🇫🇷 fr en 🇬🇧

cause noun {f}

  /koz/
cause, reason, matter, case, business, issue
à cause de
because of
remettre en cause
challenge, question, reconsider
ayant cause
assign, successor in interest
en tout état de cause
in any case
en connaissance de cause
knowingly
mettre en cause
call into question, implicate
cause perdue
lost cause
cause racine
root cause
défaillances de cause commune
CCF, common cause failures

🇬🇧 en fr 🇫🇷

cause noun

  /kɔz/ , /kɔːz/ , /ˈkɑz/ , [kʰoːz̥] , [kʰɒːz̥]
  • (countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
 cause, raison
  • (countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
 cause

cause verb

  /kɔz/ , /kɔːz/ , /ˈkɑz/ , [kʰoːz̥] , [kʰɒːz̥]
  • (transitive) To set off an event or action; to bring about; to produce.
 causer

causative adjective

  /ˈkoːzətɪv/ , /ˈkɑzətɪv/ , /ˈkɔzətɪv/ , /ˈkɔːzətɪv/ , [ˈkoː.zə.ɾɪv] , [ˈkɑ.zə.ɾɪv] , [ˈkɔ.zə.ɾɪv]
  • (linguistics) Expressing a cause#Noun or causation#Noun.
 causatif

causative noun

  /ˈkoːzətɪv/ , /ˈkɑzətɪv/ , /ˈkɔzətɪv/ , /ˈkɔːzətɪv/ , [ˈkoː.zə.ɾɪv] , [ˈkɑ.zə.ɾɪv] , [ˈkɔ.zə.ɾɪv]
  • (linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).
 factitif, causatif
lost cause
cause perdue, peine perdue
first cause
cause première
make common cause
faire cause commune
root cause
cause racine
cause a stir
faire couler l’encre
talk to the hand 'cause the face ain't listening
parle à mon cul, ma tête est malade
cause of death
cause de la mort, cause du décès
cause célèbre
fait polémique
cause of action
cause d'action, motif valable
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