jeopardize

English

Alternative forms

• jeopardise (non-Oxford British English)

Etymology

Etymology tree

English jeopardy

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English jeopardize

From jeopardy + -ize.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛp.ə.dʌɪz/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛp.ɚ.daɪz/
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒep.ə.dɑez/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒep.ə.daɪz/, [d͡ʒep.ə.dɑe̯z]

Verb

jeopardize (third-person singular simple present jeopardizes, present participle jeopardizing, simple past and past participle jeopardized) (American spelling)

1. (transitive) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.

   After having an affair with a junior, her chances of promotion were seriously jeopardized.

   • 1968, Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey, spoken by HAL 9000:

     This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.

Derived terms

• jeopardization
• jeopardizer
• unjeopardized

Translations

put in jeopardy — see also endanger

• Armenian: վտանգել (hy) (vtangel), վտանգի ենթարկել (vtangi entʻarkel)
• Bulgarian: излагам на опасност (izlagam na opasnost)
• Catalan: posar en perill, amenaçar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 使受危險 / 使受危险 (shǐ shòu wéixiǎn), 危害 (zh) (wēihài), 危及 (zh) (wēijí)

• Dutch: bedreigen (nl), in gevaar brengen, op de helling zetten
• Estonian: ohustama
• Finnish: vaarantaa (fi), saattaa vaaraan
• French: mettre en danger (fr)
• Georgian: საფრთხეში ჩაგდება (saprtxeši čagdeba), განსაცდელში ჩაგდება (gansacdelši čagdeba)
• German: gefährden (de), in Gefahr bringen
• Greek: διακυνδινέυω n (diakyndinéyo)
• Hungarian: kockára tesz, kockáztat (hu), veszélyeztet (hu)
• Italian: mettere a rischio, minacciare (it)
• Japanese: 危うきにさらす (あやうきにさらす, ayauku ni sarasu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: xistina talûkê, xistina metirsiyê

• Māori: whakamōrea, whakamōrearea
• Portuguese: pôr em jogo, comprometer (pt)
• Russian: подверга́ть опа́сности impf (podvergátʹ opásnosti), подве́ргнуть опа́сности pf (podvérgnutʹ opásnosti)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: угро̀зити

  Latin: ugròziti (sh)

• Spanish: poner en peligro, perjudicar (es)
• Swedish: riskera (sv), äventyra (sv)
• Turkish: tehlikeye atmak