aventure
See also: Aventure, aventuré, and aventurë
English
Etymology
See adventure.
Noun
aventure (countable and uncountable, plural aventures)
- (obsolete) accident; chance; adventure
- (obsolete) a mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire
Verb
aventure (third-person singular simple present aventures, present participle aventuring, simple past and past participle aventured)
- Obsolete form of adventure.
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *adventura, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin adventus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.vɑ̃.tyʁ/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -yʁ
Noun
aventure f (plural aventures)
- adventure
- venture
- (romantic) affair
Derived terms
- aventurer
- diseuse de bonne aventure
- mésaventure
Descendants
- → Japanese: アバンチュール
- → Polish: awantura
- → Belarusian: аванту́ра (avantúra)
- → Yiddish: אַוואַנטורע (avanture)
- → Russian: авантюра (avantjura) (see there for further descendants)
- → Romansch: aventüra
- → Turkish: avantür
References
- “aventure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*advĕntūra”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 197
Middle Dutch
Alternative forms
- avonture
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French aventure.
Noun
aventure f
- event
- dangerous situation, adventure
- happenstance
- fate
- story, account
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: avontuur
- Afrikaans: avontuur
Further reading
- “aventure”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “aventure (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English
Alternative forms
- aventor, aventour, aventer, aventir, adventure, eventure, antur, auntur, anter, aunter
Etymology
From Old French aventure, from Vulgar Latin *adventūra.
Noun
aventure (plural aventures)
- fate, chance
- c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines LINES:
- At nyght was come into that hostelrye / Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye / Of sondry folk, by aventure yfalle / In felaweshipe, and pilgrimes were they alle,
- There came at nightfall to that hostelry / Some nine and twenty in a company / Of sundry folk who had by chance fallen / In fellowship, and pilgrims were they all
-
- event, experience
- danger, risk
- venture, quest
- wonder, miracle
- A tale of adventures.
Descendants
- English: aventure, adventure
- Scots: anter, adventur
References
- “aventūre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Middle Low German
Pronunciation
- (originally) IPA(key): /æːvəntyːrə/, /aːvəntyːrə/
Noun
ä̂ventü̂re
- Alternative form of êventü̂re.
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *adventūra.
Noun
aventure f (oblique plural aventures, nominative singular aventure, nominative plural aventures)
- event, happening, adventure
- destiny, fortune, accident, misadventure
Descendants
- French: aventure (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle Dutch: aventure (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle English: aventure (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle High German: āventiure
- German: Abenteuer (influenced by Middle Low German)
- → Middle Irish: amhantur
- → Middle Low German: êventü̂re (see there for further descendants)
References
- aventure on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*advĕntūra”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 197
Portuguese
Verb
aventure
- inflection of aventurar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abenˈtuɾe/ [a.β̞ẽn̪ˈt̪u.ɾe]
- Rhymes: -uɾe
- Syllabification: a‧ven‧tu‧re
Verb
aventure
- inflection of aventurar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative