aventure

Etymology

See adventure.

Noun

aventure (countable and uncountable, plural aventures)

1. (obsolete) Accident; chance; adventure.
2. (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)

1. Obsolete form of adventure.

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *adventura, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin adventus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vɑ̃.tyʁ/

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Noun

aventure f (plural aventures)

1. adventure
2. venture
3. (romantic) affair

Further reading

• “aventure” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French aventure.

Noun

aventure f

1. event
2. dangerous situation, adventure
3. happenstance
4. fate
5. story, account

Further reading

• “aventure”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “aventure (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Pronunciation

• (originally) IPA^(key): /æːvəntyːrə/, /aːvəntyːrə/

Noun

ä̂ventü̂re

1. Alternative form of êventü̂re.

Verb

aventure

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of aventurar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of aventurar
3. third-person singular imperative of aventurar

Verb

aventure

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of aventurar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of aventurar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of aventurar.