"cheance" meaning in Old French

See cheance in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tʃəˈantsə/ (note: classical), /tʃa-/ (note: classical), /kəˈantʃə/ [Northern] (note: classical), /ka-/ (note: classical), /-tsə/ (note: classical), /ˈʃansə/ (note: late), /ˈkanʃə/ [Northern] (note: late), /ˈkau̯-/ (note: late), /-sə/ (note: late), /ˈtʃau̯nsə/ (note: Anglo-Norman hybrid?)
Etymology: From Vulgar Latin *cadentia (“falling”), from Latin cadēns, from cadō (“fall”). Etymology templates: {{inh|fro|la-vul|*cadentia||falling}} Vulgar Latin *cadentia (“falling”), {{inh|fro|la|cadēns}} Latin cadēns Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} cheance oblique singular, f (oblique plural cheances, nominative singular cheance, nominative plural cheances) Forms: cheance oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], cheances [oblique, plural], cheance [nominative, singular], cheances [nominative, plural], chaance [alternative], chance [alternative], chaiance [alternative], cheanse [alternative], cheanz [alternative], cheaunce [alternative], chaaunce [alternative], chaunce [alternative], chauns [alternative], caanche [alternative], canche [alternative], keanche [alternative], caance [alternative], cance [alternative]
  1. fall, drop, plunge
    Sense id: en-cheance-fro-noun-hplFCVZj Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 41 17 38 4
  2. chance; fate
    Sense id: en-cheance-fro-noun-3QfvBh-l Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 41 17 38 4
  3. (rare) a throw of a die Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-cheance-fro-noun-LQj7fSVs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cheoir

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkanʃə/",
      "note": "late",
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkau̯-/",
      "note": "late"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-sə/",
      "note": "late"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtʃau̯nsə/",
      "note": "Anglo-Norman hybrid?"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cheance"
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'cheance oblique singular or', originally 'cheance oblique singular or f'",
  "path": [
    "cheance"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cheance",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Old French: 'cheance oblique singular or', originally 'cheance oblique singular or f'",
  "path": [
    "cheance"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cheance",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ['feminine', 'canonical']: 'cheance oblique singular or' in 'cheance oblique singular, f (oblique plural cheances, nominative singular cheance, nominative plural cheances)'",
  "path": [
    "cheance"
  ],
  "section": "Old French",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cheance",
  "trace": ""
}

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