chaunce

== English == === Noun === chaunce (plural chaunces) Archaic spelling of chance. === Verb === chaunce (third-person singular simple present chaunces, present participle chauncing, simple past and past participle chaunced) Archaic spelling of chance. === Anagrams === uncache == Middle English == === Alternative forms === chance, chanse, chauns, chaunse, chaunche, cheance, cheaunce, cheiance, schaunce chanse, chaunsse, chawnce (Late Middle English) === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cheaunce, chaunce, from Vulgar Latin *cadentia (“falling”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃau̯ns(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃans(ə)/ === Noun === chaunce (plural chaunces) (somewhat literary) An (especially random) event or occurrence: An eventuality or possibility; a potential event. A (life-changingly) lucky or unlucky event. Luck, chance, fate: The (numerical) result of a dice throw. (rare) Power or authority over one's fate. A scenario or situation; a state of affairs. A chance or option; an opening for change. A bold or daring undertaking or feat. ==== Derived terms ==== chauncen ==== Descendants ==== English: chance (archaic chaunce)→ Icelandic: séns→ Japanese: チャンス Scots: chance → Middle Welsh: siawns Welsh: siawns ==== References ==== “chaunce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.