kans
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English
Noun
kans
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Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch kans, from Middle Dutch canse, from Old Northern French cance, from Vulgar Latin *cadentia, from cadō (“to fall”), referring to the falling of dice.
Pronunciation
Noun
kans (plural kanse, diminutive kansie)
Derived terms
Cornish
| ← 10 | ← 90 | 100 100 |
1,000 → | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | ||||
| Cardinal: kans Ordinal: kansves Ordinal abbreviation: 100ves Adverbial: kankweyth Multiplier: kanplek | ||||
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *kant, from Proto-Celtic *kantom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.
Numeral
kans
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch canse, borrowed from Old Northern French caance (compare central cheance), from Vulgar Latin *cadentia, from cadere (“to fall”), referring to the falling of dice. Doublet with and cadans, cadens and sjans. Cognate with French chance, English chance.
Pronunciation
Noun
kans f (plural kansen, diminutive kansje n)
Derived terms
- buitenkans
- kansberekening
- kansdichtheid
- kansfunctie
- kansloos
- kansmatrix
- kansparel
- kansrekening
- kansspel
- kansverdeling
- trefkans
Descendants
Finnish
Etymology
Clipping of kanssa.
Pronunciation
Adverb
kans
- (colloquial or dialectal) Alternative form of kanssa (“also”)
- Mä voisin ostaa kans limun.
- I could buy a soda too.
Postposition
kans
- (colloquial or dialectal) Alternative form of kanssa (“with”)
- Tuutsä illalla juhliin mun kans?
- Are you coming to the party with me tonight?'
Derived terms
French
Noun
kans
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch kans (“chance”), from Old Northern French cance, from Vulgar Latin *cadentia, from cadō (“to fall”), referring to the falling of dice.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈkans/ [ˈkans]
- Syllabification: kans
Noun
- (colloquial, uncommon) chance
- Synonym: peluang
- (statistics) odds (the ratio of the probability of an event happening to that of it not happening)
- Synonyms: kecenderungan, kemungkinan, peluang
Further reading
- “kans” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kanci. Cognates include Finnish kansi and Estonian kaas.
Pronunciation
Noun
kans
Declension
| Declension of kans (type 5/vesi, nt-nn gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kans | kannet |
| genitive | kannen | kansiin, kansiloin |
| partitive | kantta | kansia, kansiloja |
| illative | kantee | kansii, kansiloihe |
| inessive | kannees | kansiis, kansilois |
| elative | kannest | kansist, kansiloist |
| allative | kannelle | kansille, kansiloille |
| adessive | kanneel | kansiil, kansiloil |
| ablative | kannelt | kansilt, kansiloilt |
| translative | kanneks | kansiks, kansiloiks |
| essive | kanteenna, kanteen | kansiinna, kansiloinna, kansiin, kansiloin |
| exessive1) | kantent | kansint, kansiloint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Synonyms
Derived terms
- (diminutive) kannut
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 132
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