dangier

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French dangier.

Noun

dangier m (plural dangiers)

  1. danger

Descendants
  • French: danger
    • → Esperanto: danĝero

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dom(i)narium, from Latin dominium (“ownership”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /danˈdʒjeːɾ/

Noun

dangier oblique singular, m (oblique plural dangiers, nominative singular dangiers, nominative plural dangier)

  1. difficulty; problem
    • 12th or 13th Century, Courtebarbe, Des trois avugles de Compigne:
      Cele part vont tout sanz dangier,
      Si s'en entrent en la meson,
      It was without any difficulty,
      that they went into the house,
  2. danger

Derived terms
  • dangereus

Descendants
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