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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.2.1 Homophones 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Derived terms 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Derived terms 2.4 Verb 3 Italian 3.1 Noun

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
truth	turn	hold	#417: cause	close	England	sense

[ Etymology

From French cause, borrowed from Latin causa.

[ Pronunciation

• enPR: kôz
• IPA: /kɔːz/
• SAMPA: /kO:z/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɔːz

[ Homophones

• caws
• cores (non-rhotic dialects)

[ Noun

Singular cause

Plural causes

cause (plural causes)

1. The source or reason of an event or action
2. The goal, aim, principle

   He is fighting for a just cause.

[ Synonyms

• reason (1)
• source (1)

[ Translations

Source or reason of an event or action

Czech: příčina cs(cs) f. Finnish: syy fi(fi), juuri fi(fi), lähde fi(fi) French: cause fr(fr) f. German: Ursache de(de) f., Anlass de(de) m., Grund de(de) m.,

Greek: αιτία el(el) f. (aitía), λόγος el(el) m. (lógos) Russian: причина ru(ru) (pričína) f., основание ru(ru) (osnovánije) n. Slovene: vzrok m., razlog m.

Goal, aim, principle

Finnish: syy fi(fi), tarkoitus fi(fi) German: Sache de(de) f. Greek: σκοπός el(el) m. (skopós)

Russian: дело ru(ru) (d'élo) n. Slovene: stvar sl(sl) f.

[ Verb

Infinitive to cause

Third person singular causes

Simple past caused

Past participle caused

Present participle causing

to cause (third-person singular simple present causes, present participle causing, simple past and past participle caused)

1. To set off an event or action.

[ Translations

to set off an event or action

Czech: způsobit cs(cs), zapříčinit cs(cs) Dutch: veroorzaken nl(nl) Finnish: aiheuttaa, saada aikaan German: verursachen de(de), auslösen de(de) Greek: προκαλώ el(el) (prokalo) Hebrew: לגרום he(he) (ligrom) Icelandic: valda is(is) Ido: igar, efektigar

Portuguese: causar pt(pt) Russian: причинять (pričin'át') (impf.), причинить (pričinít') (pf.); производить (proizvodít') (impf.), произвести (proizv'estí) (pf.); заставлять (zastavl'át') (impf.), заставить (zastávit') (pf.); вызывать (vyzyvát') (impf.), вызвать (výzvat') (pf.) Slovene: povzročiti Spanish: causar es(es) Turkish: uğratmak tr(tr)

[ Derived terms

• because
• cause celebre
• causal

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[ French

[ Etymology

Borrowed from classical Latin causa. Compare chose.

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /koz/
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[ Noun

cause f. (plural causes)

1. cause
2. case (a legal proceeding)

[ Derived terms

• à cause de

[ Verb

cause

1. Third person singular indicitave of causer

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[ Italian

[ Noun

cause f.

1. Plural form of causa.