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From Middle English chance, cheance, chaunce, cheaunce, a borrowing from Old French cheance (“accident, chance, luck”), from Vulgar Latin *cadentia (“falling”), from Latin cadere (“to fall, to die, to happen, occur”). Doublet of cadence and cadenza.

From Middle English chancen, chauncen, from the noun (see above).

339 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bashkir: осраҡлы (osraqlı) — happening by chance
• Bulgarian: случаен (slučaen) — happening by chance
• Danish: tilfældigvis — happening by chance
• German: zufällig — happening by chance
• Hungarian: véletlen — happening by chance
• Hungarian: kósza — happening by chance
• Hungarian: arra vetődött — happening by chance
• Latin: fortuītus — happening by chance
• Swedish: tillfällig — happening by chance
• Swedish: oförutsedd — happening by chance
• Swedish: opåräknad — happening by chance
• Swedish: förlupen — happening by chance
• Swedish: slumpartad — happening by chance
• Swedish: händelsevis påträffad — happening by chance
• Albanian: nge — an opportunity or possibility
• Albanian: shans — an opportunity or possibility
• Arabic: فُرْصَة (furṣa) — an opportunity or possibility
• Arabic: فُرْصة (furṣa) — an opportunity or possibility
• Armenian: հնարավորություն (hnaravorutʻyun) — an opportunity or possibility
• Azerbaijani: imkan — an opportunity or possibility
• Azerbaijani: fürsət — an opportunity or possibility
• Bashkir: форсат (forsat) — an opportunity or possibility
• Belarusian: шанс (šans) — an opportunity or possibility
• Belarusian: шанц (šanc) — an opportunity or possibility
• Belarusian: магчы́масць (mahčýmascʹ) — an opportunity or possibility
• Belarusian: магчы́масьць (mahčýmasʹcʹ) — an opportunity or possibility
• Breton: chañs — an opportunity or possibility
• Bulgarian: възмо́жност (vǎzmóžnost) — an opportunity or possibility
• Bulgarian: шанс (šans) — an opportunity or possibility
• Burmese: အခွင့်အရေး (a.hkwang.a.re:) — an opportunity or possibility
• Catalan: oportunitat — an opportunity or possibility
• Catalan: causalitat — an opportunity or possibility
• Chinese Cantonese: 機會 /机会 (gei1 wui6) — an opportunity or possibility
• Eastern Min Chinese: 機會 /机会 (gĭ-huôi) — an opportunity or possibility
• Hakka Chinese: 機會 /机会 (kî-fi) — an opportunity or possibility
• Chinese: 機會 /机会 (zh-min-nan) — an opportunity or possibility
• Chinese Mandarin: 機會 /机会 (jīhuì) — an opportunity or possibility
• Czech: šance — an opportunity or possibility
• Czech: příležitost — an opportunity or possibility
• Danish: chance — an opportunity or possibility
• Danish: mulighed — an opportunity or possibility
• Dutch: kans — an opportunity or possibility
• Dutch: gelegenheid — an opportunity or possibility
• Dutch: mogelijkheid — an opportunity or possibility
• Esperanto: ŝanco — an opportunity or possibility
• Estonian: võimalus — an opportunity or possibility
• Finnish: mahdollisuus — an opportunity or possibility
• French: chance — an opportunity or possibility
• West-Frisian: kâns — an opportunity or possibility
• Galician: oportunidade — an opportunity or possibility
• Georgian: შესაძლებლობა (šesaʒlebloba) — an opportunity or possibility
• Georgian: შანსი (šansi) — an opportunity or possibility
• German: Gelegenheit — an opportunity or possibility
• German: Möglichkeit — an opportunity or possibility
• German: Chance — an opportunity or possibility
• German: Zufall — an opportunity or possibility
• Greek: ευκαιρία (efkairía) — an opportunity or possibility
• Greek: πιθανότητα (pithanótita) — an opportunity or possibility
• Hebrew: סִיכּוּי (sikúi) — an opportunity or possibility
• Hebrew: מַזָּל (mazzál) — an opportunity or possibility
