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• Received-Pronunciation: /kɔːz/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [kho̞ːz̥]
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• Australian, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: /koːz/
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• Australian, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: [khoːz̥]
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• /kɔz/ without the cot–caught merger
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• cot-caught-merger: /kɑz/
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• Canada: /kɒz/
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• Scotland: /kɔz/
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• Scotland: [khɔːz̥]
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• rhymes with -ɔːz
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• homophone: caws
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• homophone: 'cause
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• homophone: cores (non-rhotic)
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: K AO1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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* From Middle English cause (also with the sense of “a thing”), borrowed from Old French cause (“a cause, a thing”), borrowed from Latin causa (“reason, sake, cause”), from Proto-Italic *kaussā, which is of unknown origin. Doublet of chose (“(law) a thing; personal property”). See accuse, excuse, recuse, ruse. Displaced native Old English intinga. * From Middle English causen, Old French causer and Medieval Latin causāre.

267 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: oorsaak — source or reason of an event or action
• Albanian: arsye — source or reason of an event or action
• Albanian: ngajë — source or reason of an event or action
• Arabic: سَبَب (sabab) — source or reason of an event or action
• Arabic: سبب (sabab) — source or reason of an event or action
• Arabic: سبب (sábab) — source or reason of an event or action
• Armenian: պատճառ (patčaṙ) — source or reason of an event or action
• Azerbaijani: səbəb — source or reason of an event or action
• Azerbaijani: bais — source or reason of an event or action
• Bashkir: сәбәп (səbəp) — source or reason of an event or action
• Basque: kausa — source or reason of an event or action
• Belarusian: прычы́на (pryčýna) — source or reason of an event or action
• Bengali: কারণ (karon) — source or reason of an event or action
• Bulgarian: причи́на (pričína) — source or reason of an event or action
• Bulgarian: по́вод (póvod) — source or reason of an event or action
• Catalan: causa — source or reason of an event or action
• Cebuano: kawsa — source or reason of an event or action
• Chinese Mandarin: 原因 (yuányīn) — source or reason of an event or action
• Czech: příčina — source or reason of an event or action
• Czech: důvod — source or reason of an event or action
• Danish: årsag — source or reason of an event or action
• Dutch: oorzaak — source or reason of an event or action
• Dutch: reden — source or reason of an event or action
• Dutch: aanleiding — source or reason of an event or action
• Esperanto: kaŭzo — source or reason of an event or action
• Estonian: alus — source or reason of an event or action
• Estonian: ajend — source or reason of an event or action
• Estonian: põhjus — source or reason of an event or action
• Etruscan: 𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀 (cavsa) — source or reason of an event or action
• Finnish: syy — source or reason of an event or action
• Finnish: juuri — source or reason of an event or action
• Finnish: lähde — source or reason of an event or action
• French: cause — source or reason of an event or action
• French: raison — source or reason of an event or action
• North Frisian: uursaag — source or reason of an event or action
• North Frisian: grünj — source or reason of an event or action
• North Frisian: uursaage — source or reason of an event or action
• North Frisian: (Ockholm) uursååge — source or reason of an event or action
• North Frisian: (Langenhorn) uursaage — source or reason of an event or action
