English

Etymology
From Latin dominium through Middle English daunger and Anglo-French dangier

Pronunciation
IPA|/deɪn.ʤ�/ (RP)
IPA|�deɪnd�� (US)
audio|en-us-danger.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

1. obsolete Able to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. See In one's danger, below.

#:"You stand within his danger, do you not?" (Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, 4:1:180)

1. obsolete Difficulty; sparingness.
2. obsolete Coyness; disdainful behavior.
3. obsolete A place where one is in the hands of the enemy.
4. Exposure to liable harm.

#:"Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars" (Hazlitt, Table talk).

1. An instance or cause of liable harm.

#:"Two territorial questions..unsettled..each of which was a positive danger to the peace of Europe" (Times, 5 Sept. 3/2).

1. Mischief.

#:"We put a Sting in him, / That at his will he may doe danger with" (Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, 2:1:17).

Derived terms
kicking in danger

Translations
trans-top|exposure to liable harm
Czech: nebezpe�í n
Dutch: gevaar n
Indonesian: bahaya
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|instance or cause of liable harm
Czech: nebezpe�í n
Dutch: gevaar n
Hebrew: ס�נ� (sakana) f
Indonesian: bahaya
trans-mid
Kurdish: KUchar|پ��ر�شا�
trans-bottom

Verb
en-verb

1. obsolete To claim liability.
2. obsolete To imperil; to endanger.
3. obsolete To run the risk.

Related terms
dungeon
domain
dame

Translations
rfc-trans

Arabic: خطر (khatar)
Croatian: opasnost
Danish: fare
Esperanto: dan�ero
Finnish: vaara (3), uhka (3)
French: danger m (3)
German: Gefahr f (3)
Hebrew: �ס�� (lesaken) (2)
Hindi: �त�रा (khatr�)
Hungarian: veszély
Ido: danjero
mid
Italian: pericolo
Japanese: ��� (abunai)
Korean: �� (wi-hum)
Kurdish: xeter f (3), talûke f (3), bive f (3), gef f (3), rîsk f (3)
Lithuanian: pavojus m (3)
Mandarin: �� (w�i-xi�n)
Old English: fær|fǣr m
Polish: zagrożenie n (3)
Portuguese: perigo m (3)
Russian: опа

References
Oxford English Dictionary

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