dangier

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French dangier.

Noun

dangier m (plural dangiers)

  1. danger

Descendants

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dãnˈdʒjer/

Noun

dangier 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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