Afrikaans kans | ||
Albanian mosmarrëveshje | ||
Amharic ዕድሎች | ||
Arabic احتمالات | ||
Armenian հավանականություն | ||
Assamese প্ৰতিকূলতা | ||
Aymara wakiskirinaka | ||
Azerbaijani bahis | ||
Bambara garisigɛ | ||
Basque odds | ||
Belarusian шанцы | ||
Bengali প্রতিকূলতা | ||
Bhojpuri अंतर | ||
Bosnian kvota | ||
Bulgarian коефициенти | ||
Catalan possibilitats | ||
Cebuano mga kalainan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 赔率 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 賠率 | ||
Corsican probabilità | ||
Croatian izgledi | ||
Czech šance | ||
Danish odds | ||
Dhivehi އޮޑްސް | ||
Dogri ओपरा | ||
Dutch kansen | ||
English odds | ||
Esperanto probableco | ||
Estonian koefitsiendid | ||
Ewe na | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) posibilidad | ||
Finnish kertoimet | ||
French chances | ||
Frisian kânsen | ||
Galician probabilidades | ||
Georgian შანსები | ||
German chancen | ||
Greek πιθανότητα | ||
Guarani joja'ỹ | ||
Gujarati મતભેદ | ||
Haitian Creole chans | ||
Hausa rashin daidaito | ||
Hawaiian kūlanalana | ||
Hebrew קְטָטָה | ||
Hindi अंतर | ||
Hmong txawv | ||
Hungarian esély | ||
Icelandic líkur | ||
Igbo emegide | ||
Ilocano dagiti pangis | ||
Indonesian peluang | ||
Irish odds | ||
Italian probabilità | ||
Japanese オッズ | ||
Javanese rintangan | ||
Kannada ಆಡ್ಸ್ | ||
Kazakh коэффициенттер | ||
Khmer ហាងឆេង | ||
Kinyarwanda bidasanzwe | ||
Konkani वितुश्ट | ||
Korean 승산 | ||
Krio chans dɛn | ||
Kurdish astengiyan | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کەموکوڕی | ||
Kyrgyz коэффициенттер | ||
Lao ຄີກົ້ | ||
Latin odds | ||
Latvian izredzes | ||
Lingala chance | ||
Lithuanian šansai | ||
Luganda mbiranye | ||
Luxembourgish quoten | ||
Macedonian коефициенти | ||
Maithili अंतर | ||
Malagasy mifanohitra | ||
Malay kemungkinan | ||
Malayalam വിചിത്രമായത് | ||
Maltese odds | ||
Maori taumahatanga | ||
Marathi शक्यता | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯇꯣꯉꯥꯟꯕꯁꯤꯡ | ||
Mizo theih lohna dan | ||
Mongolian магадлал | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လေးသာမှု | ||
Nepali अनौठो | ||
Norwegian odds | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zovuta | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଅଡୁଆ | | ||
Oromo carraa | ||
Pashto مشکلات | ||
Persian شانس | ||
Polish szansa | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) probabilidades | ||
Punjabi ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲਾਂ | ||
Quechua atinakuna | ||
Romanian cote | ||
Russian шансы | ||
Samoan faigata | ||
Sanskrit विभिन्नता | ||
Scots Gaelic odds | ||
Sepedi go se lekanele | ||
Serbian квоте | ||
Sesotho hanyetse | ||
Shona kusanzwisisika | ||
Sindhi مشڪلاتون | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අමුතුයි | ||
Slovak šanca | ||
Slovenian kvote | ||
Somali qallafsanaanta | ||
Spanish posibilidades | ||
Sundanese odds | ||
Swahili tabia mbaya | ||
Swedish odds | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) logro | ||
Tajik эҳтимолияти | ||
Tamil முரண்பாடுகள் | ||
Tatar каршылык | ||
Telugu అసమానత | ||
Thai อัตราต่อรอง | ||
Tigrinya ዕድል | ||
Tsonga tolovelekangi | ||
Turkish olasılıklar | ||
Turkmen tapawudy | ||
Twi (Akan) soronko | ||
Ukrainian шанси | ||
Urdu مشکلات | ||
Uyghur غەلىتە | ||
Uzbek koeffitsientlar | ||
Vietnamese tỷ lệ cược | ||
Welsh ods | ||
Xhosa amathuba | ||
Yiddish גיכער | ||
Yoruba awọn aidọgba | ||
Zulu kangakanani izingqinamba |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "kans" is derived from the Dutch word "kans", which means "opportunity" or "chance". |
| Albanian | "Mosmarrëveshje" also means "discord" or "disagreement" in Albanian. |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "ዕድሎች" can also refer to the remains of an animal after being slaughtered or the remnants of something broken. |
| Arabic | Although the English word ‘odds’ is often used in a mathematical context, it can also refer to ‘disagreement’ or ‘the remains of a meal.’ |
| Azerbaijani | Bahis also means a gambling game played with dice and a board, known as “tavla” in Turkish. |
| Basque | The Basque word “orduak" (odds) translates to "hours" in English, but it can also refer to chance, fortune, or luck. |
| Belarusian | The word "шанцы" in Belarusian also means "fortress" or "entrenchment". |
| Bengali | প্রতিকূলতার আরেক অর্থ 'প্রতিমা' বা 'মূর্তি' |
| Bosnian | The word 'kvota' in Bosnian originates from the Italian word 'quota', meaning 'share' or 'portion'. |
| Bulgarian | In addition to meaning "odds," "коефициенти" can refer to a variety of coefficients or multipliers. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "possibilitats" also means "possibilities". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | “赔率”源自博弈,指博弈中预期赔付金额与其所押金额的比值,现泛指成功或失败的概率比。”} |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word 賠率 literally means "compensate rate" in Chinese, referring to the ratio of potential winnings to the amount wagered. |
| Corsican | Probabilità is also used to refer to the odds of a game or match. |
