causal

Borrowed from Late Latin causalis, from Latin causa (“cause”); see cause.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː.zəl/, [ˈkʰoː.z̥əl]

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.zəl/, [kʰɒː.z̥əl]
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.zəl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːzəl

causal (comparative more causal, superlative most causal)

1. 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?

• See usage notes at causally.

• cause
• causal-final
• causality
• causation

causal (plural causals)

1. (grammar) a word (such as because) that expresses a reason or a cause

• “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.

• Calusa, casual, casula

Borrowed from Late Latin causālis, from Latin causa.

causal m or f (masculine and feminine plural causals)

1. causal

• causa

Borrowed from Late Latin causālis, from Latin causa.

• IPA^(key): /ko.zal/

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• Homophones: causale, causales

causal (feminine causale, masculine plural causaux, feminine plural causales)

1. causal

• “causal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Learned borrowing from Late Latin causālis. By surface analysis, causa +‎ -al.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: cau‧sal

causal m or f (plural causais)

1. causal (of, relating to or being a cause of something)

causal f (plural causais)

1. reason, motive

   Synonyms: motivo, razão

2. Clipping of conjunção causal (“causal conjunction”).

• “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

• casual

Borrowed from Late Latin causālis, from Latin causa.

• IPA^(key): /kauˈsal/ [kau̯ˈsal]

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• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: cau‧sal

causal m or f (masculine and feminine plural causales)

1. causal

• “causal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28