Hasard (en. Chance)

[a.zaʁ]

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

noun

A fortuitous circumstance whose outcome cannot be predicted.

He won the lottery by pure chance.

Il a gagné à la loterie par pur hasard.

A meeting of illogical events.

Chance had it that they crossed paths on the street.

Le hasard a voulu qu'ils se croisent dans la rue.

A series of uncertain movements.

The dice rest on the principle of chance.

Les dés reposent sur le principe du hasard.

From the old French 'hasard', derived from the Arabic 'al-zahr' meaning 'dice'.

by chance

in an unexpected or fortuitous manner.

par hasard

at random

without careful choice, randomly.

au hasard

give at random

to leave the choice to chance.

donner au hasard

chance

Event whose outcome is uncertain.

chance

sort

Manner, the way something is.

sorte

fatalism

Doctrine according to which everything is determined by fate.

fatalisme

Done by accident.

We ran into this group by chance.

On a croisé ce groupe par hasard.

It happened there unexpectedly.

This offer came to me by chance.

Cette offre m'est venue au hasard.