Danger

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English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman danger, daunger âpower, arrogance, refusal, difficultyâ, from Old French dagier, dongier (with same meaning) (French danger âdangerâ), from an assumed Late Latin dominiarium âpower, authorityâ, from Latin dominium âpower, propertyâ. See dungeon, domain, dame

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Noun

Danger (plural Dangers)

(Obsolete): Authority; jurisdiction; control
Quotations
- In danger had he . . . the young girls. - Chaucer
(Obsolete): Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. See In one's danger, below.
Quotations
- You stand within his danger, do you not? Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, IV-i
- Covetousness of gains hath brought [them] in danger of this statute. - Robynson (More's Utopia).
Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity.
(Obsolete): Difficulty; sparingness. - Chaucer
(Obsolete): Coyness; disdainful behavior. - Chaucer

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Translations

Croatian: opasnost
Danish: fare
Dutch: gevaar n (3)
Esperanto: danÄero
Finnish: vaara (3), uhka (3)
French: danger m (3)
German: Gefahr f (3)
Hebrew: ×¡×× × (sakana) f
Hindi: à¤à¤¤à¥à¤°à¤¾ (khatrÄ)
Hungarian: veszÃ©ly
Ido: danjero
Indonesian: bahaya

Italian: pericolo
Kurdish: xeter f (3), talÃ»ke f (3), bive f (3), gef f (3), rÃ®sk f (3)
Lithuanian: pavojus m (3)
Old English: fÇ£r m
Portuguese: perigo m (3)
Russian: Ð¾Ð¿Ð°ÑÐ½Ð¾ÑÑÑ f (3)
Slovene: nevarnost f (3)
Spanish: peligro m (3)
Swedish: fara c (3)
Telugu: à°ªà±à°°à°®à°¾à°¦à°®à± (pramaadamu) (3), à°à°ªà°¾à°¯à°®à± (apaayamu) (3)
Turkish: tehlike (3)

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Derived terms

In one's danger, (Obsolete): in one's power; liable to a penalty to be inflicted by him. This sense is retained in the proverb, Out of debt out of danger."
Quotations
- Those rich man in whose debt and danger they be not. - Robynson (More's Utopia)
To do danger, (Obsolete): to cause danger. - Shakespeare

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Synonyms

Peril; hazard; risk; jeopardy
Danger is the generic term, and implies some contingent evil in prospect.
Peril is instant or impending danger; as, in peril of one's life.
Hazard arises from something fortuitous or beyond our control; as, the hazard of the seas.
Risk is doubtful or uncertain danger, often incurred voluntarily; as, to risk an engagement.
Jeopardy is extreme danger.
Danger of a contagious disease; the perils of shipwreck; the hazards of speculation; the risk of daring enterprises; a life brought into jeopardy.