• Hebrew: הִזְדַּמְּנוּת פָּז (hizdámnúth' paz) — an opportunity or possibility
• Hindi: अवसर (avsar) — an opportunity or possibility
• Hindi: मौक़ा (mauqā) — an opportunity or possibility
• Hindi: चांस (cāns) — an opportunity or possibility
• Hindi: अवकाश (avkāś) — an opportunity or possibility
• Hungarian: alkalom — an opportunity or possibility
• Hungarian: lehetőség — an opportunity or possibility
• Icelandic: tækifæri — an opportunity or possibility
• Indonesian: kesempatan — an opportunity or possibility
• Irish: faill — an opportunity or possibility
• Irish: seans — an opportunity or possibility
• Irish: amhantar — an opportunity or possibility
• Italian: possibilità — an opportunity or possibility
• Italian: opportunità — an opportunity or possibility
• Italian: occasione — an opportunity or possibility
• Italian: chance — an opportunity or possibility
• Japanese: 機会 (kikai) — an opportunity or possibility
• Japanese: チャンス (chansu) — an opportunity or possibility
• Japanese: 機 (ki) — an opportunity or possibility
• Kabuverdianu: txansa — an opportunity or possibility
• Kabuverdianu: xanse — an opportunity or possibility
• Kazakh: мүмкіндік (mümkındık) — an opportunity or possibility
• Khmer: ឱកាស (ʼaokaah) — an opportunity or possibility
• Korean: 기회 (gihoe) — an opportunity or possibility
• Korean: 찬스 (chanseu) — an opportunity or possibility
• Northern Kurdish: firset — an opportunity or possibility
• Kyrgyz: мүмкүндүк (mümkündük) — an opportunity or possibility
• Lao: ໂອກາດ (ʼō kāt) — an opportunity or possibility
• Latin: opportunitas — an opportunity or possibility
• Latin: possibilitas — an opportunity or possibility
• Latin: potestas — an opportunity or possibility
• Latin: aditus — an opportunity or possibility
• Latin: occasio — an opportunity or possibility
• Latvian: iespēja — an opportunity or possibility
• Lithuanian: próga — an opportunity or possibility
• Macedonian: шанса (šansa) — an opportunity or possibility
• Macedonian: можност (možnost) — an opportunity or possibility
• Malay: peluang — an opportunity or possibility
• Malay: kesempatan — an opportunity or possibility
• Malay: cerlak — an opportunity or possibility
• Malay: can — an opportunity or possibility
• Malayalam: അവസരം (avasaraṁ) — an opportunity or possibility
• Manchu: ᠨᠠᠰᡥᡡᠨ (nashūn) — an opportunity or possibility
• Middle English: chaunce — an opportunity or possibility
• Mongolian: боломж (bolomž) — an opportunity or possibility
• Norwegian Bokmål: sjanse — an opportunity or possibility
• Norwegian Bokmål: mulighet — an opportunity or possibility
• Occitan: oportunitat — an opportunity or possibility
• Occitan: possibiltat — an opportunity or possibility
• Old English: ġegang — an opportunity or possibility
• Pashto: فرصت (fersat) — an opportunity or possibility
• Dari: فُرْصَت (fursat) — an opportunity or possibility
• Iranian Persian: فُرْصَت (forsat) — an opportunity or possibility
• Iranian Persian: شانْس (šâns) — an opportunity or possibility
• Polish: szansa — an opportunity or possibility
• Polish: okazja — an opportunity or possibility
• Polish: gratka — an opportunity or possibility
• Polish: możliwość — an opportunity or possibility
• Polish: sposobność — an opportunity or possibility
• Polish: traf — an opportunity or possibility
• Portuguese: chance — an opportunity or possibility
• Romanian: șansă — an opportunity or possibility
• Romanian: șanse — an opportunity or possibility
• Romanian: ocazie — an opportunity or possibility
• Romansh: pussaivladad — an opportunity or possibility
• Russian: возмо́жность (vozmóžnostʹ) — an opportunity or possibility
• Russian: шанс (šans) — an opportunity or possibility
• Scottish Gaelic: cothrom — an opportunity or possibility
