il risque de

may; is likely to; risks doing

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may; is likely to; risks doing Used to say that something is likely to happen, often with a negative or unwanted result. In everyday French, this construction often suggests a risk or possibility rather than a certainty.

FR: Il risque de pleuvoir demain.

EN: It may rain tomorrow.

Quoi qu'il risque de pleuvoir cette nuit.

In any case, it might rain tonight.

— Le Hobbit : Un voyage inattendu (2012)

Il risque de tout perdre s'il continue comme ça.

He risks losing everything if he continues like this.

Il risque de pleuvoir.

It might rain.

— Les Bonnes étoiles (2022)

Il risque de rater son train.

He might miss his train.

Il risque de neiger aujourd'hui.

It may snow today.

Il risque de se barrer.

He might take off.

— Elephant (2003)

Il risque de pleuvoir demain.

It might rain tomorrow.