cause

Etymology

 * From (also with the sense of “a thing”), borrowed from, borrowed from , from , which is of unknown origin. . See accuse, excuse, recuse, ruse. Displaced native.
 * From, and.

Noun

 * 1)  The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
 * 2)  Sufficient reason.
 * 3)  A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
 * 4)  Sake; interest; advantage.
 * 5)  Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
 * 6)  A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
 * 1)  Sufficient reason.
 * 2)  A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
 * 3)  Sake; interest; advantage.
 * 4)  Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
 * 5)  A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
 * 1)  A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
 * 2)  Sake; interest; advantage.
 * 3)  Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
 * 4)  A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
 * 1)  Sake; interest; advantage.
 * 2)  Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
 * 3)  A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
 * 1)  Sake; interest; advantage.
 * 2)  Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
 * 3)  A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
 * 1)  A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
 * 1)  A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: سَبَب
 * Egyptian Arabic: سبب
 * South Levantine Arabic: سبب
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:, bais
 * Bashkir: сәбәп
 * Basque: kausa
 * Belarusian: прычы́на
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: kawsa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: kaŭzo
 * Estonian:, ajend,
 * Etruscan: 𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მიზეზი, საფუძველი
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: αἰτία
 * Haitian Creole: lakòz
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: réasún, siocair
 * Old Irish: accuis
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Kilivila: uula
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: iemesls, cēlonis
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Luxembourgish: Ursaach
 * Macedonian: при́чина
 * Malay: ,
 * Maltese:
 * Maori: whakataenga
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: intinga
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: adhbhar
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ра́злог, у̀зрок
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian: causanza
 * Slovak: príčina
 * Slovene: vzrok,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: kawsa
 * Tajik:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu:, سبب, باعث
 * Uyghur: سەۋەپ, خۇسۇس
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: oarsaak
 * Zazaki: sebeb
 * Zulu: umsuka


 * Arabic:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish: sag
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:, siht, üritus
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic: málstaður
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin:
 * Nepali:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: adhbhar
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ства̑р, прѝнцӣп, ци̑љ, свр̀ха
 * Roman:, , ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Welsh:


 * Ido:
 * Telugu:

Verb

 * 1)  To set off an event or action.
 * 2)  To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
 * 3)  To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
 * 1)  To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
 * 2)  To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
 * 1)  To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
 * 1)  To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
 * 1)  To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
 * 1)  To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: سَبَّبَ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: səbəb olmaq, əmələ gətirmək, səbəbləndirmək, doğurmaq, bais olmaq
 * Belarusian: прычыня́ць
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech:, zapříčinit, , zapříčinovat
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: põhjustama, tekitama
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: გამოწვევა
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:, ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: synnyttää
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 原因となる,
 * Korean:
 * Latin: efficiō
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Maori: whakatae
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: forårsake
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: adhbharaich
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovene: povzročiti
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh: ,


 * Afrikaans:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish:, resultere i
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: წარმოშობა, წარმოქმნა
 * German:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Latin:, efficiō
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: adhbharaich
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: póraś
 * Welsh:

Conjunction

 * 1) ; because

Etymology 1
, borrowed from Classical. Compare, an inherited doublet.

Noun

 * 1)  case a legal proceeding
 * 1)  case a legal proceeding
 * 1)  case a legal proceeding

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) * 14th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue
 * He knew the cause of everich maladye
 * He knew the cause of every illness
 * He knew the cause of every illness

Etymology
From, borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  case

Etymology
Borrowed from, whence the inherited.