consequence

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwɛns/
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• Canada, dialectal: /ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwɛns/ of the US
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• Australian: /ˈkɔn.sɪ.kwens/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈkɒn.sə.kwens/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈkɔ̟n.sə.kwens]
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From Middle English consequence, from Old French consequence, from Latin consequentia. While analysable as con- + sequence, its adjective form has a different origin.

152 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: gevolg — that which follows something on which it depends
• Albanian: pasojat — that which follows something on which it depends
• Arabic: عَاقِبَة (ʕāqiba) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Arabic: نَتِيجَة (natīja) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Armenian: հետեւանք (hetewankʻ) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Azerbaijani: aqibət — that which follows something on which it depends
• Azerbaijani: nəticə — that which follows something on which it depends
• Belarusian: насту́пства (nastúpstva) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Bulgarian: сле́дствие (slédstvie) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Bulgarian: после́дствие (poslédstvie) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Bulgarian: после́дица (poslédica) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Burmese: ဝိပါက် (wi.pak) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Burmese: ဝိပါကဝဋ် (wi.paka.wat) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Burmese: အကျိုး (a.kyui:) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Catalan: conseqüència — that which follows something on which it depends
• Chinese Mandarin: 後果 /后果 (hòuguǒ) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Chinese Mandarin: 結果 /结果 (jiēguǒ) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Czech: důsledek — that which follows something on which it depends
• Czech: následek — that which follows something on which it depends
• Danish: konsekvens — that which follows something on which it depends
• Dutch: gevolg — that which follows something on which it depends
• