# causal
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin causalis, from Latin causa (“cause”), equivalent to cause +‎ -al, see cause.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈkɔː.zəl/, [ˈkʰoː.z̥əl]
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈkɔ.zəl/, [kʰɒː.z̥əl]
* (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈkɑ.zəl/
* Rhymes: -ɔːzəl

### Adjective

causal (comparative more causal, superlative most causal)
* of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing
    There is no causal relationship between eating carrots and seeing in the dark.
** 2021 February 24, Greg Morse, “Great Heck: a tragic chain of events”, in RAIL, number 925, page 44:Time changes attitudes, and while Hart's actions in driving when not fit to do so were certainly in the causal chain of the Great Heck accident, how many other drivers were out there driving when too fatigued to do so?

#### Usage notes

* See usage notes at causally.

#### Derived terms

* acausal
* anticausal
* bicausal
* causalism
* causalist
* causal link
* causal ontology
* causal set
* causal verb
* causet
* intercausal
* isocausal
* monocausal
* multicausal
* noncausal
* omnicausal
* polycausal
* retrocausal
* uncausal

#### Related terms

* cause
* causal-final
* causality
* causation

#### Translations
### Noun

causal (plural causals)
* (grammar) a word (such as because) that expresses a reason or a cause

#### Further reading

* “causal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “causal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* Calusa, casual, casula

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin causālis, from Latin causa.

### Adjective

causal m or f (masculine and feminine plural causals)
* causal

#### Related terms

* causa

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin causālis, from Latin causa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ko.zal/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: causale, causales

### Adjective

causal (feminine causale, masculine plural causaux, feminine plural causales)
* causal

### Further reading

* “causal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin causālis. By surface analysis, causa +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kawˈzaw/ [kaʊ̯ˈzaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kawˈzal/ [kawˈzaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kawˈzal/ [kawˈzaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kawˈza.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Hyphenation: cau‧sal

### Adjective

causal m or f (plural causais)
* causal (of, relating to or being a cause of something)

#### Derived terms

* causalidade
* causalmente

#### Related terms

* causa
* coisa

### Noun

causal f (plural causais)
* reason, motive
    Synonyms: motivo, razão
* Clipping of conjunção causal (“causal conjunction”).

### Further reading

* “causal”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “causal”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “causal” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “causal”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “causal”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “causal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

### Anagrams

* casual

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin causālis, from Latin causa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kauˈsal/ [kau̯ˈsal]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: cau‧sal

### Adjective

causal m or f (masculine and feminine plural causales)
* causal

#### Related terms

* causa
* causalidad

### Further reading

* “causal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10