• North Frisian: uursaage — source or reason of an event or action
• Saterland Frisian: Uurseeke — source or reason of an event or action
• Saterland Frisian: Gruund — source or reason of an event or action
• West-Frisian: oarsaak — source or reason of an event or action
• Galician: causa — source or reason of an event or action
• Georgian: მიზეზი (mizezi) — source or reason of an event or action
• Georgian: საფუძველი (sapuʒveli) — source or reason of an event or action
• German: Ursache — source or reason of an event or action
• German: Anlass — source or reason of an event or action
• German: Grund — source or reason of an event or action
• Greek: αιτία (aitía) — source or reason of an event or action
• Greek: λόγος (lógos) — source or reason of an event or action
• Ancient Greek: αἰτία (aitía) — source or reason of an event or action
• Haitian Creole: lakòz — source or reason of an event or action
• Hebrew: סיבה \ סִבָּה (sibá) — source or reason of an event or action
• Hindi: कारण (kāraṇ) — source or reason of an event or action
• Hungarian: ok — source or reason of an event or action
• Icelandic: orsök — source or reason of an event or action
• Indonesian: kausa — source or reason of an event or action
• Indonesian: penyebab — source or reason of an event or action
• Irish: réasún — source or reason of an event or action
• Irish: siocair — source or reason of an event or action
• Old Irish: accuis — source or reason of an event or action
• Italian: causa — source or reason of an event or action
• Japanese: 原因 (gen'in) — source or reason of an event or action
• Khmer: ហេតុ (haet) — source or reason of an event or action
• Kilivila: uula — source or reason of an event or action
• Korean: 원인 (wonin) — source or reason of an event or action
• Kyrgyz: шылтоо (şıltoo) — source or reason of an event or action
• Latin: causa — source or reason of an event or action
• Latin: ratiō — source or reason of an event or action
• Latvian: iemesls — source or reason of an event or action
• Latvian: cēlonis — source or reason of an event or action
• Lithuanian: priežastis — source or reason of an event or action
• Lithuanian: pagrindas — source or reason of an event or action
• Luxembourgish: Ursaach — source or reason of an event or action
• Macedonian: при́чина (príčina) — source or reason of an event or action
• Malay: sebab — source or reason of an event or action
• Malay: pasal — source or reason of an event or action
• Maltese: kaġun — source or reason of an event or action
• Māori: whakataenga — source or reason of an event or action
• Eastern Mari: амал (amal) — source or reason of an event or action
• Norwegian: årsak — source or reason of an event or action
• Norwegian: grunn — source or reason of an event or action
• Occitan: causa — source or reason of an event or action
• Old English: intinga — source or reason of an event or action
• Persian: سبب (sabab) — source or reason of an event or action
• Polish: przyczyna — source or reason of an event or action
• Portuguese: causa — source or reason of an event or action
• Romanian: cauză — source or reason of an event or action
• Russian: причи́на (pričína) — source or reason of an event or action
• Russian: основа́ние (osnovánije) — source or reason of an event or action
• Sanskrit: हेतु (hetu) — source or reason of an event or action
• Sardinian: càusa — source or reason of an event or action
• Scottish Gaelic: adhbhar — source or reason of an event or action
• Serbo-Croatian: ра́злог — source or reason of an event or action
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀зрок — source or reason of an event or action
• Serbo-Croatian: rázlog — source or reason of an event or action
• Serbo-Croatian: ùzrok — source or reason of an event or action
• Sicilian: causanza — source or reason of an event or action
• Sikkimese: རྐྱེན (rkyen) — source or reason of an event or action
• Slovak: príčina — source or reason of an event or action
• Slovene: vzrok — source or reason of an event or action
• Slovene: razlog — source or reason of an event or action
• Spanish: causa — source or reason of an event or action
• Swedish: orsak — source or reason of an event or action
• Swedish: grund — source or reason of an event or action
