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aventure

See also: Aventure, aventuré, and aventurë

English

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Etymology

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See adventure.

Noun

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aventure (countable and uncountable, plural aventures)

  1. (obsolete) accident; chance; adventure
  2. (obsolete) a mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire

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aventure (third-person singular simple present aventures, present participle aventuring, simple past and past participle aventured)

  1. Obsolete form of adventure.

Albanian

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aventure

  1. indefinite dative/ablative singular of aventurë

French

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *adventūra, from Late Latin adventūrus, from Latin adventus.

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Noun

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aventure f (plural aventures)

  1. adventure
  2. venture
  3. (romantic) affair

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Galician

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Verb

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aventure

  1. inflection of aventurar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French aventure.

Noun

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āventure f

  1. event
  2. dangerous situation, adventure
  3. happenstance
  4. fate
  5. story, account

Inflection

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Weak feminine noun
singular plural
nominative āventure āventuren
accusative āventure āventuren
genitive āventure, āventuren āventuren
dative āventure, āventuren āventuren

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from Old French aventure, from Vulgar Latin *adventūra. First attested in c. 1225; doublet of venture.

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˌavənˈtiu̯r(ə)/, /ˈavəntur(ə)/, /ˈavəntər(ə)/
    • IPA(key): /aˌvɛnˈtiu̯r(ə)/, /aˌvɛntur(ə)/, /aˌvɛntər(ə)/ (reinterpreted as containing the prefix a- or by analogy to aventurous)
    • IPA(key): /ˌa(u̯)nˈtiu̯r(ə)/, /ˈa(u̯)ntur(ə)/, /ˈa(u̯)ntər(ə)/ (contraction, especially Northern)

    Noun

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    aventure (plural aventures)

    1. Fate; chance, luck.
      • c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, line LINES:
        At nyght was come into that hostelrye / Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye / Of sondry folk, by aventure yfalle / In felaweshipe, and pilgrimes were they alle,
        There came at nightfall to that hostelry / Some nine and twenty in a company / Of sundry folk who had by chance fallen / In fellowship, and pilgrims were they all
    2. Risk; the potential for danger or loss.
    3. An event or experience; something that occurs:
      1. A chance occurence (especially unfortunate)
      2. An uncertain or risky enterprise or deed.
      3. A wonder or miracle; something miraculous.
    4. A tale about an adventure.
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    Etymology 2

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    aventure

    1. alternative form of aventuren

    Middle Low German

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    Pronunciation

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    • (originally) IPA(key): /æːvəntyːrə/, /aːvəntyːrə/

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    ä̂ventü̂re

    1. alternative form of êventü̂re

    Old French

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    Etymology

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      From Vulgar Latin *adventūra.

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      aventure oblique singular, f (oblique plural aventures, nominative singular aventure, nominative plural aventures)

      1. event, happening, adventure
      2. destiny, fortune, accident, misadventure

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      • French: aventure (see there for further descendants)
      • → Middle Dutch: aventure (see there for further descendants)
      • → Middle English: aventure (see there for further descendants)
      • → Middle High German: âventiure
        • German: Abenteuer (influenced by Middle Low German)
      • → Middle Irish: amhantur
      • → Middle Low German: êventü̂re (see there for further descendants)

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      Verb

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      aventure

      1. inflection of aventurar:
        1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
        2. third-person singular imperative

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      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /abenˈtuɾe/ [a.β̞ẽn̪ˈt̪u.ɾe]
      • Rhymes: -uɾe
      • Syllabification: a‧ven‧tu‧re

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      aventure

      1. inflection of aventurar:
        1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
        2. third-person singular imperative
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