"kans" meaning in Afrikaans

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Noun

IPA: /kans/ Forms: kanse [plural], kansie [diminutive]
Etymology: From Dutch kans, from Middle Dutch canse, from Old Northern French cance, from Vulgar Latin *cadentia, from cadō (“to fall”), referring to the falling of dice. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|kans}} Dutch kans, {{inh|af|dum|canse}} Middle Dutch canse, {{der|af|fro-nor|cance}} Old Northern French cance, {{der|af|VL.|*cadentia}} Vulgar Latin *cadentia Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|kanse|||||diminutive|kansie|||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} kans (plural kanse, diminutive kansie), {{af-noun|e|kansie}} kans (plural kanse, diminutive kansie)
  1. chance
    Sense id: en-kans-af-noun-bLCf5yo0
  2. opportunity
    Sense id: en-kans-af-noun-BLRHeDr- Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 5 79 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 4 26 5 4 16 16 7 7 4 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 27 5 4 16 16 7 7 4 10
  3. probability
    Sense id: en-kans-af-noun-OVX4~ZLN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kansvatter

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "kansvatter"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "kans"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch kans",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "canse"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch canse",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "fro-nor",
        "3": "cance"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Northern French cance",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*cadentia"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *cadentia",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Dutch kans, from Middle Dutch canse, from Old Northern French cance, from Vulgar Latin *cadentia, from cadō (“to fall”), referring to the falling of dice.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kanse",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kansie",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "10": "",
        "11": "diminutive",
        "12": "kansie",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "kanse",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "f2accel-form": "p",
        "f2request": "1",
        "f5accel-form": "diminutive",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kans (plural kanse, diminutive kansie)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "e",
        "2": "kansie"
      },
      "expansion": "kans (plural kanse, diminutive kansie)",
      "name": "af-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afrikaans",
  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chance"
      ],
      "id": "en-kans-af-noun-bLCf5yo0",
      "links": [
        [
          "chance",
          "chance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 79 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 26 5 4 16 16 7 7 4 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 8 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 27 5 4 16 16 7 7 4 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "opportunity"
      ],
      "id": "en-kans-af-noun-BLRHeDr-",
      "links": [
        [
          "opportunity",
          "opportunity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "probability"
      ],
      "id": "en-kans-af-noun-OVX4~ZLN",
      "links": [
        [
          "probability",
          "probability"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kans/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kans"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header",
    "Afrikaans lemmas",
    "Afrikaans nouns",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from Old Northern French",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "kansvatter"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "kans"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch kans",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "canse"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch canse",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "fro-nor",
        "3": "cance"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Northern French cance",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*cadentia"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *cadentia",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Dutch kans, from Middle Dutch canse, from Old Northern French cance, from Vulgar Latin *cadentia, from cadō (“to fall”), referring to the falling of dice.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kanse",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kansie",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "10": "",
        "11": "diminutive",
        "12": "kansie",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "kanse",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "f2accel-form": "p",
        "f2request": "1",
        "f5accel-form": "diminutive",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kans (plural kanse, diminutive kansie)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "e",
        "2": "kansie"
      },
      "expansion": "kans (plural kanse, diminutive kansie)",
      "name": "af-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afrikaans",
  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chance",
          "chance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "opportunity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "opportunity",
          "opportunity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "probability"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "probability",
          "probability"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kans/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kans"
}

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