| Croatian | Odds (izgledi) can also signify the appearance, aspect, state, form, chance, fortune, situation, or circumstance of something (or someone). |
| Czech | "Šance" is also used in Czech to refer to a probability or a chance to achieve something. |
| Danish | In Danish, "odds" can also refer to a "tip" or a "pointer", such as a hint or advice. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "kansen" can also mean "opportunity" or "possibility", highlighting the connection between risk and potential reward. |
| Esperanto | In Esperanto, the word "probableco" originally meant "probability" and later acquired the secondary meaning of "odds". |
| Estonian | The word 'koefitsiendid' (odds) originates from the Latin word 'coefficere', meaning 'to bring together'. |
| Finnish | In Finnish, "kertoimet" can also refer to a coefficient, factor, or a multiplier. |
| French | The French word "chances" derives from the Latin "cadentia," meaning "falling", and also refers to a waterfall or cascade. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word 'kânsen' derives from the Proto-Germanic 'kantja', meaning 'corner' or 'side'. |
| Galician | In Galician, the word "probabilidades" also means "possibilities" or "chances". |
| Georgian | The word 'შანსები' ('odds') in Georgian can also mean 'chances' or 'possibilities', broadening its semantic range beyond just mathematical probabilities. |
| German | The term 'Chancen' is derived from the Middle High German word 'chanze', meaning 'opportunity'. |
| Greek | The word "πιθανότητα" comes from the Greek word "πίθανος" meaning "probable" or "likely", ultimately derived from "πείθω" meaning "to persuade". |
| Gujarati | The word "મતભેદ" derives from the Gujarati verb "મત", meaning "to disagree", and the noun "ભેદ", meaning "difference". Thus, it encompasses the nuanced idea of "difference of opinion". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "chans" in Haitian Creole can also refer to "luck" or "fate". |
| Hausa | In Hausa, "rashin daidaito" is also used to describe something that is unpredictable or uncertain, highlighting the close connection between odds and the unknown. |
| Hawaiian | Kūlanalana is also the Hawaiian word for a type of game known as "odds and evens". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "קְטָטָה" (q'tata) can also mean "fight" or "quarrel". |
| Hindi | अंतर or the odds is also the difference between two teams or contestants in a competition |
| Hmong | The word "txawv" in Hmong also means "difference" or "change." |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "esély" can also mean "chance" or "opportunity". |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, the word "líkur" can also refer to a person's appearance or demeanor. |
| Igbo | 'Emegide' can also mean the probability of success, chance, hope, or expectation. |
| Indonesian | The word "peluang" in Indonesian can also mean "opportunity" or "chance". |
| Irish | In Irish, “odds” can also refer to a group or gang, or to the end piece of a loaf of bread. |
| Italian | In poker, the word 'probabilità' refers specifically to the chances of winning a pot with a given hand. |
| Japanese | 「オッズ」は英語の「odds」から来ており、もともと「均衡していない」という意味を表していました。 |
| Javanese | "Rintangan" also means a tree used as a boundary marker or a boundary. |
| Kannada | The word 'ಆಡ್ಸ್' ('odds') in Kannada is derived from the Sanskrit word 'उद्द' ('udd'), meaning 'out' or 'above'. It can also refer to 'disproportion' or 'inequality'. |
| Kazakh | The word "коэффициенттер" can refer to a coefficient, factor, or ratio in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | The word "ហាងឆេង" can also refer to a gambling game in which players bet on the outcome of a dice roll. |
| Korean | "승산" (odds) derives from the Chinese word "勝算", meaning "probability of victory" or "chance of success". |
| Kurdish | The word also refers to the difference between two teams in sports. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "коэффициенттер" has alternative meanings such as "coefficient", "factor", or "multiplier". |
| Lao | The Lao word ຄີກົ້ can also refer to the amount of money wagered or lost in gambling. |
| Latin | The Latin word "oddus" means "point" and is the root of the English word "odds". |
| Latvian | In some dialects, "izredzes" carries the additional meaning of "possibilities" or "opportunities." |
| Lithuanian | "Šansai" is the plural form of "šansas," which comes from the French word "chance." |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Quoten" in Luxembourgish can also refer to "quotes" or "quotas" in English. |
| Macedonian | The word "коефициенти" can also refer to coefficients or factors. |
| Malagasy | It derives from "mifanohi-tra", meaning "facing each other". |
| Malay | Kemungkinan can also mean "opportunity" or "prospect" in Malay |
| Malayalam | Odds may also mean 'extraordinary' or 'strange' in English. |
| Maltese | In Maltese, "odds" can also mean "disagreement" or "quarrel". |
| Maori | The word 'taumahatanga' also means 'chance', 'fate', or 'destiny'. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "शक्यता" also refers to the probability of an outcome within a specific circumstance. |
