dicey

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• /ˈdaɪsi/
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• /ˈdʌɪ̯si/
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• rhymes with -aɪsi
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Old French de Latin -os Proto-Indo-European *h1ey- Latin -es Old French -s Old French desbor. Middle English dys English dice Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English dicey From dice + -y.

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: потенциално опасен (potencialno opasen) — fraught with danger
• Czech: nebezpečný — fraught with danger
• Dutch: gevaarlijk — fraught with danger
• Dutch: bedreigend — fraught with danger
• French: périlleux — fraught with danger
• French: risqué — fraught with danger
• German: brenzlig — fraught with danger
• Russian: опа́сный (opásnyj) — fraught with danger
• Serbo-Croatian: potencijalno opasan — fraught with danger
• Spanish: riesgoso — fraught with danger
• Spanish: peligroso — fraught with danger
• Swedish: farlig — fraught with danger
• Turkish: riskli — fraught with danger
• Bulgarian: рискован (riskovan) — of uncertain, risky outcome
• Czech: riskantní — of uncertain, risky outcome
• Czech: ošemetný — of uncertain, risky outcome
• Czech: zrádný — of uncertain, risky outcome
• Dutch: onzeker — of uncertain, risky outcome
• Dutch: riskant — of uncertain, risky outcome
• French: au résultat incertain — of uncertain, risky outcome
• French: risqué — of uncertain, risky outcome
• German: riskant — of uncertain, risky outcome
• Romanian: riscant — of uncertain, risky outcome
• Russian: рискованый (riskovanyj) — of uncertain, risky outcome
• Serbo-Croatian: riskantan — of uncertain, risky outcome
• Serbo-Croatian: rizičan — of uncertain, risky outcome
• Spanish: peligroso — of uncertain, risky outcome
• Spanish: arriesgado — of uncertain, risky outcome
• Spanish: dudoso — of uncertain, risky outcome
• Spanish: incierto — of uncertain, risky outcome
• Swedish: riskabel — of uncertain, risky outcome
• Turkish: belirsiz — of uncertain, risky outcome
• Turkish: gayrimuayyen — of uncertain, risky outcome
• Turkish: müphem — of uncertain, risky outcome