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I think the executives at the studios today realize that it's easier and safer to go the - to some known territory which is a remake of a successful film. It's less chancy than taking a fresh idea.
Richard D. Zanuck

Meaning of "chancy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHANCY

chancy  [ˈtʃɑːnsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHANCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chancy is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CHANCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

chancy

Chancy

Chancy is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. The westernmost point of the country is located there.

Definition of chancy in the English dictionary

The definition of chancy in the dictionary is of uncertain outcome or temperament; risky.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHANCY


agency
ˈeɪdʒənsɪ
chancey
ˈtʃɑːnsɪ
consistency
kənˈsɪstənsɪ
consultancy
kənˈsʌltənsɪ
currency
ˈkʌrənsɪ
dancey
ˌdɑːnsɪ
efficiency
ɪˈfɪʃənsɪ
emergency
ɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ
fancy
ˈfænsɪ
frequency
ˈfriːkwənsɪ
Jhansi
ˈdʒɑːnsɪ
mischancy
ˌmɪsˈtʃɑːnsɪ
nancy
ˈnænsɪ
potency
ˈpəʊtənsɪ
pregnancy
ˈprɛɡnənsɪ
sprauncy
ˈsprɔːnsɪ
tendency
ˈtɛndənsɪ
transparency
trænsˈpærənsɪ
unchancy
ʌnˈtʃɑːnsɪ
vacancy
ˈveɪkənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHANCY

chancellor
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Chancellor of the Exchequer
chancellories
chancellorship
chancellory
chancer
chanceries
chancery
Chancery Division
chancey
chancier
chanciest
chancily
chanciness
chancre
chancroid
chancroidal
chancrous
chandelier

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHANCY

accountancy
buoyancy
Clancy
conservancy
discrepancy
expectancy
infancy
job vacancy
life expectancy
malignancy
management consultancy
occupancy
Puy de Sancy
redundancy
relevancy
sycophancy
tenancy
the fancy
trenchancy
wanchancy

Synonyms and antonyms of chancy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CHANCY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «chancy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of chancy

Translation of «chancy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHANCY

Find out the translation of chancy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chancy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chancy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arriesgado
570 millions of speakers

English

chancy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ख़ुश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شانسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рискованный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

arriscado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঝুঁকিপূর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hasardeux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Chancy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

riskant
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

危険な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

위태로운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chancy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tùy may rủi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

chancy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चैनी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

riskli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rischioso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ryzykowne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ризикований
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Chancy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αβέβαιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gewaagd
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

chancy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

chancy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chancy

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHANCY»

The term «chancy» is normally little used and occupies the 110.117 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHANCY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «chancy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «chancy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chancy

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «CHANCY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word chancy.
1
Raquel Welch
I'd taken the bull by the horns by liberating myself and creating a career. It took guts - it was scary and chancy - but they discounted me as empty-headed: some little piece of fluff without any brain that happened to come along.
2
Richard D. Zanuck
I think the executives at the studios today realize that it's easier and safer to go the - to some known territory which is a remake of a successful film. It's less chancy than taking a fresh idea.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHANCY»

Discover the use of chancy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chancy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Framing Silence: Revolutionary Novels by Haitian Women
In this first book-length study in English devoted exclusively to Haitian women's literature, Myriam Chancy finds that Haitian women have their own history, traditions, and stories to tell, tales that they are unwilling to suppress or ...
Myriam J. A. Chancy, 1997
2
Chancy
Now, locked in a jail cell with an angry, drunken mob outside and time running out, he must somehow find a way to prove his innocence. From the Paperback edition.
Louis L'Amour, 2004
3
Beatrice Chancy
Beatrice Chancy is set in 1801 in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia.
George Elliott Clarke, 1999
4
Chancy's Cowboy (Mills & Boon Vintage Desire)
JUST ONE OF THE BOYS Chancy Freedman had grown up on the Bar Q ranch.
Lass Small, 2012
5
Chancy and the Grand Rascal
Skinny Chancy and his newly found friend, the great rascal, enjoy humorous escapades as they travel by their wits up and across the Midwest in search of Chancy's family.
Sid Fleischman, 1997
6
Spirit of Haiti
A moving tale of contemporary Haiti dogged by a fascinating history and the fragile lives born of it, this novel tells how the lives of four witnesses of military-ruled Haiti during the terror-filled years of the Duvalier regime of the ...
Myriam J. A. Chancy, 2003
7
Searching for Safe Spaces: Afro-Caribbean Women Writers in Exile
Whether the return home is realized geographically or metaphorically, the poems, fiction, and film considered in this book speak boldly of self-definition and transformation.
Myriam J. A. Chancy, 1997
8
Godey's Magazine
persisted Mr. Chancy, elevating his brows, and pressing his lips together with a look of determination, at which his wife, not knowing whether to take him in jest or earnest, sat still, waiting patiently to hear something farther about it, Mr. Chancy ...
Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, 1842
9
The Scorpion's Claw
In giving voice to these individuals and interweaving the story of her own childhood connexions with them, Josephe begins to close the distance between present and past, Canada and Haiti and the painful divisions within herself.
Myriam J. A. Chancy, 2005
10
Chancy
It is 1867.
Charles Sanford, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHANCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chancy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Learn your way around the stock market for just $19
The occupation itself is chancy, the course's low-risk, $19 price tag is not. Shaw Academy Academy of Financial Trading Course, $19 (originally ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
2
Bull Shark Pulls Fisherman into Water
Ben Chancy was fishing from a kayak off southern Florida trying to catch a grouper when a shark took the bait instead. As Meteorologist Alex ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
3
WCF to host open house
If you would like to attend the WCF Open House and learn more the Women's Community Fund, contact Chancy Gerbitz, CKCF Program ... «The Kansan, Jul 15»
4
Rain: For some, it's an inch or more in a drench
... minutes Monday afternoon, Abilene received 1.5 inches of rain, said Chancy Smith, director of Dickinson County Emergency Management. «Salina.com, Jul 15»
5
Malawi beat Uganda 1-0 on independence day: Chiukepo Msowoya …
Msowoya who was not in Chimodzi's squad was drafted in by interim coach Mtawali and interim team manager Chancy Gondwe after a long ... «Nyasa Times, Jul 15»
6
Migrating from WS2003 to *nix in a month? It ain't happening, folks
We can move existing Win32 apps to a supported version of Windows. We can even move some applications to the cloud...though that's chancy ... «The Register, Jul 15»
7
Declaration should still wake the powerful up at night
As our Founding Fathers knew, revolutions are chancy things and often make things worse. And as the declaration itself notes, "All experience ... «Appleton Post Crescent, Jul 15»
8
Pedro M. Burelli: US - Venezuela relations
... nothing memorable, except that for the second time since the chancy meeting between Counselor Shannon and Mr. Cabello, the narco, in Haiti, Cabello's role ... «Petroleumworld.com, Jul 15»
9
Innovating for multifocal fitting success
Monovision contact lens fitting: a chancy answer for presbyopic contact lens patients. J Behav Optom 1992;3:5 123-124. 21 Kollbaum PS ... «Optician Online, Jul 15»
10
Broadway's British invasion: history of a centuries-old transatlantic …
It's also forbiddingly chancy; most homegrown US productions have usually done the rounds at regional theatres or not-for-profits before they ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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