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English

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Danger Sign byFinchampstead

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishdaunger(“power, dominion, peril”), fromAnglo-Normandangier, fromOld Frenchdangier, alteration ofOld Frenchdongier (due to association withLatindamnum(“damage”)) fromVulgar Latin*dominārium(“authority, power”) fromLatindominus(“lord, master”).[1] Displaced nativeOld Englishfrēcennes.

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Noun

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danger (countable anduncountable,pluraldangers)

  1. Exposure to likelyharm;peril.
    There's plenty ofdanger in the desert.
    • 1821,William Hazlitt, “Essay IX. The Indian Jugglers.”, inTable-Talk; or, Original Essays, volume I, London: John Warren, […],→OCLC,page187:
      Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars.
    • 1966, “Cool McCool (theme song)”, Bernie Green (music) (Cool McCool (television series)), performed byBob McFadden:
      The Owl is flying high, frightening to the eye.
      The Rattler is nearby, Cool is on the fly.
      Danger is his business.
    • 2024, NTSB,Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022:
      We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of thedanger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle.
  2. An instance or cause of likely harm.
    • 1st September 1884,William Gladstone,Second Midlothian Speech
      Two territorial questions […] unsettled […] each of which was a positivedanger to the peace of Europe.
  3. (obsolete) Mischief.
  4. (mainly outside US, rail transport) Thestopindication of asignal (usually in the phrase "at danger").
    The north signal was atdanger because of the rockslide.
  5. (obsolete) Ability toharm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. Seein one's danger, below.
  6. (obsolete)Liability.
  7. (obsolete) Difficulty; sparingness; hesitation.
    • 1500,Melusine:
      They of Coloyne made gretedaunger to lete passe the oost thrughe the Cite at brydge.
    • 1570, A. Dalaber,J. Foxe Actes & Monuments:
      I madedaunger of it a while at first, but afterward beyng persuaded by them..I promised to do as they would haue me.
    • 1652, John Fletcher,The Wild-Goose Chase:
      I shall makedanger, sure.
  8. (UK, derogatory) A contemptible person, especially one seen asperverted ormentally ill.
    • 2017 July 28, Gary Ogden, “Ridiculous food combinations that are actually really tasty”, in(Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1]:
      Pineapple and pizza. ONLY JOKING YOU FUCKINGDANGER.
    • 2019 July 31, Oonagh Keating, quoting Stephen Patten, “We asked you to caption a photo of Boris Johnson holding a chicken – our 19 favourites”, inThe Poke‎[2]:
      Why did the chicken cross the road?
      "To try and get away from you, you absolutedanger. I've heard all about you posh boy Etonians and farmyard animals"

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Translations

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exposure to likely harm
instance or cause of likely harm
stop indication of a railway signal
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Verb

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danger (third-person singular simple presentdangers,present participledangering,simple past and past participledangered)

  1. (obsolete) Toclaimliability.
  2. (obsolete) Toimperil; toendanger.
  3. (obsolete) Torun the risk.

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References

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  1. ^Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “danger”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary.
  • Oxford English Dictionary

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French

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FrenchWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Inherited fromOld Frenchdangier, alteration ofOld Frenchdongier (due to association withLatindamnum(“damage”)), fromVulgar Latin*domniārium(“authority, power”), fromLatindominus(“lord, master”).

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Noun

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danger m (pluraldangers)

  1. danger
  2. jeopardy (danger of loss, harm, or failure)

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