• Tagalog: kawsa — source or reason of an event or action
• Tajik: сабаб (sabab) — source or reason of an event or action
• Thai: สาเหตุ (sǎa-hèet) — source or reason of an event or action
• Turkish: sebep — source or reason of an event or action
• Turkish: neden — source or reason of an event or action
• Ottoman Turkish: سبب (sebeb) — source or reason of an event or action
• Ottoman Turkish: علت (ʼillet) — source or reason of an event or action
• Ukrainian: причи́на (pryčýna) — source or reason of an event or action
• Urdu: وجہ (waja) — source or reason of an event or action
• Urdu: سبب (sabab) — source or reason of an event or action
• Urdu: باعث (bāis) — source or reason of an event or action
• Uyghur: سەۋەپ (sewep) — source or reason of an event or action
• Uyghur: خۇسۇس (xusus) — source or reason of an event or action
• Uzbek: sabab — source or reason of an event or action
• Vietnamese: nguyên nhân — source or reason of an event or action
• Welsh: achos — source or reason of an event or action
• Zazaki: sebeb — source or reason of an event or action
• Zulu: umsuka — source or reason of an event or action
• Arabic: قَضِيَّة (qaḍiyya) — goal, aim, principle
• Azerbaijani: iş — goal, aim, principle
• Bulgarian: кауза (kauza) — goal, aim, principle
• Catalan: causa — goal, aim, principle
• Czech: účel — goal, aim, principle
• Czech: důvod — goal, aim, principle
• Czech: cíl — goal, aim, principle
• Danish: sag — goal, aim, principle
• Dutch: doel — goal, aim, principle
• Estonian: eesmärk — goal, aim, principle
• Estonian: siht — goal, aim, principle
• Estonian: üritus — goal, aim, principle
• Finnish: syy — goal, aim, principle
• Finnish: tarkoitus — goal, aim, principle
• Finnish: asia — goal, aim, principle
• Finnish: tavoite — goal, aim, principle
• French: cause — goal, aim, principle
• Galician: causa — goal, aim, principle
• German: Sache — goal, aim, principle
• Greek: σκοπός (skopós) — goal, aim, principle
• Hebrew: מַטָּרָה (matará) — goal, aim, principle
• Hindi: लक्ष्य (lakṣya) — goal, aim, principle
• Icelandic: málstaður — goal, aim, principle
• Italian: causa — goal, aim, principle
• Japanese: 大義 (taigi) — goal, aim, principle
• Latin: causa — goal, aim, principle
• Nepali: गोल (gol) — goal, aim, principle
• Portuguese: causa — goal, aim, principle
• Romanian: cauză — goal, aim, principle
• Russian: де́ло (délo) — goal, aim, principle
• Russian: стремление (stremlenije) — goal, aim, principle
• Scottish Gaelic: adhbhar — goal, aim, principle
• Serbo-Croatian: ства̑р — goal, aim, principle
• Serbo-Croatian: прѝнцӣп — goal, aim, principle
• Serbo-Croatian: ци̑љ — goal, aim, principle
• Serbo-Croatian: свр̀ха — goal, aim, principle
• Serbo-Croatian: stvȃr — goal, aim, principle
• Serbo-Croatian: prìncīp — goal, aim, principle
• Serbo-Croatian: cȋlj — goal, aim, principle
• Serbo-Croatian: svr̀ha — goal, aim, principle
• Slovene: stvar — goal, aim, principle
• Spanish: causa — goal, aim, principle
• Ukrainian: спра́ва (správa) — goal, aim, principle
• Welsh: achos — goal, aim, principle
• Spanish: causa judicial — lawsuit
• Afrikaans: veroorsaak — to set off an event or action
• Albanian: shkaktoj — to set off an event or action
• Arabic: سَبَّبَ (sabbaba) — to set off an event or action
• Armenian: պատճառել (patčaṙel) — to set off an event or action
• Azerbaijani: səbəb olmaq — to set off an event or action
• Azerbaijani: əmələ gətirmək — to set off an event or action
• Azerbaijani: səbəbləndirmək — to set off an event or action
• Azerbaijani: doğurmaq — to set off an event or action
• Azerbaijani: bais olmaq — to set off an event or action
• Belarusian: прычыня́ць (pryčynjácʹ) — to set off an event or action
• Bengali: ঘটানো (ghoṭanō) — to set off an event or action
• Bulgarian: причинявам (pričinjavam) — to set off an event or action
• Catalan: causar — to set off an event or action
• Czech: způsobit — to set off an event or action
• Czech: zapříčinit — to set off an event or action
• Czech: způsobovat — to set off an event or action
• Czech: zapříčinovat — to set off an event or action
• Danish: forårsage — to set off an event or action
• Dutch: veroorzaken — to set off an event or action
• Esperanto: kaŭzi — to set off an event or action
