d'aventure

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d‿a.vɑ̃.tyʁ/

Adverb

d'aventure

  1. (literary) by chance
    Synonym: par hasard
    • 1916, Charles Le Goffic, Bourguignottes et pompons rouges, page 117:
      «Il pleuvait presque sans discontinuer depuis la Toussaint et quand, d’aventure, l’horizon se décrassait, les vents du large opprimaient tout l'espace […]. »
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Usage notes

Generally follows the subordinating conjunction si (“if”): si d'aventure (“if by any chance”)

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