English

Pronunciation

IPA: WEAE //

Transitive Verb

1. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.

Intransitive Verb

Etymology

OE. aventuren , auntren , F. aventurer , fr. aventure. See noun form.

Meanings

To try the chance; to take the risk.

Translations

Swedish: äventyra

Noun

Etymology

OE. aventure, aunter , anter , F. aventure, fr. LL. adventura , fr. L. advenire , adventum , to arrive, which in the Romance languages took the sense of “to happen, befall” See Advene .

Meanings

1. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.
2. The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
3. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life.
4. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.

Translations

• French: aventure f
• Swedish: äventyr , äventyrlighet
• German: Abenteuer