"cause" meaning in French

See cause in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /koz/ Audio: Fr-cause.ogg Forms: causes [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French cause, borrowed from Classical Latin causa. Compare chose, an inherited doublet. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|cause|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French cause, {{inh+|fr|fro|cause}} Inherited from Old French cause, {{bor|fr|la|causa}} Latin causa, {{doublet|fr|chose|notext=1}} chose Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} cause f (plural causes)
  1. cause Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cause-fr-noun-an7x7Z8V
  2. (law) case (a legal proceeding) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-cause-fr-noun-AZStqPau Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /koz/ Audio: Fr-cause.ogg
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} cause
  1. inflection of causer:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: causer
    Sense id: en-cause-fr-verb-zSBIfqLS Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 64 30
  2. inflection of causer:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: causer
    Sense id: en-cause-fr-verb-m9AtRajs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cause toujours
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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