le
masculine
/dɑ̃ʒe/
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Translation
danger
Word origin
From Old French dangier ('power, control, peril'), from Vulgar Latin dominiarium ('authority, power'), from Latin dominium ('lordship'), from dominus ('master'). The sense of risk arose from being in another's power.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- dominium
- English cognates
- danger, dungeon, dominion
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluraldangers
Examples
, .
Watch out, there's a danger on the road.
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His life is in danger without this treatment.
' , .
There's no danger, you can come in.
' .
The danger came mainly from the group's lack of experience.
col.
We were out of danger once we had crossed the pass.
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