"in case of" meaning in All languages combined

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Preposition [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} in case of, {{en-prep}} in case of
  1. If there should be. Synonyms (if there should be): in the event of Related terms: in case [conjunction], just in case Translations (in the event of): فِي حَال (fī ḥāl) (Arabic), إِذ مَا (ʔiḏ mā) (Arabic), فِيمَا لَوْ (fīmā law) (Arabic), اذا (eza) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), 如果 (rúguǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), 萬一 (Chinese Mandarin), 万一 (wànyī) (Chinese Mandarin), siinä tapauksessa että (Finnish), siltä varalta että (Finnish), mikäli (Finnish), en cas de (French), falls (German), im Falle (German), σε περίπτωση (se períptosi) (Greek), esetére (Hungarian), esetén (Hungarian), in caso (Italian), eventualmente (Italian), もし〜ならば (moshi ... naraba) (Japanese), i tilfelle (av) (Norwegian Bokmål), i tilfelle (av) (Norwegian Nynorsk), у случаю (u slučaju) (Pannonian Rusyn), در صورتی که (dar surati ke) (note: with verbal phrases) (Persian), در صورت (dar surat-e) (note: with nominal phrases) (Persian), w razie (Polish), na wypadek (Polish), w sytuacji (Polish), caso (Portuguese), в слу́чае (v slúčaje) (Russian), на слу́чай (na slúčaj) (Russian), por si acaso (Spanish), ifall (Swedish), i det fall (Swedish), i händelse av (Swedish), ఒకవేళ (okavēḷa) (Telugu), si e cas (note: + verb in conditional tense) (Walloon), po si e cas (note: + verb in conditional tense) (Walloon), om it gefal (West Frisian)

Alternative forms

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