casual

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkaʒ(uː)əl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkaʒjuːəl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkazjuːəl/
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• General-American: /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/
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• General-American: /ˈkæʒwəl/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈkɛʒ(ʉː)əl/
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• obsolete: /-uːæl/
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• CMU ARPABET: K AE1 ZH AH0 W AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: K AE1 ZH W AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle French casuel, from Late Latin cāsuālis (“happening by chance”), from Latin cāsus (“event”) (English case), from cadere (“to fall”) (whence English cadence).

148 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bashkir: осраҡлы (osraqlı) — happening by chance
• Bulgarian: случаен (slučaen) — happening by chance
• Catalan: casual — happening by chance
• Czech: náhodný — happening by chance
• Finnish: satunnainen — happening by chance
• French: fortuit — happening by chance
• French: accidentel — happening by chance
• French: de hasard — happening by chance
• Galician: casual — happening by chance
• Georgian: შემთხვევითი (šemtxveviti) — happening by chance
• German: zufällig — happening by chance
• German: beiläufig — happening by chance
• Greek: τυχαίος (tychaíos) — happening by chance
• Hungarian: véletlen — happening by chance
• Irish: fánach — happening by chance
• Irish: gan choinne — happening by chance
• Italian: occasionale — happening by chance
• Japanese: 偶然の (gūzen no) — happening by chance
• Māori: kōpeka — happening by chance
• Māori: hāpūpū — happening by chance
• Norwegian: tilfeldig — happening by chance
• Polish: dorywczy — happening by chance
• Polish: doraźny — happening by chance
• Portuguese: casual — happening by chance
• Portuguese: fortuito — happening by chance
• Portuguese: ocasional — happening by chance
• Russian: случа́йный (slučájnyj) — happening by chance
• Spanish: casual — happening by chance
• Turkish: tesadüfen — happening by chance
• Turkish: şans eseri — happening by chance
• Bulgarian: случаен (slučaen) — coming without regularity; occasional or incidental
• Bulgarian: инцидентен (incidenten) — coming without regularity; occasional or incidental
• Catalan: ocasional — coming without regularity; occasional or incidental
• Czech: občasný — coming without regularity; occasional or incidental
• Czech: příležitostný — coming without regularity; occasional or incidental
• Finnish: satunnainen — coming without regularity; occasional or incidental
• French: occasionnel — coming without regularity; occasional or incidental
• German: gelegentlich — coming without regularity; occasional or incidental
• Greek: περιστασιακός (peristasiakós) — coming without regularity; occasional or incidental
• Hungarian: alkalmi — coming without regularity; occasional or incidental
• Irish: ócáideach — coming without regularity; occasional or incidental
• Irish: sealadach — coming without regularity; occasional or incidental
• Italian: occasionale — coming without regularity; occasional or incidental
• Japanese: 偶然の (gūzen no) — coming without regularity; occasional or incidental
• Māori: hāramuramu — coming without regularity; occasional or incidental
• Polish: przypadkowy — coming without regularity; occasional or incidental
• Portuguese: casual — coming without regularity; occasional or incidental
• Russian: случа́йный (slučájnyj) — coming without regularity; occasional or incidental
• Turkish: rastgele — coming without regularity; occasional or incidental
• Finnish: satunnainen — employed irregularly
• German: gelegentlich — employed irregularly
• Hungarian: alkalmi — employed irregularly
• Irish: ócáideach — employed irregularly
• Irish: fánach — employed irregularly
• Japanese: 非正規雇用の (hiseiki koyō no) — employed irregularly
• Māori: kōhikohiko — employed irregularly
• Polish: sezonowy — employed irregularly
• Russian: вре́менный (vrémennyj) — employed irregularly
• Russian: сезо́нный (sezónnyj) — employed irregularly
• Turkish: arasıra — employed irregularly
• Bulgarian: небрежен (nebrežen) — careless
• Dutch: achteloos — careless
• Finnish: huoleton — careless
• French: désinvolte — careless
• German: gleichgültig — careless
• Hungarian: nemtörődöm — careless
