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Webster 1913 Edition
Aventure
1.
Accident; chance; adventure.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
2.
(Old Law)
A mischance causing a person’s death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire.
Webster 1828 Edition
Aventure
AVEN'TURE
,Noun.
A mischance causing a person;s death without felony; as by drowning, or falling from a house. [See Adventure.]
Definition 2024
Aventure
aventure
aventure
English
Noun
aventure (plural aventures)
- (obsolete) Accident; chance; adventure.
- (obsolete) A mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire.
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *adventura, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin adventus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.vɑ̃.tyʁ/
Noun
aventure f (plural aventures)
Derived terms
Middle Low German
Pronunciation
- (originally) IPA(key): /æːvəntyːrə/, /aːvəntyːrə/
Noun
ä̂ventü̂re
- Alternative form of êventü̂re.