| Mongolian | "Магадлал" also means "probability" and derives from "магдах" which means "to be probable". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | In Burmese, " odds" can also refer to the probability of something happening, or the chances of success. |
| Nepali | The term "अनौठो" is cognate with the Sanskrit words "अन्य" meaning "different" and "अथ" meaning "yet," and conveys an idea of something unique or unusual. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian the word "odds" can also refer to an "old horse" |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Zovuta is also used to refer to the first part of a traditional Nyanja wedding ceremony. |
| Pashto | The word "مشکلات" also means "problems" in Pashto. |
| Persian | In Persian, "شانس" can also refer to fortune, luck, or a gamble. |
| Polish | In addition to meaning "odds," "szansa" can also mean "chance" or "opportunity" in Polish. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "probabilidades" comes from the Latin "probabilitas", meaning "likelihood" or "plausibility" |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "cote" derives from the Latin word "quota", meaning "a share" or "a portion", and also refers to the "relative chance" of an event occurring. |
| Russian | Шансы (shansy) is a Russian word derived from the German word "チャンス" (chance), which ultimately comes from the Latin word "cadentia" (falling). |
| Samoan | The term "faigata" in Samoan can also mean a "pool" or a "gamble" in the context of sports betting. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "odds" derives from the Gaelic "òd" meaning "oath", but has also been used in some Scottish Gaelic dialects to refer to "a particular kind of poetry". |
| Serbian | The word "квоте" in Serbian is derived from the Turkish word "kote" with the same meaning, which in turn comes from the Greek word "κοτέω" ("koteo"), meaning "to be angry." |
| Sesotho | In Sesotho, the word "hanyetse" also means "the state of being unable to decide between two or more options"} |
| Shona | The word "kusanzwisisika" in Shona can also refer to the act of dividing something into equal parts. |
| Sindhi | Sindhis sometimes use "مشڪلاتون" (odds, difficulties) in a positive sense, like saying someone "solved a big hurdle" |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "අමුතුයි" is also used to refer to "extraordinary" or "strange" things. |
| Slovak | The word "šanca" is derived from the Turkish word "şans", meaning "luck" or "fortune". |
| Slovenian | Kvote, meaning odds in Slovenian, also refers to the quota of goods that can be exported or imported without incurring customs duty. |
| Somali | The word "qallafsanaanta" in Somali can also refer to a "game of chance" |
| Spanish | While «posibilidades» in Spanish comes from Arabic and means «possibilities», it's more commonly used to mean «odds» and is the cognate of the English «possibilities». |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "odds" can also mean "difference" or "disparity". |
| Swahili | "Tabia mbaya" also means "bad habits" or "bad character" in Swahili |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "odds" can also refer to a type of gambling game or a lottery. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "logro" can also refer to "success" or "reward" in some contexts. |
| Tajik | Эҳтимолияти, which directly translates to 'odds,' can also refer to 'probability.' |
| Telugu | In the game of cricket, "odds" refers to the likelihood of a certain outcome, but in a general context, it refers to the probability of success or failure. |
| Thai | In English "odds" originally described a difference between values, from the Old English "odd" in the sense of "outstanding" or "different". |
| Turkish | The word "olasılıklar" in Turkish is derived from the Arabic word "ihtimal", meaning "possibility" or "chance". |
| Ukrainian | "Шанси" in Ukrainian is derived from the Greek word "tyche," which refers to fortune or luck. |
| Urdu | The word "مشکلات" can also refer to difficulties or problems in life. |
| Uzbek | The word koeffitsientlar is derived from German "koeffizient" and French "coefficient", both meaning coefficient or factor. |
| Vietnamese | In Vietnamese, "tỷ lệ cược" can also refer to the likelihood of something happening or the expected outcome of an event. |
| Welsh | In Welsh, "odds" is also the plural of "od" (point on a clock). |
| Xhosa | The word "amathuba" is derived from the word "thuba," meaning "opportunity" or "chance"} |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "גיכער" (gikher) also means "tittering" or "laughter". |
| Yoruba | "Awọn aidọgba" is a Yoruba word that originally meant "odds and ends", but now refers to the "odds" in games and chance events. |
| Zulu | The word "kangakanani izingqinamba" also means "to be at odds with somebody" in Zulu. |
| English | The word "odds" can also mean "the chances of something happening," as in "the odds of winning the lottery are very low." |