au cas où
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
- in case (+ conditional or subjunctive)
- Synonyms: au cas que, en cas que
- Prends un imperméable, au cas où il pleuvrait.
- Take a raincoat in case it rains.
Usage notes[edit]
- Traditionally and according to the prescription of the Académie française, the following verb should be in the conditional mood:
- au cas où il pleuvrait ― in case it rains
- However, in modern informal language, the verb is sometimes found in the subjunctive mood, though the conditional remains more common:
- au cas où il pleuve ― in case it rains
Adverb[edit]
- just in case
- Prends un imperméable, au cas où.
- Take a raincoat, just in case.