kans

kans

1. plural of kan

• kans grass

• naks, sank

From Dutch kans, from Middle Dutch canse, from Old Northern French cance, from Vulgar Latin *cadentia, from cadō (“to fall”), referring to the falling of dice.

• IPA^(key): /kans/

kans (plural kanse, diminutive kansie)

1. chance
2. opportunity
3. probability

• kansvatter

Cornish numbers ^(edit)

←  10	←  90	100 100	1,000  →
		10
Cardinal: kans     Ordinal: kansves

From Proto-Brythonic *kant, from Proto-Celtic *kantom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

kans

1. one hundred

From Middle Dutch canse, borrowed from Old Northern French caance (compare central cheance), from Vulgar Latin *cadentia, from cadere (“to fall”), referring to the falling of dice. Doublet with and cadans, cadens and sjans. Cognate with French chance, English chance.

• IPA^(key): /kɑns/

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• Hyphenation: kans
• Rhymes: -ɑns

kans f (plural kansen, diminutive kansje n)

1. chance
2. opportunity
3. (mathematics) probability

• Afrikaans: kans
• → Indonesian: kans

Clipping of kanssa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑns/, [ˈkɑ̝ns̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑns
• Hyphenation^(key): kans

kans

1. (colloquial or dialectal) Alternative form of kanssa (“also”)

   Mä voisin ostaa kans limun.

   I could buy a soda too.

kans

1. (colloquial or dialectal) Alternative form of kanssa (“with”)

   Tuutsä illalla juhliin mun kans?

   Are you coming to the party with me tonight?'

kans

1. plural of kan

From Dutch kans (“chance”), from Old Northern French cance, from Vulgar Latin *cadentia, from cadō (“to fall”), referring to the falling of dice.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkans/ [ˈkans]
• Syllabification: kans

kans (plural kans-kans)

1. (colloquial, uncommon) chance

   Synonym: peluang

2. (statistics) odds (the ratio of the probability of an event happening to that of it not happening)

   Synonyms: kecenderungan, kemungkinan, peluang

• “kans” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Finnic *kanci. Cognates include Finnish kansi and Estonian kaas.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑns/, [ˈkɑnz̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑns/, [ˈkɑnʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -ɑns
• Hyphenation: kans
• Homophone: kansa

kans

1. table, desk

Declension of kans (type 5/vesi, nt-nn gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kans	kannet
genitive	kannen	kansiin, kansiloin
partitive	kantta	kansia, kansiloja
illative	kantee	kansii, kansiloihe
inessive	kannees	kansiis, kansilois
elative	kannest	kansist, kansiloist
allative	kannelle	kansille, kansiloille
adessive	kanneel	kansiil, kansiloil
ablative	kannelt	kansilt, kansiloilt
translative	kanneks	kansiks, kansiloiks
essive	kanteenna, kanteen	kansiinna, kansiloinna, kansiin, kansiloin
exessive1)	kantent	kansint, kansiloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• lauta, (dialectal) pöytä

• (diminutive) kannut

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 132