Practice FrenchC1noun
l’aléa
unpredictable hazard, contingency (chance risk factor)
Written with an elided article (l’aléa) because the noun starts with a vowel sound, so the written gender is not visible here.
« Les aléas du marché rendent toute prévision incertaine. »
“The unpredictable hazards of the market make any forecast uncertain.”
In other languages
- Spanish imprevisto (riesgo aleatorio)
- Portuguese imprevisto (risco aleatório)
- Arabic طارئ غير متوقّع
- German Unwägbarkeit
- Italian imprevisto (rischio aleatorio)
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