causal
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin causalis, from Latin causa (“cause”); see cause.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɔː.zəl/, [ˈkʰoː.z̥əl]
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.zəl/, [kʰɒː.z̥əl]
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.zəl/
- Rhymes: -ɔːzəl
Adjective
[edit]causal (comparative more causal, superlative most causal)
- of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing
- There is no causal relationship between eating carrots and seeing in the dark.
- 2021 February 24, Greg Morse, “Great Heck: a tragic chain of events”, in RAIL, number 925, page 44:
- Time changes attitudes, and while Hart's actions in driving when not fit to do so were certainly in the causal chain of the Great Heck accident, how many other drivers were out there driving when too fatigued to do so?
Usage notes
[edit]- See usage notes at causally.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]of, relating to or being a cause of something
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Noun
[edit]causal (plural causals)
Further reading
[edit]- “causal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “causal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin causālis, from Latin causa.
Adjective
[edit]causal m or f (masculine and feminine plural causals)
Related terms
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin causālis, from Latin causa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]causal (feminine causale, masculine plural causaux, feminine plural causales)
Further reading
[edit]- “causal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Late Latin causālis. By surface analysis, causa + -al.
Pronunciation
[edit]
Adjective
[edit]causal m or f (plural causais)
- causal (of, relating to or being a cause of something)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]causal f (plural causais)
- reason, motive
- Clipping of conjunção causal (“causal conjunction”).
Further reading
[edit]- “causal”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “causal”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “causal” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “causal”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “causal”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “causal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Anagrams
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin causālis, from Latin causa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]causal m or f (masculine and feminine plural causales)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “causal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
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