu)</a></li> <li>Romanian: <a href="/wiki/risca#Romanian" title="risca">risca</a> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/risca" class="extiw" title="ro:risca">(ro)</a></li> <li>Swahili: <a href="/wiki/nafasi#Swahili" title="nafasi">nafasi</a> <a href="https://sw.wiktionary.org/wiki/nafasi" class="extiw" title="sw:nafasi">(sw)</a></li> <li>Swedish: <a href="/wiki/chansa#Swedish" title="chansa">chansa</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/chansa" class="extiw" title="sv:chansa">(sv)</a>, <a href="/wiki/riskera#Swedish" title="riskera">riskera</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/riskera" class="extiw" title="sv:riskera">(sv)</a></li> <li>Turkish: <a href="/w/index.php?title=riske_etmek&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="riske etmek (page does not exist)">riske etmek</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_discover_by_chance"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to discover by chance</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to discover by chance"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D0%BD%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="попадам на (page does not exist)">попадам на</a> (popadam na)</li> <li>Czech: <a href="/wiki/narazit#Czech" title="narazit">narazit</a> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/narazit" class="extiw" title="cs:narazit">(cs)</a></li> <li>Danish: <a href="/wiki/st%C3%B8de#Danish" title="støde">støde</a> <a href="/wiki/p%C3%A5#Danish" title="på">på</a> (<a href="/wiki/ved#Danish" title="ved">ved</a> <a href="/wiki/en#Danish" title="en">en</a> <a href="/wiki/tilf%C3%A6ldighed#Danish" title="tilfældighed">tilfældighed</a>)</li> <li>Finnish: <a href="/wiki/l%C3%B6yt%C3%A4%C3%A4#Finnish" title="löytää">löytää</a> <a href="/wiki/sattuma#Finnish" title="sattuma">sattumalta</a>, <a href="/wiki/kohdata#Finnish" title="kohdata">kohdata</a> <a href="/wiki/sattuma#Finnish" title="sattuma">sattumalta</a>, <a href="/wiki/tavata#Finnish" title="tavata">tavata</a> <a href="/wiki/sattuma#Finnish" title="sattuma">sattumalta</a></li> <li>Hungarian: <a href="/wiki/r%C3%A1bukkan#Hungarian" title="rábukkan">rábukkan</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/r%C3%A1bukkan" class="extiw" title="hu:rábukkan">(hu)</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=r%C3%A1akad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ráakad (page does not exist)">ráakad</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/r%C3%A1akad" class="extiw" title="hu:ráakad">(hu)</a>, <a href="/wiki/belebotlik#Hungarian" title="belebotlik">belebotlik</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/belebotlik" class="extiw" title="hu:belebotlik">(hu)</a></li> <li>Maori: <a href="/w/index.php?title=t%C5%ABpono&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tūpono (page does not exist)">tūpono</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=matawhaia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="matawhaia (page does not exist)">matawhaia</a></li> <li>Swahili: <a href="/wiki/nafasi#Swahili" title="nafasi">nafasi</a> <a href="https://sw.wiktionary.org/wiki/nafasi" class="extiw" title="sw:nafasi">(sw)</a></li> <li>Swedish: <a href="/wiki/r%C3%A5ka#Swedish" title="råka">råka</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/r%C3%A5ka" class="extiw" title="sv:råka">(sv)</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.websters1913.com/words/Chance">chance</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Dictionary#Webster's_New_International_Dictionary_1909" class="extiw" title="w:Webster's Dictionary">Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary</a></cite>, Springfield, Mass.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merriam-Webster" class="extiw" title="w:Merriam-Webster">G. & C. Merriam</a>, 1913, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/800618302">→OCLC</a>.</li> <li>Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/chance">chance</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Etymology_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Online Etymology Dictionary">Online Etymology Dictionary</a></cite>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Anagrams">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/chacne#English" title="chacne">chacne</a>, <a href="/wiki/canche#English" title="canche">canche</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canche#English" title="Canche">Canche</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Danish">Danish</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Danish">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Etymology">edit</a>]</div> Borrowed from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" class="extiw" title="w:French language">French</a> <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#French">chance</a>, from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgar_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Vulgar Latin">Vulgar Latin</a> <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Latin/cadentia" title="Reconstruction:Latin/cadentia">*cadentia</a> (“falling”), from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a> <a href="/wiki/cado#Latin" title="cado">cadō</a> (“I fall, I die”). <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Pronunciation">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Danish_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Danish pronunciation">key</a>): [ˈɕɑŋsə] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_2">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> chance <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr> (singular definite <a href="/wiki/chancen#Danish" title="chancen">chancen</a>, plural indefinite <a href="/wiki/chancer#Danish" title="chancer">chancer</a>) <ol><li>A <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">chance</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Antonyms">Antonyms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Antonyms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/risiko#Danish" title="risiko">risiko</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Franco-Provençal">Franco-Provençal</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Franco-Provençal">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms_2">Alternative forms</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Alternative forms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/chonse#Franco-Provençal" title="chonse">chonse</a>, <a href="/wiki/chanse#Franco-Provençal" title="chanse">chanse</a>, <a href="/wiki/sha%CD%9Fnche#Franco-Provençal" title="sha͟nche">sha͟nche</a>, <a href="/wiki/sha%CD%9Fncha#Franco-Provençal" title="sha͟ncha">sha͟ncha</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:AFRP#Bressan" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiktionary:AFRP">Bressan</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/tsanthe#Franco-Provençal" title="tsanthe">tsanthe</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:AFRP#Fribourgeois" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiktionary:AFRP">Fribourgeois</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3">Etymology</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Etymology">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#loanword" title="Appendix:Glossary">Borrowed</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" class="extiw" title="w:French language">French</a> <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#French">chance</a>, from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgar_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Vulgar Latin">Vulgar Latin</a> <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Latin/cadentia" title="Reconstruction:Latin/cadentia">*cadentia</a>. <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#doublet" title="Appendix:Glossary">Doublet</a> of <a href="/wiki/chenci#Franco-Provençal" title="chenci">chenci</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_3">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> chance <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (plural <a href="/wiki/chances#Franco-Provençal" title="chances">chances</a>) (<a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:AFRP#ORB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiktionary:AFRP">ORB, broad</a>) <ol><li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">chance</a>, <a href="/wiki/luck#English" title="luck">luck</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_3">Derived terms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Derived terms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/chanciox#Franco-Provençal" title="chanciox">chanciox</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_2">References</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca/?chercher=chance">chance</a> in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://arpitan.eu/tresor/VereTot/14125">chance</a> in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_information">Further information</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Further information">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_von_Wartburg" class="extiw" title="w:Walther von Wartburg">Walther von Wartburg</a> (1928–2002) “cadĕre”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz%C3%B6sisches_Etymologisches_W%C3%B6rterbuch" class="extiw" title="w:Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch">Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch</a></cite>, volume 2: C Q K, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lecteur-few.atilf.fr/lire/20/27">page 27</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="French">French</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: French">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_4">Etymology</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Etymology">edit</a>]</div> From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a> <a href="/wiki/cheance#Old_French" title="cheance">cheance</a> (“accident, chance, luck”), <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#inherited" title="Appendix:Glossary">inherited</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgar_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Vulgar Latin">Vulgar Latin</a> <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Latin/cadentia" title="Reconstruction:Latin/cadentia">*cadentia</a> (“falling”). <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#doublet" title="Appendix:Glossary">Doublet</a> of <a href="/wiki/cadence#French" title="cadence">cadence</a>, a borrowing from Italian. