jeopardy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈd͡ʒepədi/ (Australia)
- (UK) audio
- /ˈd͡ʒɛpədi/ (UK)
- /ˈd͡ʒɛpɚdi/ (US)
Etymology
From Middle English jupartie, jeupartie (“even chance”), from Anglo-Norman giu parti and Middle French jeu parti (“a divided game, i.e. an even game, an even chance”), from Medieval Latin iocus partītus (“an even chance, an alternative”), from Latin iocus (“jest, play, game”) + partītus, perfect passive participle of partiō (“divide”); see joke and party.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) Danger of failure, harm, or loss.
Thus chaunce hath (by exchaunge) the flie ſo trapt, / That ſodainly he loſt his libertee: / The more he wrange, the faſter was he wrapt [in the spider's web] / And all to thencreaſe of his ieoberdee, […]
1556, John Heywood, “The Introduction to the Matter, Showing howe the Flie Chaunced to Fall into the Spiders Copweb”, in The Spider and the Flie. […], London: […] Tho[mas] Powell, →OCLC; republished as A[dolphus] W[illiam] Ward, editor, The Spider and the Flie. […] (Publications of the Spenser Society, New Series; 6), Manchester: […] [Charles E. Simms] for the Spenser Society, 1894, →OCLC, page 27:The poor condition of the vehicle put its occupants in constant jeopardy.
When Obinna was red carded shortly after for a ridiculous kick on Larsson it seemed as though West Ham's hopes of reaching Wembley, and in turn Grant's of keeping his job, lay in serious jeopardy.
2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 – 1 Birmingham”, in BBC Sport:It seemed to me I could do something in that vein with my characters: the ticking clock, dire jeopardy, quick changes of fortune, small acts having huge consequences.
2006, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: Killer Smile, Introduction, p.4:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| jeopardies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
jeopardize · double jeopardy · jeopard
Synonyms
risk · peril · danger · extremity · peril · adventure · gamble · hazard · menace · distress · hazard · threat · jeopardy · harm's way
Translations (46)
ru риск (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · nl gevaar (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · it pericolo (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · de Risiko (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · fr risque (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · el κίνδυνος (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · fr péril (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · es peligro (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · ja 危険 (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · ka ხიფათი (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · tr risk (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · ru опа́сность (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · sh opasnost (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · sv fara (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · gl risco (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · cmn 危險 /危险 (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · ca risc (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · ota قورقو (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · ota تهلكه (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · ka განსაცდელი (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · tr tehlike (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · ka საფრთხე (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · cmn 風險 /风险 (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · ca perill (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · de Gefahr (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · ka რისკი (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · bg риск (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · hu kockázat (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · sh rizik (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · fa خطر (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · pt perigo (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · ka საშიშროება (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · hi जोखिम (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · eo danĝero (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · hy վտանգ (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · fi vaara (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · bg опасност (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · gd cunnart (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · it rischio (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · ja リスク (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · uk ри́зик (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · fr danger (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · uk небезпе́ка (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · es riesgo (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · hu veszély (danger of failure, harm, or loss) · gl perigo (danger of failure, harm, or loss)