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Esperanto
Etymology
From French hasard (“chance, coincidence, hazard”), from Old French hasart (“game, risk, danger”), from Arabic اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hazardo (accusative singular hazardon, plural hazardoj, accusative plural hazardojn)
- accidence, chance
- Synonym: ŝanco
1903, R.J. Lloyd, “La Esperantaj vokaloj”, in The Esperantist, volume 1, number 11:Se, per malbona hazardo, iu nacio komencos paroli malkorekte la Esperantajn vokalojn, estos tute facile montri kaj pruvi al ĝi ĝian eraron.- If, by bad accident, some nation begins to speak Esperanto vowels incorrectly, it will be completely easy to show and prove its error to it.
2018, Sten Johansson, Marina ĉe la limo, ch. 4:Neniu estis vundita, sed tio estis nur hazardo.- No one was wounded, but that was only an accident.
Derived terms
Ido
Etymology
From Esperanto hazardo, from French hasard (“chance, coincidence, hazard”), from Old French hasart (“game, risk, danger”), from Arabic اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hazardo (plural hazardi)
- hazard (chance)