eventual

English

Etymology

From event +‎ -ual; compare French éventuel. The third sense is influenced by any of several European languages, including German eventuell, French éventuel, Italian eventuale, Spanish eventual, Swedish eventuell.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈvɛn(t)ʃʊəl/, /ɪˈvɛn(t)ʃəl/, /ə-/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈvɛnt͡ʃuəl/, /ɪˈvɛnt͡ʃəl/, /ə-/
• Homophone: evential (for some speakers)

Adjective

eventual (not comparable)

1. Finally resulting or occurring (after a period of time); inevitable.
2. Pertaining to events; event-related, evential.
3. (proscribed, non-native speakers' English or European Union) Possible, potential.

   They both opposed an eventual imposition of anti-dumping measures as they considered that it could lead to a cessation of imports of the product concerned from the PRC79.

Synonyms

• soon-to-be

Translations

finally resulting

• Bulgarian: неизбежен (bg) (neizbežen)
• Portuguese: finalmente (pt)
• Spanish: inevitable (es)

pertaining to events

• Bulgarian: евентуален (bg) (eventualen), възможен (bg) (vǎzmožen)
• Portuguese: eventualmente (pt)
• Spanish: eventual (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} moontlik (af), ^{(please verify)} gebeurlik, ^{(please verify)} gevolglik
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} uiteindelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} eventuala (eo)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} eventual (ro)

Galician

Adjective

eventual m or f (plural eventuais)

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Related terms

• eventualidade
• eventualmente

Further reading

• “eventual”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ēventus +‎ -al; compare Portuguese evento.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.vẽ.tuˈaw/ [e.vẽ.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /e.vẽˈtwaw/ [e.vẽˈtwaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vẽˈtwal/ [i.vẽˈtwaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vẽˈtwal/ [i.vẽˈtwaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.bẽˈtwal/ [i.βẽˈtwaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vẽˈtwa.li/

• Hyphenation: e‧ven‧tu‧al

Adjective

eventual m or f (plural eventuais)

1. infrequent
2. casual
3. eventual

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French éventuel.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

eventual m or n (feminine singular eventuală, masculine plural eventuali, feminine and neuter plural eventuale)

1. prospective

Declension

Declension of eventual

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	eventual		eventuală	eventuali	eventuale
	definite	eventualul		eventuala	eventualii	eventualele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	eventual		eventuale	eventuali	eventuale
	definite	eventualului		eventualei	eventualilor	eventualelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ebenˈtwal/ [e.β̞ẽn̪ˈt̪wal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: e‧ven‧tual

Adjective

eventual m or f (masculine and feminine plural eventuales)

1. potential, possible
2. sporadic
3. temporary (employee, contract)
4. eventual (anglicism, proscribed, mostly Latin America)

Derived terms

• eventualidad
• eventualmente

 

Further reading

• “eventual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014