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_3">Pronunciation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Pronunciation">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:French_pronunciation" title="Appendix:French pronunciation">key</a>): /ʃɑ̃s/</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_of_France" class="extiw" title="w:French of France">France</a>):</td><td class="audiofile"><audio id="mwe_player_3" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="Fr-Chance-fr-Paris.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Fr-Chance-fr-Paris.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6d/Fr-Chance-fr-Paris.ogg/Fr-Chance-fr-Paris.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:Fr-Chance-fr-Paris.ogg" title="File:Fr-Chance-fr-Paris.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio:</td><td class="audiofile"><audio id="mwe_player_4" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q150_(fra)-LoquaxFR-chance.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3c/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-chance.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-chance.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3c/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-chance.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-chance.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-chance.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q150_(fra)-LoquaxFR-chance.wav" title="File:LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-chance.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:French/%C9%91%CC%83s" title="Rhymes:French/ɑ̃s">-ɑ̃s</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_4">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> chance <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (plural <a href="/wiki/chances#French" title="chances">chances</a>) <ol><li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">chance</a> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example">Il y a des fortes chances que vos neurones fonctionnent bien<dl><dd>There's every chance your neurons are working well</dd></dl></div></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/luck" title="luck">luck</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Antonyms_2">Antonyms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Antonyms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/adversit%C3%A9#French" title="adversité">adversité</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/guigne#French" title="guigne">guigne</a> (familiar)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/malchance#French" title="malchance">malchance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/malheur#French" title="malheur">malheur</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_4">Derived terms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Derived terms">edit</a>]</div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/au_petit_bonheur_la_chance#French" title="au petit bonheur la chance">au petit bonheur la chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/avoir_de_la_chance#French" title="avoir de la chance">avoir de la chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/bonne_chance#French" title="bonne chance">bonne chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/chance_de_cocu#French" title="chance de cocu">chance de cocu</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/chanceux#French" title="chanceux">chanceux</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/coup_de_chance#French" title="coup de chance">coup de chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%A9galit%C3%A9_des_chances#French" title="égalité des chances">égalité des chances</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/la_faute_%C3%A0_pas_de_chance#French" title="la faute à pas de chance">la faute à pas de chance</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/malchanceux#French" title="malchanceux">malchanceux</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/mettre_toutes_les_chances_de_son_c%C3%B4t%C3%A9#French" title="mettre toutes les chances de son côté">mettre toutes les chances de son côté</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/par_chance#French" title="par chance">par chance</a></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Related terms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/choir#French" title="choir">choir</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Descendants_2">Descendants</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Descendants">edit</a>]</div> <div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="text-align: left;">Descendants</div> <div class="NavContent derivedterms ul-column-count" data-column-count="2" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li>→ Breton: <a href="/wiki/cha%C3%B1s#Breton" title="chañs">chañs</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>→ Bulgarian: <a href="/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81#Bulgarian" title="шанс">шанс</a> (šans)<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>→ Czech: <a href="/wiki/%C5%A1ance#Czech" title="šance">šance</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>→ Danish: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Danish">chance</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>→ Dutch: <a href="/wiki/sjans#Dutch" title="sjans">sjans</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>→ Franco-Provençal: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Franco-Provençal">chance</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>→ German: <a href="/wiki/Chance#German" title="Chance">Chance</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>→ Esperanto: <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Danco#Esperanto" title="ŝanco">ŝanco</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>→ Estonian: <a href="/wiki/%C5%A1anss#Estonian" title="šanss">šanss</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>→ Persian: <a href="/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3#Persian" title="شانس">شانس</a> (šâns)<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>→ Irish: <a href="/wiki/seans#Irish" title="seans">seans</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>→ Ido: <a href="/wiki/chanco#Ido" title="chanco">chanco</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>→ Italian: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Italian">chance</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>→ Norwegian: <a href="/wiki/sjanse#Norwegian" title="sjanse">sjanse</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>→ Polish: <a href="/wiki/szansa#Polish" title="szansa">szansa</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>→ Portuguese: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Portuguese">chance</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>→ Luxembourgish: <a href="/wiki/kans#Luxembourgish" title="kans">kans</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>→ Romanian: <a href="/wiki/%C8%99ans%C4%83#Romanian" title="șansă">șansă</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>→ Russian: <a href="/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81#Russian" title="шанс">шанс</a> (šans)<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>→ Serbo‐Croatian: <a href="/wiki/%C5%A1ansa#Serbo-Croatian" title="šansa">šansa</a>, <a href="/wiki/%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0#Serbo-Croatian" title="шанса">шанса</a></li> <li>→ Spanish: <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Spanish">chance</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>→ Swedish: <a href="/wiki/chans#Swedish" title="chans">chans</a>, <a href="/wiki/chansa#Swedish" title="chansa">chansa</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>→ Turkish: <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Fans#Turkish" title="şans">şans</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Further reading">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/chance/">chance</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%A9sor_de_la_langue_fran%C3%A7aise_informatis%C3%A9" class="extiw" title="w:Trésor de la langue française informatisé">Trésor de la langue française informatisé</a> [Digitized Treasury of the French Language]</cite>, 2012.