"causal" meaning in English

See causal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɔː.zəl/ [UK], [ˈkʰoː.z̥əl] [UK], /ˈkɔ.zəl/ [General-American], [kʰɒː.z̥əl] [General-American], /ˈkɑ.zəl/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-causal.wav Forms: more causal [comparative], most causal [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔːzəl Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin causalis, from Latin causa (“cause”), equivalent to cause + -al, see cause. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|LL.|causalis}} Borrowed from Late Latin causalis, {{der|en|la|causa||cause}} Latin causa (“cause”), {{af|en|cause|-al|nocap=1}} cause + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} causal (comparative more causal, superlative most causal)
  1. of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing Categories (topical): Relativity Related terms: cause, causal-final, causality, causation Translations (of, relating to or being a cause of something): αἰτιατικός (aitiatikós) (Ancient Greek), прычы́нны (pryčýnny) (Belarusian), arbennel (Breton), причи́нен (pričínen) (Bulgarian), causal (Catalan), 原因的 (yuányīn de) (Chinese Mandarin), příčinný (Czech), kauzální (Czech), causaal (Dutch), kausaalinen (Finnish), syyperäinen (Finnish), causal (French), kausal (German), ursächlich (German), कारणात्मक (kārṇātmak) (Hindi), हेतुक (hetuk) (Hindi), kauzala (Ido), kausal (Indonesian), 因果の (inga no) (alt: いんがの) (Japanese), causal (Portuguese), причи́нный (pričínnyj) (Russian), кауза́льный (kauzálʹnyj) (Russian), причи́нно-сле́дственный (pričínno-slédstvennyj) (Russian), adhbharach (Scottish Gaelic), causal (Spanish), kausal (Swedish), orsaklig (Swedish), masanhi (Tagalog), причи́нний (pryčýnnyj) (Ukrainian), кауза́льний (kauzálʹnyj) (Ukrainian), причи́нно-наслідко́вий (pryčýnno-naslidkóvyj) (Ukrainian)
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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɔː.zəl/ [UK], [ˈkʰoː.z̥əl] [UK], /ˈkɔ.zəl/ [General-American], [kʰɒː.z̥əl] [General-American], /ˈkɑ.zəl/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-causal.wav Forms: causals [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːzəl Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin causalis, from Latin causa (“cause”), equivalent to cause + -al, see cause. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|LL.|causalis}} Borrowed from Late Latin causalis, {{der|en|la|causa||cause}} Latin causa (“cause”), {{af|en|cause|-al|nocap=1}} cause + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} causal (plural causals)
  1. (grammar) a word (such as because) that expresses a reason or a cause Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-causal-en-noun-Y0a7KYu3 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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