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hazardous

/ˈhæzədəs/HA-zur-duhs
/ˈhæzɚdəs/HA-zur-duhs

Meaningfull of hazard

Common meaning: dangerous

Journey through time

  1. Persianzar‘a die’source
  2. Spanishazarsource
  3. Frenchasard‘hazard, adventure’source
  4. Middle Englishhasardsource
  5. Englishhazard‘a danger’
  6. Englishformed in English from hazardhazardous‘dangerous’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from hazard + -ous.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), HAZARD, p.258 · scan

Source words

  • zar Persian · source word “a die”

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