• Estonian: põhjustama — to set off an event or action
• Estonian: tekitama — to set off an event or action
• Finnish: aiheuttaa — to set off an event or action
• Finnish: saada aikaan — to set off an event or action
• French: causer — to set off an event or action
• Georgian: გამოწვევა (gamoc̣veva) — to set off an event or action
• German: verursachen — to set off an event or action
• German: auslösen — to set off an event or action
• Greek: προκαλώ (prokaló) — to set off an event or action
• Hebrew: גרם (garám) — to set off an event or action
• Hungarian: okoz — to set off an event or action
• Hungarian: előidéz — to set off an event or action
• Hungarian: kivált — to set off an event or action
• Icelandic: valda — to set off an event or action
• Ido: igar — to set off an event or action
• Ido: efektigar — to set off an event or action
• Ido: kauzigar — to set off an event or action
• Indonesian: menyebabkan — to set off an event or action
• Ingrian: synnyttää — to set off an event or action
• Italian: provocare — to set off an event or action
• Italian: causare — to set off an event or action
• Japanese: 原因となる (gen'in to naru) — to set off an event or action
• Japanese: 引き起こす (hikiokosu) — to set off an event or action
• Korean: 일으키다 (ireukida) — to set off an event or action
• Latin: efficiō — to set off an event or action
• Lithuanian: sukelti — to set off an event or action
• Māori: whakatae — to set off an event or action
• Norwegian Bokmål: forårsake — to set off an event or action
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forårsake — to set off an event or action
• Persian: باعث شدن (bâ'es šodan) — to set off an event or action
• Polish: powodować — to set off an event or action
• Polish: spowodować — to set off an event or action
• Portuguese: causar — to set off an event or action
• Romanian: cauza — to set off an event or action
• Romanian: pricinui — to set off an event or action
• Russian: причиня́ть (pričinjátʹ) — to set off an event or action
• Russian: производи́ть (proizvodítʹ) — to set off an event or action
• Russian: заставля́ть (zastavljátʹ) — to set off an event or action
• Russian: вызыва́ть (vyzyvátʹ) — to set off an event or action
• Scottish Gaelic: adhbharaich — to set off an event or action
• Serbo-Croatian: izazvati — to set off an event or action
• Slovene: povzročiti — to set off an event or action
• Spanish: causar — to set off an event or action
• Swedish: orsaka — to set off an event or action
• Swedish: förorsaka — to set off an event or action
• Tamil: ஏற்படுத்து (ēṟpaṭuttu) — to set off an event or action
• Turkish: uğratmak — to set off an event or action
• Turkish: sebep olmak — to set off an event or action
• Turkish: yol açmak — to set off an event or action
• Ukrainian: спричиня́ти (spryčynjáty) — to set off an event or action
• Ukrainian: спричи́нювати (spryčýnjuvaty) — to set off an event or action
• Ukrainian: спричини́ти (spryčynýty) — to set off an event or action
• Ukrainian: виклика́ти (vyklykáty) — to set off an event or action
• Ukrainian: ви́кликати (výklykaty) — to set off an event or action
• Welsh: achosi — to set off an event or action
• Welsh: peri — to set off an event or action
• Afrikaans: veroorsaak — to produce as a result
• Bulgarian: предизвиквам (predizvikvam) — to produce as a result
• Danish: gør — to produce as a result
• Danish: resultere i — to produce as a result
• Dutch: veroorzaken — to produce as a result
• Finnish: johtaa — to produce as a result
• Finnish: saada — to produce as a result
• Finnish: aiheuttaa — to produce as a result
• Galician: causar — to produce as a result
• Georgian: წარმოშობა (c̣armošoba) — to produce as a result
• Georgian: წარმოქმნა (c̣armokmna) — to produce as a result
• German: lassen — to produce as a result
• Indonesian: menyebabkan — to produce as a result
• Italian: produrre — to produce as a result
• Italian: ottenere — to produce as a result
• Latin: creō — to produce as a result
• Latin: efficiō — to produce as a result
• Portuguese: causar — to produce as a result
• Portuguese: fazer — to produce as a result
• Scottish Gaelic: adhbharaich — to produce as a result
• Lower Sorbian: póraś — to produce as a result
• Welsh: achosi — to produce as a result