commettre · compromettre · engager · essayer · exposer · expérimenter · hasarder · jouer · risquer · se lancer · tenter · émettre
ETYM Aphetic form of Old Eng. aventurous. Related to Adventurous, Venture.
Daring; bold; hardy; fearless; venturesome; adventurous.
adventuresome · adventurous · audacious · daring · venturesome
1. Évènement.
2. Affaire.
3. Liaison.
4. Entreprise.
accident · affaire · aléa · amour · amourette · avenir · béguin · caprice · cas · conquête · destin · destinée · entreprise · errance · expédition · fait · fortune · galanterie · hasard · heur · histoire · imprudence · incident · intrigue · liaison · mésaventure · odyssée · passade · péril · péripétie · rencontre · revers · sort · toquade · épisode · épreuve · équipée · événement
ETYM Old Eng. aventure, aunter, anter, French aventure, from Late Lat. adventura, from Latin advenire, adventum, to arrive, which in the Romance languages took the sense of See Advene.
A wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful); SYN. escapade, risky venture, dangerous undertaking.
dangerous undertaking · escapade · risky venture
ETYM Written also endeavour.
(Alternate spelling: endeavour).
attempt · effort · endeavour · enterprise · try
Alternate (chiefly British) spelling for endeavor.
attempt · effort · endeavor · enterprise · try
ETYM French, from Spanish escapada escape, from escapar to escape; or French, from Italian scappata escape, escapade, from scappare to escape. see Escape.
Any carefree episode; SYN. lark.
ETYM Aphetic form of Old Eng. aventure. Related to Adventure.
1. A commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit.
2. Any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome.