See chaunce in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for chaunce meaning in Middle English (6.6kB)
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "chauncen"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "chaunce"
},
"expansion": "chaunce",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "chance",
"noalts": "1",
"qq": "archaic <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">chaunce</i>"
},
"expansion": "English: chance (archaic chaunce)\n→ Japanese: チャンス",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "English: chance (archaic chaunce)\n→ Japanese: チャンス"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "chance"
},
"expansion": "Scots: chance",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: chance"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "loanword",
"2": "Borrowed"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "xno",
"3": "cheaunce",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Anglo-Norman cheaunce",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "xno",
"3": "cheaunce"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cheaunce",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "chaunce"
},
"expansion": "chaunce",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "VL.",
"3": "*cadentia",
"t": "falling"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin *cadentia (“falling”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cheaunce, chaunce, from Vulgar Latin *cadentia (“falling”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "chaunces",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "nouns",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "chaunce",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "chaunce (plural chaunces)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"An (especially random) event or occurrence:",
"An eventuality or possibility; a potential event."
],
"id": "en-chaunce-enm-noun-K5p-NDeM",
"links": [
[
"random",
"random#English"
],
[
"event",
"event"
],
[
"occurrence",
"occurrence"
],
[
"eventuality",
"eventuality"
],
[
"possibility",
"possibility"
],
[
"potential",
"potential"
]
],
"tags": [
"literary"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"An (especially random) event or occurrence:",
"A (life-changingly) lucky or unlucky event."
],
"id": "en-chaunce-enm-noun-Uyb69MMe",
"links": [
[
"random",
"random#English"
],
[
"event",
"event"
],
[
"occurrence",
"occurrence"
],
[
"life-changingly",
"life-changingly#English"
],
[
"lucky",
"lucky"
],
[
"unlucky",
"unlucky"
]
],
"tags": [
"literary"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "2 10 26 21 23 5 14",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Dice games",
"orig": "enm:Dice games",
"parents": [
"Tabletop games",
"Games",
"Recreation",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 8 22 22 23 2 19",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Human behaviour",
"orig": "enm:Human behaviour",
"parents": [
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Luck, chance, fate:",
"The (numerical) result of a dice throw."
],
"id": "en-chaunce-enm-noun-w75jifjZ",
"links": [
[
"Luck",
"luck"
],
[
"chance",
"chance"
],
[
"fate",
"fate"
],
[
"result",
"result"
],
[
"dice",
"dice"
],
[
"throw",
"throw"
]
],
"tags": [
"literary"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "2 10 26 21 23 5 14",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Dice games",
"orig": "enm:Dice games",
"parents": [
"Tabletop games",
"Games",
"Recreation",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 8 22 22 23 2 19",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Human behaviour",
"orig": "enm:Human behaviour",
"parents": [
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Luck, chance, fate:",
"Power or authority over one's fate."
],
"id": "en-chaunce-enm-noun-ErPqfIYT",
"links": [
[
"Luck",
"luck"
],
[
"chance",
"chance"
],
[
"fate",
"fate"
],
[
"authority",
"authority"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Luck, chance, fate:",
"(rare) Power or authority over one's fate."
],
"tags": [
"literary",
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "13 13 1 6 16 16 24 3 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 13 1 6 16 16 25 3 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 10 26 21 23 5 14",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Dice games",
"orig": "enm:Dice games",
"parents": [
"Tabletop games",
"Games",
"Recreation",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 8 22 22 23 2 19",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Human behaviour",
"orig": "enm:Human behaviour",
"parents": [
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A scenario or situation; a state of affairs."
],
"id": "en-chaunce-enm-noun-JYYr1qib",
"links": [
[
"scenario",
"scenario"
],
[
"situation",
"situation"
],
[
"state",
"state"
],
[
"affair",
"affair"
]
],
"tags": [
"literary"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A chance or option; an opening for change."
],
"id": "en-chaunce-enm-noun-FrBdgZfP",
"links": [
[
"chance",
"chance"
],
[
"option",
"option"
],
[
"opening",
"opening"
],
[
"change",
"change"
]
],
"tags": [
"literary"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "2 10 26 21 23 5 14",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Dice games",
"orig": "enm:Dice games",
"parents": [
"Tabletop games",
"Games",
"Recreation",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 8 22 22 23 2 19",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Human behaviour",
"orig": "enm:Human behaviour",
"parents": [
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A bold or daring undertaking or feat."