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Italian">Italian</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Italian">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms_3">Alternative forms</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Alternative forms">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=scians&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="scians (page does not exist)">scians</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_5">Etymology</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Etymology">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#loanword" title="Appendix:Glossary">Borrowed</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" class="extiw" title="w:French language">French</a> <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#French">chance</a>. <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#doublet" title="Appendix:Glossary">Doublet</a> of <a href="/wiki/cadenza#Italian" title="cadenza">cadenza</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_4">Pronunciation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Pronunciation">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Italian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Italian pronunciation">key</a>): <abbr title="triggers initial self-gemination (syntactic gemination of the initial consonant following a vowel)">*</abbr>/ˈʃans/</li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymes:Italian/ans&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rhymes:Italian/ans (page does not exist)">-ans</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_5">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> chance <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#invariable" title="Appendix:Glossary">invariable</a>) <ol><li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">chance</a> (possibility of a certain outcome)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Middle_English">Middle English</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Middle English">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_6">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> chance <ol><li>Alternative form of <a href="/wiki/chaunce#Middle_English" title="chaunce">chaunce</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Old_French">Old French</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Old French">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_7">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> chance oblique singular, <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (oblique plural <a href="/wiki/chances#Old_French" title="chances">chances</a>, nominative singular chance, nominative plural <a href="/wiki/chances#Old_French" title="chances">chances</a>) <ol><li>Alternative form of <a href="/wiki/cheance#Old_French" title="cheance">cheance</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Portuguese">Portuguese</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Portuguese">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_6">Etymology</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: Etymology">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#loanword" title="Appendix:Glossary">Borrowed</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" class="extiw" title="w:French language">French</a> <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#French">chance</a>.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#doublet" title="Appendix:Glossary">Doublet</a> of <a href="/wiki/cad%C3%AAncia#Portuguese" title="cadência">cadência</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_5">Pronunciation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Pronunciation">edit</a>]</div> <div class="vsSwitcher" data-toggle-category="pronunciations" style="width: 47em; max-width:100%;">  <div class="vsShow" style="display:none"> <ul><li>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:Brazilian Portuguese">Brazil</a>) <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>): /ˈʃɐ̃.si/</li></ul></div> <div class="vsHide"> <ul><li>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:Brazilian Portuguese">Brazil</a>) <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>): /ˈʃɐ̃.si/ <ul><li>(Southern Brazil) <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>): /ˈʃɐ̃.se/</li></ul></li></ul></div></div> <div class="vsSwitcher" data-toggle-category="pronunciations" style="width: 47em; max-width:100%;">  <div class="vsShow" style="display:none"> <ul><li>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:European Portuguese">Portugal</a>) <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>): /ˈʃɐ̃.sɨ/</li></ul></div> <div class="vsHide"> <ul><li>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:European Portuguese">Portugal</a>) <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>): /ˈʃɐ̃.sɨ/ <ul><li>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:Northern Portuguese">Northern Portugal</a>) <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>): /ˈt͡ʃɐ̃.sɨ/</li></ul></li></ul></div></div> <ul><li>Hyphenation: chan‧ce</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_8">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> chance <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> (plural <a href="/wiki/chances#Portuguese" title="chances">chances</a>) <ol><li><a href="/wiki/probability" title="probability">probability</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">chance</a>, <a href="/wiki/opportunity" title="opportunity">opportunity</a> <dl><dd>Synonym: <a href="/wiki/oportunidade#Portuguese" title="oportunidade">oportunidade</a></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_3">References</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1"> ^ </a> “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/chance">chance</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Infop%C3%A9dia" class="extiw" title="w:pt:Infopédia">Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa</a></cite> (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024 </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2"> ^ </a> “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dicionario.priberam.org/chance">chance</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Priberam" class="extiw" title="w:pt:Priberam">Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa</a></cite> (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024 </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spanish">Spanish</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: Spanish">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_7">Etymology</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Etymology">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#loanword" title="Appendix:Glossary">Borrowed</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" class="extiw" title="w:French language">French</a> <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#French">chance</a> or, in Mexico, from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" class="extiw" title="w:English language">English</a> <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">chance</a>. <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#doublet" title="Appendix:Glossary">Doublet</a> of <a href="/wiki/cadencia#Spanish" title="cadencia">cadencia</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_6">Pronunciation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=57" title="Edit section: Pronunciation">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Spanish_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Spanish pronunciation">key</a>): (Spain) /ˈt͡ʃanθe/ [ˈt͡ʃãn̟.θe]</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Spanish_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Spanish pronunciation">key</a>): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈt͡ʃanse/ [ˈt͡ʃãn.se]</li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymes:Spanish/an%CE%B8e&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rhymes:Spanish/anθe (page does not exist)">-anθe</a></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymes:Spanish/anse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rhymes:Spanish/anse (page does not exist)">-anse</a></li> <li>Syllabification: chan‧ce</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_9">Noun</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=58" title="Edit section: Noun">edit</a>]</div> chance <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> <abbr title="different genders do not affect the meaning">same meaning</abbr> (plural <a href="/wiki/chances#Spanish" title="chances">chances</a>) <ol><li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">chance</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#colloquial" title="Appendix:Glossary">colloquial</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemalan_Spanish" class="extiw" title="w:Guatemalan Spanish">Guatemala</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvadoran_Spanish" class="extiw" title="w:Salvadoran Spanish">El Salvador</a>) a <a href="/wiki/job" title="job">job</a>; a <a href="/wiki/position" title="position">position</a>; a <a href="/wiki/post" title="post">post</a> of employment <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example">Juan dice que hay un chance en su empresa.<dl><dd>Juan says there's a position at his company.</dd></dl></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_5">Derived terms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=59" title="Edit section: Derived terms">edit</a>]</div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="1"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/dar_chance#Spanish" title="dar chance">dar chance</a></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conjunction">Conjunction</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=60" title="Edit section: Conjunction">edit</a>]</div> chance <ol><li>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Spanish" class="extiw" title="w:Mexican Spanish">Mexico</a>) <a href="/wiki/maybe" title="maybe">maybe</a>, <a href="/wiki/perchance" title="perchance">perchance</a>, <a href="/wiki/perhaps" title="perhaps">perhaps</a> or <a href="/wiki/possibly" title="possibly">possibly</a> <dl><dd>Synonyms: <a href="/wiki/a_lo_mejor#Spanish" title="a lo mejor">a lo mejor</a>, <a href="/wiki/quiz%C3%A1#Spanish" title="quizá">quizá</a>, <a href="/wiki/quiz%C3%A1s#Spanish" title="quizás">quizás</a>, <a href="/wiki/tal_vez#Spanish" title="tal vez">tal vez</a></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading_2">Further reading</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit&section=61" title="Edit section: Further reading">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dle.rae.es/chance">chance</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diccionario_de_la_lengua_espa%C3%B1ola" class="extiw" title="w:Diccionario de la lengua española">Diccionario de la lengua española</a></cite> [<cite>Dictionary of the Spanish Language</cite>] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Spanish_Academy" class="extiw" title="w:Royal Spanish Academy">Royal Spanish Academy</a> [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28</li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=chance&oldid=82560972">https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=chance&oldid=82560972</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_1-syllable_words" title="Category:English 1-syllable words">English 1-syllable words</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_terms_with_IPA_pronunciation" title="Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation">English terms with IPA pronunciation</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_terms_with_audio_pronunciation" title="Category:English terms with audio pronunciation">English terms with audio pronunciation</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rhymes:English/%C9%91%CB%90ns" title="Category:Rhymes:English/ɑːns">Rhymes:English/ɑːns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rhymes:English/%C9%91%CB%90ns/1_syllable" title="Category:Rhymes:English/ɑːns/1 syllable">Rhymes:English/ɑːns/1 syllable</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rhymes:English/%C3%A6ns" title="Category:Rhymes:English/æns">Rhymes:English/æns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rhymes:English/%C3%A6ns/1_syllable" title="Category:Rhymes:English/æns/1 syllable">Rhymes:English/æns/1 syllable</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_terms_derived_from_Proto-Indo-European" title="Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European">English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_terms_derived_from_the_Proto-Indo-European_root_*%E1%B8%B1h%E2%82%82d-" title="Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱh₂d-">English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱh₂d-</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_terms_inherited_from_Middle_English" title="Category:English terms inherited from Middle English">English terms inherited from Middle English</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_terms_derived_from_Middle_English" title="Category:English terms derived from Middle English">English terms derived from Middle English</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_terms_derived_from_Old_French" title="Category:English terms derived from Old French">English terms derived from Old French</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_terms_derived_from_Vulgar_Latin" title="Category:English terms derived from Vulgar Latin">English terms derived from Vulgar Latin</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_terms_derived_from_Latin" title="Category:English terms derived from Latin">English terms derived from Latin</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_doublets" title="Category:English doublets">English doublets</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_lemmas" title="Category:English lemmas">English lemmas</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_nouns" title="Category:English nouns">English nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_uncountable_nouns" title="Category:English uncountable nouns">English uncountable nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_countable_nouns" title="Category:English countable nouns">English countable nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_terms_with_usage_examples" title="Category:English terms with usage examples">English terms with usage examples</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_terms_with_quotations" title="Category:English terms with quotations">English terms with quotations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_terms_with_archaic_senses" title="Category:English terms with archaic senses">English terms with archaic senses</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_adjectives" title="Category:English adjectives">English adjectives</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_uncomparable_adjectives" title="Category:English uncomparable adjectives">English uncomparable adjectives</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_adverbs" title="Category:English adverbs">English adverbs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_uncomparable_adverbs" title="Category:English uncomparable adverbs">English uncomparable adverbs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_terms_with_obsolete_senses" title="Category:English terms with obsolete senses">English terms with obsolete senses</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_verbs" title="Category:English verbs">English verbs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_intransitive_verbs" title="Category:English intransitive verbs">English intransitive verbs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_transitive_verbs" title="Category:English transitive verbs">English transitive verbs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Belizean_English" title="Category:Belizean English">Belizean English</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Nigerian_English" title="Category:Nigerian English">Nigerian English</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_raising_verbs" title="Category:English raising verbs">English raising verbs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Danish_terms_borrowed_from_French" title="Category:Danish terms borrowed from French">Danish terms borrowed from French</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Danish_terms_derived_from_French" title="Category:Danish terms derived from French">Danish terms derived from French</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Danish_terms_derived_from_Vulgar_Latin" title="Category:Danish terms derived from Vulgar Latin">Danish terms derived from Vulgar Latin</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Danish_terms_derived_from_Latin" title="Category:Danish terms derived from Latin">Danish terms derived from Latin</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Danish_terms_with_IPA_pronunciation" title="Category:Danish terms with IPA pronunciation">Danish terms with IPA pronunciation</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Danish_lemmas" title="Category:Danish lemmas">Danish lemmas</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Danish_nouns" title="Category:Danish nouns">Danish nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Danish_terms_spelled_with_C" title="Category:Danish terms spelled with C">Danish terms spelled with C</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Danish_common-gender_nouns" title="Category:Danish common-gender nouns">Danish common-gender nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Franco-Proven%C3%A7al_terms_borrowed_from_French" title="Category:Franco-Provençal terms borrowed from French">Franco-Provençal terms borrowed from French</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Franco-Proven%C3%A7al_terms_derived_from_French" title="Category:Franco-Provençal terms derived from French">Franco-Provençal terms derived from French</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Franco-Proven%C3%A7al_terms_derived_from_Vulgar_Latin" title="Category:Franco-Provençal terms derived from Vulgar Latin">Franco-Provençal terms derived from Vulgar Latin</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Franco-Proven%C3%A7al_doublets" title="Category:Franco-Provençal doublets">Franco-Provençal doublets</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Franco-Proven%C3%A7al_lemmas" title="Category:Franco-Provençal