l'hasard
masculine
/a.zaʁ/
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Translation
chance, luck; coincidence
Word origin
From Old French hasard ('game of dice'), borrowed through Spanish azar from Arabic az-zahr ('the dice'). The same root gives English 'hazard'.
- Origin
- Arabic
- Root
- az-zahr
- English cognates
- hazard
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralhasards
Examples
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We met completely by chance.
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Chance sometimes does things rather well.
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This is not the fruit of chance, but of work.
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By a happy coincidence, the train was late.
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She chose a number at random.
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