adventure

A2 Topic:Safety & Risk

US /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ/ UK /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/ See IPA manual

noun verb Freq #3313

Meanings

1

noun
An exciting or unusual experience, often involving some risk or danger.

We went on an adventure to find the hidden treasure.
2

noun
The excitement that comes from doing new and risky things.

He left his job and travelled the world out of a sense of adventure.

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1 noun · an exciting or unusual... escapade

Word family

Forms adventuredadventuresadventuring

Derived forms adventurecationadventuredomadventurefuladventurelessadventurementadventureradventuressadventurishadventurismadventuristadventuristicadventurize

Related forms adveneadvent adventurous adventurously adventurousness

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Vulgar Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Italic *gʷənjō Vulgar Latin veniō Vulgar Latin adveniō Vulgar Latin adventūrus Vulgar Latin *adventūra Old French aventurebor. Middle English aventure English adventure From Middle English aventure, aunter, anter, from Old French aventure, from Vulgar Latin *adventūra, from Latin adventūrus (“about to arrive, (Vulgar Latin) about to happen”), future active participle of adveniō (“to arrive”), which in the Romance…

*gʷem- Proto-Indo-European aventure Middle English *adventūra la-vul adventūrus Latin

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# adventure

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ
**IPA (UK):** ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə
**Frequency rank:** 3313

## Meanings
1. An exciting or unusual experience, often involving some risk or danger.
2. The excitement that comes from doing new and risky things.

## Examples
- We went on an adventure to find the hidden treasure.
- He left his job and travelled the world out of a sense of adventure.

## Derived Forms
- adventurecation
- adventuredom
- adventureful
- adventureless
- adventurement
- adventurer
- adventuress
- adventurish
- adventurism
- adventurist
- adventuristic
- adventurize

## Related Forms
- advene
- advent
- adventurous
- adventurously
- adventurousness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *gʷem-
- Root: aventure
- Root: *adventūra
- Root: adventūrus
- Affix: ad- - to

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Vulgar Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Italic *gʷənjō Vulgar Latin veniō Vulgar Latin adveniō Vulgar Latin adventūrus Vulgar Latin *adventūra Old French aventurebor. Middle English aventure English adventure From Middle English aventure, aunter, anter, from Old French aventure, from Vulgar Latin *adventūra, from Latin adventūrus (“about to arrive, (Vulgar Latin) about to happen”), future active participle of adveniō (“to arrive”), which in the Romance…

## AI Etymology
Adventure comes from Middle English aventure, aunter, anter, from Old French aventure, from Vulgar Latin *adventūra, from Latin adventūrus (“about to arrive, (Vulgar Latin) about to happen”), future active participle of adveniō (“to arrive”) The historical line also includes Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-.

## Topics
- Safety & Risk

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