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English
Etymology
From Middle English aventurous, aunterous, auntrous, from Old French aventuros (whence French aventureux).
Pronunciation
Adjective
adventurous (comparative more adventurous, superlative most adventurous)
- (of a person) Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects ”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.
- (of an act or product) Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.
take an adventurous viewpoint
Synonyms
- (inclined to adventure): adventuresome, enterprising, daring, dareful, venturesome, on the go, restless
- (full of hazard): rash, foolhardy, presumptuous, hazardous, venturesome
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inclined to adventure
- Asturian: aventureru
- Basque: abenturazale
- Belarusian: аванту́рны m (avantúrny)
- Bulgarian: рискован (bg) (riskovan), авантюристичен (bg) (avantjurističen)
- Catalan: aventurer
- Danish: eventyrslysten
- Dutch: avontuurlijk (nl), ondernemend (nl)
- Esperanto: aventurema
- Finnish: seikkailunhaluinen
- French: aventureux (fr)
- Galician: aventureiro
- German: abenteuerlustig (de), abenteuerdurstig (de), abenteuerhungrig (de), abenteuersüchtig (de)
- Hebrew: הרפתקני (harpatkani)
- Hungarian: kalandos (hu)
- Japanese: 冒険好きな (ぼうけんずきな, bōkenzuki na)
- Luxembourgish: abenteuerlech (lb)
- Maori: mātātoa, manawa kai tūtae
- Norwegian: eventyrlysten
- Polish: śmiały (pl), zawadiacki (pl), awanturniczy (pl) (literary), żądny przygód
- Portuguese: aventureiro (pt), aventuroso m
- Russian: риско́ванный (ru) (riskóvannyj), авантю́рный (ru) (avantjúrnyj), авантюристи́чный (ru) (avantjuristíčnyj)
- Spanish: intrépido (es), aventurero (es)
- Swedish: äventyrlig (sv)
- Turkish: maceraperest (tr)
- Volapük: ventürik (vo)
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