lemmas">Franco-Provençal lemmas</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Franco-Proven%C3%A7al_nouns" title="Category:Franco-Provençal nouns">Franco-Provençal nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Franco-Proven%C3%A7al_countable_nouns" title="Category:Franco-Provençal countable nouns">Franco-Provençal countable nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Franco-Proven%C3%A7al_feminine_nouns" title="Category:Franco-Provençal feminine nouns">Franco-Provençal feminine nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:ORB,_broad" title="Category:ORB, broad">ORB, broad</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:French_terms_inherited_from_Old_French" title="Category:French terms inherited from Old French">French terms inherited from Old French</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:French_terms_derived_from_Old_French" title="Category:French terms derived from Old French">French terms derived from Old French</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:French_terms_inherited_from_Vulgar_Latin" title="Category:French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin">French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:French_terms_derived_from_Vulgar_Latin" title="Category:French terms derived from Vulgar Latin">French terms derived from Vulgar Latin</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:French_doublets" title="Category:French doublets">French doublets</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:French_1-syllable_words" title="Category:French 1-syllable words">French 1-syllable words</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:French_terms_with_IPA_pronunciation" title="Category:French terms with IPA pronunciation">French terms with IPA pronunciation</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:French_terms_with_audio_pronunciation" title="Category:French terms with audio pronunciation">French terms with audio pronunciation</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rhymes:French/%C9%91%CC%83s" title="Category:Rhymes:French/ɑ̃s">Rhymes:French/ɑ̃s</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rhymes:French/%C9%91%CC%83s/1_syllable" title="Category:Rhymes:French/ɑ̃s/1 syllable">Rhymes:French/ɑ̃s/1 syllable</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:French_lemmas" title="Category:French lemmas">French lemmas</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:French_nouns" title="Category:French nouns">French nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:French_countable_nouns" title="Category:French countable nouns">French countable nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:French_feminine_nouns" title="Category:French feminine nouns">French feminine nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:French_terms_with_usage_examples" title="Category:French terms with usage examples">French terms with usage examples</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Italian_terms_borrowed_from_French" title="Category:Italian terms borrowed from French">Italian terms borrowed from French</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Italian_terms_derived_from_French" title="Category:Italian terms derived from French">Italian terms derived from French</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Italian_doublets" title="Category:Italian doublets">Italian doublets</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Italian_1-syllable_words" title="Category:Italian 1-syllable words">Italian 1-syllable words</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Italian_terms_with_IPA_pronunciation" title="Category:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation">Italian terms with IPA pronunciation</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rhymes:Italian/ans" title="Category:Rhymes:Italian/ans">Rhymes:Italian/ans</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rhymes:Italian/ans/1_syllable" title="Category:Rhymes:Italian/ans/1 syllable">Rhymes:Italian/ans/1 syllable</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Italian_lemmas" title="Category:Italian lemmas">Italian lemmas</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Italian_nouns" title="Category:Italian nouns">Italian nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Italian_indeclinable_nouns" title="Category:Italian indeclinable nouns">Italian indeclinable nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Italian_countable_nouns" title="Category:Italian countable nouns">Italian countable nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Italian_feminine_nouns" title="Category:Italian feminine nouns">Italian feminine nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Middle_English_lemmas" title="Category:Middle English lemmas">Middle English lemmas</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Middle_English_nouns" title="Category:Middle English nouns">Middle English nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Old_French_lemmas" title="Category:Old French lemmas">Old French lemmas</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Old_French_nouns" title="Category:Old French nouns">Old French nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Old_French_feminine_nouns" title="Category:Old French feminine nouns">Old French feminine nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Portuguese_terms_borrowed_from_French" title="Category:Portuguese terms borrowed from French">Portuguese terms borrowed from French</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Portuguese_terms_derived_from_French" title="Category:Portuguese terms derived from French">Portuguese terms derived from French</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Portuguese_doublets" title="Category:Portuguese doublets">Portuguese doublets</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Portuguese_2-syllable_words" title="Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words">Portuguese 2-syllable words</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Portuguese_terms_with_IPA_pronunciation" title="Category:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation">Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Portuguese_lemmas" title="Category:Portuguese lemmas">Portuguese lemmas</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Portuguese_nouns" title="Category:Portuguese nouns">Portuguese nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Portuguese_countable_nouns" title="Category:Portuguese countable nouns">Portuguese countable nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Portuguese_feminine_nouns" title="Category:Portuguese feminine nouns">Portuguese feminine nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Spanish_terms_borrowed_from_French" title="Category:Spanish terms borrowed from French">Spanish terms borrowed from French</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Spanish_terms_derived_from_French" title="Category:Spanish terms derived from French">Spanish terms derived from French</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Spanish_terms_borrowed_from_English" title="Category:Spanish terms borrowed from English">Spanish terms borrowed from English</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Spanish_terms_derived_from_English" title="Category:Spanish terms derived from English">Spanish terms derived from English</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Spanish_doublets" title="Category:Spanish doublets">Spanish doublets</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Spanish_2-syllable_words" title="Category:Spanish 2-syllable words">Spanish 2-syllable words</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Spanish_terms_with_IPA_pronunciation" title="Category:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation">Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rhymes:Spanish/an%CE%B8e" title="Category:Rhymes:Spanish/anθe">Rhymes:Spanish/anθe</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rhymes:Spanish/an%CE%B8e/2_syllables" title="Category:Rhymes:Spanish/anθe/2 syllables">Rhymes:Spanish/anθe/2 syllables</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rhymes:Spanish/anse" title="Category:Rhymes:Spanish/anse">Rhymes:Spanish/anse</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rhymes:Spanish/anse/2_syllables" title="Category:Rhymes:Spanish/anse/2 syllables">Rhymes:Spanish/anse/2 syllables</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Spanish_lemmas" title="Category:Spanish lemmas">Spanish lemmas</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Spanish_nouns" title="Category:Spanish nouns">Spanish nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Spanish_countable_nouns" title="Category:Spanish countable nouns">Spanish countable nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Spanish_masculine_nouns" title="Category:Spanish masculine nouns">Spanish masculine nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Spanish_feminine_nouns" title="Category:Spanish feminine nouns">Spanish feminine nouns</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Spanish_nouns_with_multiple_genders" title="Category:Spanish nouns with multiple genders">Spanish nouns with multiple genders</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Spanish_colloquialisms" title="Category:Spanish colloquialisms">Spanish