],
"id": "en-chaunce-enm-noun-p5jtgLwu",
"links": [
[
"bold",
"bold"
],
[
"daring",
"daring"
],
[
"undertaking",
"undertaking"
],
[
"feat",
"feat"
]
],
"tags": [
"literary"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃau̯ns(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃans(ə)/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "chance"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "chanse"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "chauns"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "chaunse"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "chaunche"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "cheance"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "cheaunce"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "cheiance"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "schaunce"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "chaunsse"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Late-Middle-English"
],
"word": "chawnce"
}
],
"word": "chaunce"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English literary terms",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English terms borrowed from Anglo-Norman",
"Middle English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
"Middle English terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
"Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"enm:Dice games",
"enm:Human behaviour"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "chauncen"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "chaunce"
},
"expansion": "chaunce",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "chance",
"noalts": "1",
"qq": "archaic <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">chaunce</i>"
},
"expansion": "English: chance (archaic chaunce)\n→ Japanese: チャンス",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "English: chance (archaic chaunce)\n→ Japanese: チャンス"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "chance"
},
"expansion": "Scots: chance",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: chance"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "loanword",
"2": "Borrowed"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "xno",
"3": "cheaunce",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Anglo-Norman cheaunce",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "xno",
"3": "cheaunce"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cheaunce",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "chaunce"
},
"expansion": "chaunce",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "VL.",
"3": "*cadentia",
"t": "falling"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin *cadentia (“falling”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cheaunce, chaunce, from Vulgar Latin *cadentia (“falling”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "chaunces",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "nouns",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "chaunce",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "chaunce (plural chaunces)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"An (especially random) event or occurrence:",
"An eventuality or possibility; a potential event."
],
"links": [
[
"random",
"random#English"
],
[
"event",
"event"
],
[
"occurrence",
"occurrence"
],
[
"eventuality",
"eventuality"
],
[
"possibility",
"possibility"
],
[
"potential",
"potential"
]
],
"tags": [
"literary"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"An (especially random) event or occurrence:",
"A (life-changingly) lucky or unlucky event."
],
"links": [
[
"random",
"random#English"
],
[
"event",
"event"
],
[
"occurrence",
"occurrence"
],
[
"life-changingly",
"life-changingly#English"
],
[
"lucky",
"lucky"
],
[
"unlucky",
"unlucky"
]
],
"tags": [
"literary"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Luck, chance, fate:",
"The (numerical) result of a dice throw."
],
"links": [
[
"Luck",
"luck"
],
[
"chance",
"chance"
],
[
"fate",
"fate"
],
[
"result",
"result"
],
[
"dice",
"dice"
],
[
"throw",
"throw"
]
],
"tags": [
"literary"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Luck, chance, fate:",
"Power or authority over one's fate."
],
"links": [
[
"Luck",
"luck"
],
[
"chance",
"chance"
],
[
"fate",
"fate"
],
[
"authority",
"authority"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Luck, chance, fate:",
"(rare) Power or authority over one's fate."
],
"tags": [
"literary",
"rare"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A scenario or situation; a state of affairs."
],
"links": [
[
"scenario",
"scenario"
],
[
"situation",
"situation"
],
[
"state",
"state"
],
[
"affair",
"affair"
]
],
"tags": [
"literary"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A chance or option; an opening for change."
],
"links": [
[
"chance",
"chance"
],
[
"option",
"option"
],
[
"opening",
"opening"
],
[
"change",
"change"
]
],
"tags": [
"literary"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A bold or daring undertaking or feat."
],
"links": [
[
"bold",
"bold"
],
[
"daring",
"daring"
],
[
"undertaking",
"undertaking"
],
[
"feat",
"feat"
]
],
"tags": [
"literary"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃau̯ns(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃans(ə)/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "chance"
},
{
"word": "chanse"
},
{
"word": "chauns"
},
{
"word": "chaunse"
},
{
"word": "chaunche"
},
{
"word": "cheance"
},
{
"word": "cheaunce"
},
{
"word": "cheiance"
},
{
"word": "schaunce"
},
{
"word": "chaunsse"
},
{
"tags": [
"Late-Middle-English"
],
"word": "chawnce"
}
],
"word": "chaunce"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.