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causal

/ˈkɔːzəl/ UK
[ˈkʰo̞ːz̥əl] UK
/ˈkoːzəl/ Australia, British, New Zealand
[ˈkʰoːz̥əl] Australia, British, New Zealand
/ˈkɔ.zəl/ US
/ˈkɑ.zəl/ US, cot caught merger
/ˈkɔ.zəl/ Scotland
[ˈkɔːz̥əl] Scotland

Rhymes with -ɔːzəl

Where it comes from

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

adjective more causal · 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.

noun causals

A word (such as because) that expresses a reason or a cause.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: causative, causation, cause, causality, determinant, spin-off, occasional, responsible, fortuitous, incidental, casual, accidental, strict, inevitable, gradient, chain

Translations

Every language

adj of, relating to or being a cause of something

Español	causal
日本語	因果の inga no
中文	原因的 yuányīn de
हिन्दी	कारणात्मक kārṇātmak, हेतुक hetuk
Português	causal
Français	causal
Deutsch	kausal, ursächlich
Русский	причи́нный pričínnyj, кауза́льный kauzálʹnyj, причи́нно-сле́дственный pričínno-slédstvennyj

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Chicago

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@misc{causal_2026,
  title = {causal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/causal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}