colloquialisms</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Guatemalan_Spanish" title="Category:Guatemalan Spanish">Guatemalan Spanish</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Salvadorian_Spanish" title="Category:Salvadorian Spanish">Salvadorian Spanish</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Spanish_terms_with_usage_examples" title="Category:Spanish terms with usage examples">Spanish terms with usage examples</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Spanish_conjunctions" title="Category:Spanish conjunctions">Spanish conjunctions</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mexican_Spanish" title="Category:Mexican Spanish">Mexican Spanish</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_with_entries" title="Category:Pages with entries">Pages with entries</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_with_9_entries" title="Category:Pages with 9 entries">Pages with 9 entries</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Entries_with_translation_boxes" title="Category:Entries with translation boxes">Entries with translation boxes</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Albanian_translations" title="Category:Terms with Albanian translations">Terms with Albanian translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Arabic_translations" title="Category:Terms with Arabic translations">Terms with Arabic translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Hijazi_Arabic_translations" title="Category:Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations">Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Armenian_translations" title="Category:Terms with Armenian translations">Terms with Armenian translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Azerbaijani_translations" title="Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations">Terms with Azerbaijani translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Bashkir_translations" title="Category:Terms with Bashkir translations">Terms with Bashkir translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Belarusian_translations" title="Category:Terms with Belarusian translations">Terms with Belarusian translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Breton_translations" title="Category:Terms with Breton translations">Terms with Breton translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Bulgarian_translations" title="Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations">Terms with Bulgarian translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Burmese_translations" title="Category:Terms with Burmese translations">Terms with Burmese translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Catalan_translations" title="Category:Terms with Catalan translations">Terms with Catalan translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Cantonese_terms_with_redundant_transliterations" title="Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations">Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Cantonese_translations" title="Category:Terms with Cantonese translations">Terms with Cantonese translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Hokkien_translations" title="Category:Terms with Hokkien translations">Terms with Hokkien translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mandarin_terms_with_redundant_transliterations" title="Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations">Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Mandarin_translations" title="Category:Terms with Mandarin translations">Terms with Mandarin translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Czech_translations" title="Category:Terms with Czech translations">Terms with Czech translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Danish_translations" title="Category:Terms with Danish translations">Terms with Danish translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Dutch_translations" title="Category:Terms with Dutch translations">Terms with Dutch translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Esperanto_translations" title="Category:Terms with Esperanto translations">Terms with Esperanto translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Estonian_translations" title="Category:Terms with Estonian translations">Terms with Estonian translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Finnish_translations" title="Category:Terms with Finnish translations">Terms with Finnish translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_French_translations" title="Category:Terms with French translations">Terms with French translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Galician_translations" title="Category:Terms with Galician translations">Terms with Galician translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Georgian_translations" title="Category:Terms with Georgian translations">Terms with Georgian translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_German_translations" title="Category:Terms with German translations">Terms with German translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Greek_translations" title="Category:Terms with Greek translations">Terms with Greek translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Hebrew_translations" title="Category:Terms with Hebrew translations">Terms with Hebrew translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Hindi_translations" title="Category:Terms with Hindi translations">Terms with Hindi translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Hungarian_translations" title="Category:Terms with Hungarian translations">Terms with Hungarian translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Irish_translations" title="Category:Terms with Irish translations">Terms with Irish translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Italian_translations" title="Category:Terms with Italian translations">Terms with Italian translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Japanese_translations" title="Category:Terms with Japanese translations">Terms with Japanese translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Kabuverdianu_translations" title="Category:Terms with Kabuverdianu translations">Terms with Kabuverdianu translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Kazakh_translations" title="Category:Terms with Kazakh translations">Terms with Kazakh translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Khmer_translations" title="Category:Terms with Khmer translations">Terms with Khmer translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Korean_translations" title="Category:Terms with Korean translations">Terms with Korean translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Northern_Kurdish_translations" title="Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations">Terms with Northern Kurdish translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Kyrgyz_translations" title="Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations">Terms with Kyrgyz translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Lao_translations" title="Category:Terms with Lao translations">Terms with Lao translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Latin_translations" title="Category:Terms with Latin translations">Terms with Latin translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Latvian_translations" title="Category:Terms with Latvian translations">Terms with Latvian translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Lithuanian_translations" title="Category:Terms with Lithuanian translations">Terms with Lithuanian translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Macedonian_translations" title="Category:Terms with Macedonian translations">Terms with Macedonian translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Malay_translations" title="Category:Terms with Malay translations">Terms with Malay translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Malayalam_translations" title="Category:Terms with Malayalam translations">Terms with Malayalam translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Manchu_translations" title="Category:Terms with Manchu translations">Terms with Manchu translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Middle_English_translations" title="Category:Terms with Middle English translations">Terms with Middle English translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Norwegian_Bokm%C3%A5l_translations" title="Category:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations">Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Occitan_translations" title="Category:Terms with Occitan translations">Terms with Occitan translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Old_English_translations" title="Category:Terms with Old English translations">Terms with Old English translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Pashto_translations" title="Category:Terms with Pashto translations">Terms with Pashto translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Persian_translations" title="Category:Terms with Persian translations">Terms with Persian translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Polish_translations" title="Category:Terms with Polish translations">Terms with Polish translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Portuguese_translations" title="Category:Terms with Portuguese translations">Terms with Portuguese translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Romanian_translations" title="Category:Terms with Romanian translations">Terms with Romanian translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Romansch_translations" title="Category:Terms with Romansch translations">Terms with Romansch translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Russian_translations" title="Category:Terms with Russian translations">Terms with Russian translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Scottish_Gaelic_translations" title="Category:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations">Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Serbo-Croatian_translations" title="Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations">Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Sinhalese_translations" title="Category:Terms with Sinhalese translations">Terms with Sinhalese translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Slovak_translations" title="Category:Terms with Slovak translations">Terms with Slovak translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Slovene_translations" title="Category:Terms with Slovene translations">Terms with Slovene translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Spanish_translations" title="Category:Terms with Spanish translations">Terms with Spanish translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Swahili_translations" title="Category:Terms with Swahili translations">Terms with Swahili translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Swedish_translations" title="Category:Terms with Swedish translations">Terms with Swedish translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Tagalog_translations" title="Category:Terms with Tagalog translations">Terms with Tagalog translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Tajik_translations" title="Category:Terms with Tajik translations">Terms with Tajik translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Tatar_translations" title="Category:Terms with Tatar translations">Terms with Tatar translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Telugu_translations" title="Category:Terms with Telugu translations">Terms with Telugu translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Thai_translations" title="Category:Terms with Thai translations">Terms with Thai translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Turkish_translations" title="Category:Terms with Turkish translations">Terms with Turkish translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Turkmen_translations" title="Category:Terms with Turkmen translations">Terms with Turkmen translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Ukrainian_translations" title="Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations">Terms with Ukrainian translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Urdu_translations" title="Category:Terms with Urdu translations">Terms with Urdu translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Uyghur_translations" title="Category:Terms with Uyghur translations">Terms with Uyghur translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Uzbek_translations" title="Category:Terms with Uzbek translations">Terms with Uzbek translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Vietnamese_translations" title="Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations">Terms with Vietnamese translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Volap%C3%BCk_translations" title="Category:Terms with Volapük translations">Terms with Volapük translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_West_Frisian_translations" title="Category:Terms with West Frisian translations">Terms with West Frisian translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Zazaki_translations" title="Category:Terms with Zazaki translations">Terms with Zazaki translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Basque_translations" title="Category:Terms with Basque translations">Terms with Basque translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Norwegian_translations" title="Category:Terms with Norwegian translations">Terms with Norwegian translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Ottoman_Turkish_translations" title="Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations">Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Icelandic_translations" title="Category:Terms with Icelandic translations">Terms with Icelandic translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Terms_with_Maori_translations" title="Category:Terms with Maori translations">Terms with Maori translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Requests_for_review_of_Georgian_translations" title="Category:Requests for review of Georgian translations">Requests for review of Georgian translations</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Bashkir_terms_with_redundant_script_codes" title="Category:Bashkir terms with redundant script codes">Bashkir terms with redundant script codes</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Quotation_templates_to_be_cleaned" title="Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned">Quotation templates to be cleaned</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </div> <div id="mw-navigation"> <h2>Navigation menu</h2> <div id="mw-head"> <nav id="p-personal" class="mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal vector-user-menu-legacy vector-menu" aria-labelledby="p-personal-label" > <h3 id="p-personal-label" class="vector-menu-heading " > Personal tools </h3> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anonuserpage" class="mw-list-item">Not logged in</li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n">Talk</a></li><li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y">Contributions</a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=chance" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory">Create account</a></li><li id="pt-login" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=chance" title="You are encouraged to log in; however, it is not mandatory [o]" accesskey="o">Log in</a></li> </ul> </div> </nav> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav id="p-namespaces" class="mw-portlet mw-portlet-namespaces vector-menu-tabs vector-menu-tabs-legacy vector-menu" aria-labelledby="p-namespaces-label" > <h3 id="p-namespaces-label" class="vector-menu-heading " > Namespaces </h3> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/chance" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c">Entry</a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:chance" rel="discussion" title="Discussion about the content page [t]" accesskey="t">Discussion</a></li> </ul> </div> </nav> <nav id="p-variants" class="mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet vector-menu-dropdown vector-menu" aria-labelledby="p-variants-label" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-variants-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-variants" class="vector-menu-checkbox" aria-labelledby="p-variants-label" > <label id="p-variants-label" class="vector-menu-heading " > English </label> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation"> <nav id="p-views" class="mw-portlet mw-portlet-views vector-menu-tabs vector-menu-tabs-legacy vector-menu" aria-labelledby="p-views-label" > <h3 id="p-views-label" class="vector-menu-heading " > Views </h3> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/chance">Read</a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e">Edit</a></li><li id="ca-history" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h">History</a></li> </ul> </div> </nav> <nav id="p-cactions" class="mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-menu-dropdown vector-menu" aria-labelledby="p-cactions-label" title="More options" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-cactions-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-cactions" class="vector-menu-checkbox" aria-labelledby="p-cactions-label" > <label id="p-cactions-label" class="vector-menu-heading " > More </label> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </nav> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <h3 >Search</h3> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="vector-search-box-form"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="vector-search-box-inner" data-search-loc="header-navigation"> <input class="vector-search-box-input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wiktionary" aria-label="Search Wiktionary" autocapitalize="none" title="Search Wiktionary [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> <input id="mw-searchButton" class="searchButton mw-fallbackSearchButton" type="submit" name="fulltext" title="Search the pages for this text" value="Search"> <input id="searchButton" class="searchButton" type="submit" name="go" title="Go to a page with this exact name if it exists" value="Go"> </div> </form> </div> </div> </div> <div id="mw-panel" class="vector-legacy-sidebar"> <div id="p-logo" role="banner"> <a class="mw-wiki-logo" href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page" title="Visit the main page"></a> </div> <nav id="p-navigation" class="mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation vector-menu-portal portal vector-menu" aria-labelledby="p-navigation-label" > <h3 id="p-navigation-label" class="vector-menu-heading " > Navigation </h3> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-text" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page">Main Page</a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Community_portal" title="About the project, what you can do, where to find things">Community portal</a></li><li id="n-requestedarticles" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Requested_entries">Requested entries</a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes in the wiki [r]" accesskey="r">Recent changes</a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Load a random page [x]" accesskey="x">Random entry</a></li><li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Help:Contents" title="The place to find out">Help</a></li><li id="n-Glossary" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary">Glossary</a></li><li id="n-sitesupport" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wiktionary.org&uselang=en" title="Support us">Donations</a></li><li id="n-contact" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Contact_us">Contact us</a></li> </ul> </div> </nav> <nav id="p-tb" class="mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb vector-menu-portal portal vector-menu" aria-labelledby="p-tb-label" > <h3 id="p-tb-label" class="vector-menu-heading " > Tools </h3> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/chance" title="A list of all wiki pages that link here [j]" accesskey="j">What links here</a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/chance" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k">Related changes</a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard?uselang=en" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u">Upload file</a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q">Special pages</a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&oldid=82560972" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page">Permanent link</a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&action=info" title="More information about this page">Page information</a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=chance&id=82560972&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page">Cite this page</a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wiktionary.org%2Fwiki%2Fchance">Get shortened URL</a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wiktionary.org%2Fwiki%2Fchance">Download QR code</a></li> </ul> </div> </nav> <nav id="p-coll-print_export" class="mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export vector-menu-portal portal vector-menu" aria-labelledby="p-coll-print_export-label" > <h3 id="p-coll-print_export-label" class="vector-menu-heading " > Print/export </h3> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-create_a_book" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:Book&bookcmd=book_creator&referer=chance">Create a book</a></li><li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=chance&action=show-download-screen">Download as PDF</a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=chance&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p">Printable version</a></li> </ul> </div> </nav> <nav id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects emptyPortlet vector-menu-portal portal vector-menu" aria-labelledby="p-wikibase-otherprojects-label" > <h3 id="p-wikibase-otherprojects-label" class="vector-menu-heading " > In other projects </h3> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </nav> <nav id="p-lang" class="mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang vector-menu-portal portal vector-menu" aria-labelledby="p-lang-label" > <h3 id="p-lang-label" class="vector-menu-heading " > In other languages </h3> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ido</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target">Interlingue</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target">ಕನ್ನಡ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Қазақша</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kiswahili</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kurdî</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target">ລາວ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Limburgs</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target">Malagasy</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target">മലയാളം</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target">မြန်မာဘာသာ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fj mw-list-item"><a href="https://fj.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Fijian" lang="fj" hreflang="fj" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Na Vosa Vakaviti" data-language-local-name="Fijian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Na Vosa Vakaviti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Norwegian" lang="no" hreflang="no" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Norsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oromoo</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target">संस्कृतम्</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sg mw-list-item"><a href="https://sg.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Sango" lang="sg" hreflang="sg" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Sängö" data-language-local-name="Sango" class="interlanguage-link-target">Sängö</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shy mw-list-item"><a href="https://shy.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Shawiya" lang="shy" hreflang="shy" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Tacawit" data-language-local-name="Shawiya" class="interlanguage-link-target">Tacawit</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target">தமிழ்</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target">Татарча / tatarça</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target">ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target">తెలుగు</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target">ไทย</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Türkçe</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Українська</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target">اردو</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Tiếng Việt</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/chance" title="chance – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="chance" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target">中文</a></li> </ul> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 3 November 2024, at 19:55.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Definitions and other text are available under the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a class="external text" href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a class="external text" href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy Policy.</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:About">About Wiktionary</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wiktionary.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=chance&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.log.warn("This page is using the deprecated ResourceLoader module \"codex-search-styles\".\n[1.43] Use a CodexModule with codexComponents to set your specific components used: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Codex#Using_a_limited_subset_of_components");mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-rzfvc","wgBackendResponseTime":176,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"2.427","walltime":"3.547","ppvisitednodes":{"value":9097,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":312061,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":9309,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":10,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":107,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":0,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":10085,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":0,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 3276.145 1 -total"," 28.44% 931.643 190 Template:t+"," 16.62% 544.486 101 Template:t"," 10.34% 338.803 19 Template:no_deprecated_lang_param_usage"," 6.38% 209.113 9 Template:IPA"," 6.16% 201.719 1 Template:also"," 3.02% 99.095 1 Template:inh+"," 2.84% 93.033 1 Template:glossary"," 2.72% 89.074 2 Template:alternative_form_of"," 2.31% 75.530 23 Template:desc"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"1.846","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":45927095,"limit":104857600},"limitreport-profile":[["?","440","27.2"],["MediaWiki\\Extension\\Scribunto\\Engines\\LuaSandbox\\LuaSandboxCallback::gsub","280","17.3"],["MediaWiki\\Extension\\Scribunto\\Engines\\LuaSandbox\\LuaSandboxCallback::toNFD","100","6.2"],["(for generator)","80","4.9"],["recursiveClone \u003CmwInit.lua:45\u003E","80","4.9"],["MediaWiki\\Extension\\Scribunto\\Engines\\LuaSandbox\\LuaSandboxCallback::getAllExpandedArguments","60","3.7"],["? \u003CModule:ar-translit:215\u003E","40","2.5"],["MediaWiki\\Extension\\Scribunto\\Engines\\LuaSandbox\\LuaSandboxCallback::getExpandedArgument","40","2.5"],["MediaWiki\\Extension\\Scribunto\\Engines\\LuaSandbox\\LuaSandboxCallback::match","40","2.5"],["\u003Cmw.lua:694\u003E","40","2.5"],["[others]","420","25.9"]]},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-2c6ql","timestamp":"20241124152028","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> </body> </html>