• Serbo-Croatian: ша̏нса — an opportunity or possibility
• Serbo-Croatian: могу́ћно̄ст — an opportunity or possibility
• Serbo-Croatian: šȁnsa — an opportunity or possibility
• Serbo-Croatian: mogúćnōst — an opportunity or possibility
• Sinhalese: අවස්ථාව (awasthāwa) — an opportunity or possibility
• Slovak: príležitosť — an opportunity or possibility
• Slovak: šanca — an opportunity or possibility
• Slovene: priložnost — an opportunity or possibility
• Slovene: šansa — an opportunity or possibility
• Spanish: oportunidad — an opportunity or possibility
• Spanish: posibilidad — an opportunity or possibility
• Spanish: chance — an opportunity or possibility
• Spanish: chanza — an opportunity or possibility
• Swahili: nafasi — an opportunity or possibility
• Swedish: chans — an opportunity or possibility
• Swedish: möjlighet — an opportunity or possibility
• Tagalog: pagkakataon — an opportunity or possibility
• Tajik: фурсат (fursat) — an opportunity or possibility
• Tamil: வாய்ப்பு (vāyppu) — an opportunity or possibility
• Tamil: சந்தர்ப்பம் (cantarppam) — an opportunity or possibility
• Tatar: форсат (forsat) — an opportunity or possibility
• Telugu: అవకాశము (avakāśamu) — an opportunity or possibility
• Thai: โอกาส (oo-gàat) — an opportunity or possibility
• Turkish: şans — an opportunity or possibility
• Turkish: talih — an opportunity or possibility
• Turkish: fırsat — an opportunity or possibility
• Turkmen: pursat — an opportunity or possibility
• Ukrainian: шанс (šans) — an opportunity or possibility
• Ukrainian: можли́вість (možlývistʹ) — an opportunity or possibility
• Urdu: مَوقَعْ (mauqa') — an opportunity or possibility
• Urdu: فُرْصَت (fursat) — an opportunity or possibility
• Uyghur: پۇرسەت (purset) — an opportunity or possibility
• Uzbek: imkoniyat — an opportunity or possibility
• Uzbek: fursat — an opportunity or possibility
• Vietnamese: cơ hội — an opportunity or possibility
• Volapük: mögod — an opportunity or possibility
• Zazaki: seğs — an opportunity or possibility
• Zazaki: sehud — an opportunity or possibility
• Zazaki: fırset — an opportunity or possibility
• Armenian: պատահականություն (patahakanutʻyun) — random occurrence
• Armenian: դիպված (dipvac) — random occurrence
• Basque: zori — random occurrence
• Bulgarian: случа́йност (slučájnost) — random occurrence
• Catalan: atzar — random occurrence
• Catalan: casualitat — random occurrence
• Czech: náhoda — random occurrence
• Danish: mulighed — random occurrence
• Danish: tilfældighed — random occurrence
• Dutch: toeval — random occurrence
• Esperanto: hazardo — random occurrence
• Finnish: sattuma — random occurrence
• French: raccroc — random occurrence
• French: hasard — random occurrence
• Georgian: შემთხვევა (šemtxveva) — random occurrence
• German: Zufall — random occurrence
• Greek: τύχη (týchi) — random occurrence
• Greek: σύμπτωση (sýmptosi) — random occurrence
• Greek: περίσταση (perístasi) — random occurrence
• Greek: συγκυρία (sygkyría) — random occurrence
• Hebrew: מִקְרֶה (mikré) — random occurrence
• Hebrew: צֵרוּף מִקְרִים (zeruf mikriem) — random occurrence
• Hungarian: véletlen — random occurrence
• Irish: seans — random occurrence
• Italian: caso — random occurrence
• Kabuverdianu: txansa — random occurrence
• Kabuverdianu: xansa — random occurrence
• Khmer: គ្រោះ (krŭəh) — random occurrence
• Korean: 우연 (uyeon) — random occurrence
• Latin: temeritās — random occurrence
• Latin: accidentia — random occurrence
• Latin: fors — random occurrence
• Middle English: chaunce — random occurrence
• Norwegian Bokmål: mulighet — random occurrence
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilfeldigheter — random occurrence