• Irish: ar nós is cuma liom — careless
• Irish: patuar — careless
• Irish: míchúramach — careless
• Italian: noncurante — careless
• Māori: pakirara — careless
• Polish: niedbały — careless
• Russian: небре́жный (nebréžnyj) — careless
• Spanish: malagana — careless
• Turkish: boşverci — careless
• Bulgarian: непредвиден (nepredviden) — happening or coming to pass without design
• Finnish: harkitsematon — happening or coming to pass without design
• Finnish: odottamaton — happening or coming to pass without design
• German: unmethodisch — happening or coming to pass without design
• Greek: απρόβλεπτος (apróvleptos) — happening or coming to pass without design
• Hungarian: váratlan — happening or coming to pass without design
• Irish: fánach — happening or coming to pass without design
• Irish: gan choinne — happening or coming to pass without design
• Italian: casuale — happening or coming to pass without design
• Italian: fortuito — happening or coming to pass without design
• Japanese: 思い掛けない (omoigakenai) — happening or coming to pass without design
• Māori: hāramuramu — happening or coming to pass without design
• Russian: непреднаме́ренный (neprednamérennyj) — happening or coming to pass without design
• Russian: непроизво́льный (neproizvólʹnyj) — happening or coming to pass without design
• Bulgarian: неофициален (neoficialen) — informal, relaxed
• Catalan: informal — informal, relaxed
• Danish: afslappet — informal, relaxed
• Finnish: rento — informal, relaxed
• Finnish: huoleton — informal, relaxed
• German: ungezwungen — informal, relaxed
• German: leger — informal, relaxed
• German: informell — informal, relaxed
• Hungarian: fesztelen — informal, relaxed
• Hungarian: közvetlen — informal, relaxed
• Irish: réchúiseach — informal, relaxed
• Irish: neamhfhoirmeálta — informal, relaxed
• Irish: nádúrtha — informal, relaxed
• Italian: informale — informal, relaxed
• Japanese: 普段の (fudan no) — informal, relaxed
• Japanese: 楽な (raku na) — informal, relaxed
• Japanese: カジュアルな (kajuaru na) — informal, relaxed
• Māori: ōpaki — informal, relaxed
• Māori: hāramuramu — informal, relaxed
• Portuguese: casual — informal, relaxed
• Russian: неофициа́льный (neoficiálʹnyj) — informal, relaxed
• Russian: неформа́льный (neformálʹnyj) — informal, relaxed
• Spanish: desenfadado — informal, relaxed
• Spanish: distendido — informal, relaxed
• Spanish: destensado — informal, relaxed
• Spanish: desenvuelto — informal, relaxed
• Spanish: desembarazado — informal, relaxed
• Spanish: desparpajado — informal, relaxed
• Spanish: casual — informal, relaxed
• Swedish: ledig — informal, relaxed
• Catalan: informal — designed for informal or everyday use
• Finnish: arki- — designed for informal or everyday use
• French: sport — designed for informal or everyday use
• French: décontracté — designed for informal or everyday use
• German: leger — designed for informal or everyday use
• German: sportlich — designed for informal or everyday use
• German: ungezwungen — designed for informal or everyday use
• Hungarian: hétköznapi — designed for informal or everyday use
• Hungarian: kényelmes — designed for informal or everyday use
• Hungarian: lezser — designed for informal or everyday use
• Irish: neamhfhoirmeálta — designed for informal or everyday use
• Irish: neamhfhoirmiúil — designed for informal or everyday use
• Italian: casual — designed for informal or everyday use
• Japanese: 普段の (fudan no) — designed for informal or everyday use
• Japanese: 日用の (nichiyō no) — designed for informal or everyday use
• Polish: codzienny — designed for informal or everyday use
• Polish: casualowy — designed for informal or everyday use
• Polish: casual — designed for informal or everyday use
• Portuguese: casual — designed for informal or everyday use
• Russian: повседне́вный (povsednévnyj) — designed for informal or everyday use
• Russian: непара́дный (neparádnyj) — designed for informal or everyday use
• Spanish: deportivo — designed for informal or everyday use
• Spanish: (de) sport — designed for informal or everyday use
• Spanish: casual — designed for informal or everyday use
• Turkish: rahat — designed for informal or everyday use
• Turkish: sportif — designed for informal or everyday use
• Czech: brigádník — a worker who is only working for a company occasionally
• Hungarian: alkalmi munkás — a worker who is only working for a company occasionally
• Spanish: malagana — a person whose engagement with media is relaxed or superficial