force majeure

Etymology
Borrowed from, from (ultimately from  and  or ) +  (the   of , ultimately from , from ).

Noun

 * 1) An overwhelming force.
 * 2)  An unavoidable circumstance, especially one that prevents someone from fulfilling a legal (usually contractual) obligation.
 * 1)  An unavoidable circumstance, especially one that prevents someone from fulfilling a legal (usually contractual) obligation.
 * 1)  An unavoidable circumstance, especially one that prevents someone from fulfilling a legal (usually contractual) obligation.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: päätekijä
 * French:
 * Indonesian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: força maior
 * Russian: непреодоли́мая си́ла
 * Slovene: višja sila
 * Welsh: gorfodaeth


 * Arabic: قوة قاهرة
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: ezinbesteko kasu
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: vyšší moc
 * Danish: force majeure
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: vääramatu jõud
 * Finnish:, ylivoimainen este
 * French:, cas fortuit
 * Georgian: ფორს-მაჟორი
 * German:
 * Greek: ανωτέρα βία
 * Hebrew: כוח עליון
 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Italian: forza maggiore, caso fortuito
 * Japanese:
 * Kashubian: namienienié
 * Kazakh: форс-мажор
 * Korean: 불가항력(不可抗力)
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: هێزى هەرەزاڵ
 * Kyrgyz: форс-мажор, аргасыз жагдай
 * Latin: vīs major
 * Limburgish: force majeure, övermach
 * Lithuanian: nenugalima jėga
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: force majeure
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: força maior
 * Russian:
 * Sindhi: اوچتي صورتحال
 * Spanish: fuerza mayor, caso fortuito
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: force majeure
 * Tatar: форс-мажор
 * Turkish: fors majör,
 * Ukrainian: форс-мажо́р
 * Vietnamese: bất khả kháng
 * Welsh: force majeure, gorfodaeth

Etymology
From.

Etymology
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