• Occitan: escasença — random occurrence
• Old English: ġegang — random occurrence
• Portuguese: acaso — random occurrence
• Romanian: întâmplare — random occurrence
• Romanian: accident — random occurrence
• Russian: случа́йность (slučájnostʹ) — random occurrence
• Spanish: azar — random occurrence
• Spanish: suerte — random occurrence
• Spanish: casualidad — random occurrence
• Swedish: slump — random occurrence
• Turkish: şans — random occurrence
• Turkish: fırsat — random occurrence
• Turkish: kaza — random occurrence
• Ottoman Turkish: بخت (baht) — random occurrence
• Ottoman Turkish: تصادف (tesâdüf) — random occurrence
• Armenian: հավանականություն (havanakanutʻyun) — probability of something happening
• Belarusian: вераго́днасць (vjerahódnascʹ) — probability of something happening
• Belarusian: вераго́днасьць (vjerahódnasʹcʹ) — probability of something happening
• Belarusian: імаве́рнасць (imavjérnascʹ) — probability of something happening
• Belarusian: імаве́рнасьць (imavjérnasʹcʹ) — probability of something happening
• Belarusian: магчы́масць (mahčýmascʹ) — probability of something happening
• Belarusian: магчы́масьць (mahčýmasʹcʹ) — probability of something happening
• Belarusian: шанс (šans) — probability of something happening
• Belarusian: шанц (šanc) — probability of something happening
• Bulgarian: вероя́тност (verojátnost) — probability of something happening
• Bulgarian: възмо́жност (vǎzmóžnost) — probability of something happening
• Bulgarian: шанс (šans) — probability of something happening
• Catalan: probabilitat — probability of something happening
• Chinese Mandarin: 幾率 /几率 (jīlǜ) — probability of something happening
• Chinese Mandarin: 概率 (gàilǜ) — probability of something happening
• Chinese Mandarin: 可能性 (kěnéngxìng) — probability of something happening
• Czech: šance — probability of something happening
• Czech: pravděpodobnost — probability of something happening
• Danish: chance — probability of something happening
• Danish: sandsynlighed — probability of something happening
• Dutch: kans — probability of something happening
• Finnish: mahdollisuus — probability of something happening
• Finnish: todennäköisyys — probability of something happening
• French: chance — probability of something happening
• French: risque — probability of something happening
• Georgian: შემთხვევითობა (šemtxvevitoba) — probability of something happening
• German: Wahrscheinlichkeit — probability of something happening
• Greek: πιθανότητα (pithanótita) — probability of something happening
• Greek: ενδεχόμενο (endechómeno) — probability of something happening
• Hindi: सम्भावना (sambhāvnā) — probability of something happening
• Hindi: प्रायिकता (prāyiktā) — probability of something happening
• Hungarian: valószínűség — probability of something happening
• Hungarian: eshetőség — probability of something happening
• Hungarian: esély — probability of something happening
• Icelandic: líkindi — probability of something happening
• Icelandic: líkur — probability of something happening
• Irish: seans — probability of something happening
• Italian: probabilità — probability of something happening
• Japanese: 確率 (kakuritsu) — probability of something happening
• Japanese: 可能性 (kanōsei) — probability of something happening
• Kabuverdianu: txansa — probability of something happening
• Kabuverdianu: xanse — probability of something happening
• Korean: 확률 (hwangnyul) — probability of something happening
• Korean: 가능성 (ganeungseong) — probability of something happening
• Latin: accidentia — probability of something happening
• Latin: probabilitas — probability of something happening
• Latin: fors — probability of something happening
• Macedonian: веројатност (verojatnost) — probability of something happening
