jeopardy

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• UK: /ˈd͡ʒɛpədi/
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• US: /ˈd͡ʒɛpɚdi/
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• Australian: /ˈd͡ʒepədi/
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• CMU ARPABET: JH EH1 P ER0 D IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English jupartie, jeupartie (“even chance”), from Anglo-Norman giu parti and Middle French jeu parti (“a divided game, i.e. an even game, an even chance”), from Medieval Latin iocus partītus (“an even chance, an alternative”), from Latin iocus (“jest, play, game”) + partītus, perfect passive participle of partiō (“divide”); see joke and party.

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: վտանգ (vtang) — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Bulgarian: опасност (opasnost) — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Bulgarian: риск (risk) — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Catalan: perill — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Catalan: risc — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Chinese Mandarin: 風險 /风险 (fēngxiǎn) — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Chinese Mandarin: 危險 /危险 (wēixiǎn) — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Dutch: gevaar — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Esperanto: danĝero — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Finnish: vaara — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• French: danger — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• French: péril — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• French: risque — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Galician: perigo — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Galician: risco — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Georgian: საფრთხე (saprtxe) — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Georgian: საშიშროება (sašišroeba) — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Georgian: ხიფათი (xipati) — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Georgian: განსაცდელი (gansacdeli) — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Georgian: რისკი (risḳi) — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• German: Gefahr — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• German: Risiko — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Greek: κίνδυνος (kíndynos) — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Hindi: जोखिम (jokhim) — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Hungarian: kockázat — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Hungarian: veszély — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Italian: pericolo — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Italian: rischio — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Japanese: 危険 (kiken) — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Japanese: リスク (risuku) — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Persian: خطر (xatar) — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Portuguese: perigo — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Russian: опа́сность (opásnostʹ) — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Russian: риск (risk) — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Scottish Gaelic: cunnart — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Serbo-Croatian: rizik — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Serbo-Croatian: opasnost — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Spanish: peligro — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Spanish: riesgo — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Swedish: fara — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Turkish: risk — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Turkish: tehlike — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Ottoman Turkish: قورقو (korku) — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Ottoman Turkish: تهلكه (tehlike) — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Ukrainian: небезпе́ка (nebezpéka) — danger of failure, harm, or loss
• Ukrainian: ри́зик (rýzyk) — danger of failure, harm, or loss