causa

See also: causá, causà, and Causa

Asturian

Verb

causa

1. inflection of causar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkaw.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkaw.za]
• Rhymes: -awza
• Hyphenation: cau‧sa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin causa. Doublet of the inherited cosa. Cognates include English cause, French cause, Italian causa, Portuguese causa, Spanish causa.

Noun

causa f (plural causes)

1. cause (the source of, the reason for)
2. (law) lawsuit

Derived terms

• a causa de
• capicausa
• causal
• causar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

causa

1. inflection of causar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “causa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin causa.

Noun

causa f

1. thing

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.za/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: causas, causât

Verb

causa

1. third-person singular past historic of causer

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkawsa/ [ˈkɑw.s̺ɐ]
• Rhymes: -awsa
• Hyphenation: cau‧sa

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin causa. Doublet of the inherited cousa.

Noun

causa f (plural causas)

1. cause

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “causa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “causa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “causa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “causa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

causa

1. inflection of causar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Noun

causa (plural causas)

1. cause (someone or something that causes a result)

Related terms

• causal

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.sa/
• Rhymes: -awsa
• Hyphenation: càu‧sa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin causa. Doublet of the inherited cosa. Cognates include English and French cause, Portuguese and Spanish causa.

Noun

causa f (plural cause)

1. cause
2. (law) lawsuit

   Synonym: lite

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

causa

1. inflection of causare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Derived terms

• a causa di
• causare

Related terms

• causale
• cosa