• Malayalam: സാധ്യത (sādhyata) — probability of something happening
• Māori: tūponotanga — probability of something happening
• Norwegian Bokmål: sjanse — probability of something happening
• Norwegian Bokmål: sannsynlighet — probability of something happening
• Polish: prawdopodobieństwo — probability of something happening
• Portuguese: probabilidade — probability of something happening
• Portuguese: hipótese — probability of something happening
• Romanian: probabilitate — probability of something happening
• Russian: вероя́тность (verojátnostʹ) — probability of something happening
• Russian: шанс (šans) — probability of something happening
• Russian: возмо́жность (vozmóžnostʹ) — probability of something happening
• Serbo-Croatian: вероја́тно̄ст — probability of something happening
• Serbo-Croatian: вјероја́тно̄ст — probability of something happening
• Serbo-Croatian: могу́ћно̄ст — probability of something happening
• Serbo-Croatian: ша̏нса — probability of something happening
• Serbo-Croatian: verojátnōst — probability of something happening
• Serbo-Croatian: vjerojátnōst — probability of something happening
• Serbo-Croatian: mogúćnōst — probability of something happening
• Serbo-Croatian: šȁnsa — probability of something happening
• Slovak: pravdepodobnosť — probability of something happening
• Slovene: verjetnost — probability of something happening
• Spanish: probabilidad — probability of something happening
• Spanish: baza — probability of something happening
• Swedish: chans — probability of something happening
• Swedish: sannolikhet — probability of something happening
• Turkish: şans — probability of something happening
• Turkish: ihtimal — probability of something happening
• Turkish: olanak — probability of something happening
• Ukrainian: імові́рність (imovírnistʹ) — probability of something happening
• Ukrainian: можли́вість (možlývistʹ) — probability of something happening
• Ukrainian: шанс (šans) — probability of something happening
• Bulgarian: шанс (šans) — lot or fate
• German: Los — lot or fate
• German: Schicksal — lot or fate
• Middle English: chaunce — lot or fate
• Spanish: albur — lot or fate
• Turkish: talih — lot or fate
• Turkish: baht — lot or fate
• Turkish: kader — lot or fate
• Turkish: kısmet — lot or fate
• Ottoman Turkish: بخت (baht) — lot or fate
• Zazaki: beğt — lot or fate
• Zazaki: qeder — lot or fate
• Esperanto: hazarde okazi — happen by chance
• Bulgarian: рискувам (riskuvam) — to try or risk
• Catalan: arriscar-se — to try or risk
• Danish: ta chancen — to try or risk
• Danish: risikere — to try or risk
• Dutch: wagen — to try or risk
• Esperanto: hazardi — to try or risk
• Finnish: ottaa riski — to try or risk
• German: riskieren — to try or risk
• German: wagen — to try or risk
• Hungarian: megkockáztat — to try or risk
• Romanian: risca — to try or risk
• Spanish: chancear — to try or risk
• Spanish: chansear — to try or risk
• Swahili: nafasi — to try or risk
• Swedish: chansa — to try or risk
• Swedish: riskera — to try or risk
• Turkish: riske etmek — to try or risk
• Bulgarian: попадам на (popadam na) — to discover by chance
• Czech: narazit — to discover by chance
• Danish: støde på (ved en tilfældighed) — to discover by chance
• Finnish: löytää sattumalta — to discover by chance
• Finnish: kohdata sattumalta — to discover by chance
• Finnish: tavata sattumalta — to discover by chance
• Hungarian: rábukkan — to discover by chance
• Hungarian: ráakad — to discover by chance
• Hungarian: belebotlik — to discover by chance
• Māori: tūpono — to discover by chance
• Māori: matawhaia — to discover by chance
• Swahili: nafasi — to discover by chance
• Swedish: råka — to discover by chance