causal
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Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin causalis, from Latin causa (“cause”), equivalent to cause + -al, see cause.
Pronunciation
- (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
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
- See usage notes at causally.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
of, relating to or being a cause of something
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Noun
causal (plural causals)
Further reading
- “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
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin causālis, from Latin causa.
Adjective
causal m or f (masculine and feminine plural causals)
Related terms
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin causālis, from Latin causa.
Pronunciation
Adjective
causal (feminine causale, masculine plural causaux, feminine plural causales)
Further reading
- “causal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin causālis. By surface analysis, causa + -al.
Pronunciation
Adjective
causal m or f (plural causais)
- causal (of, relating to or being a cause of something)
Derived terms
Related terms
Noun
causal f (plural causais)
Further reading
- “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
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin causālis, from Latin causa.
Pronunciation
Adjective
causal m or f (masculine and feminine plural causales)
Related terms
Further reading
- “causal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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