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/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.

' , .

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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This word is part of lesson 29.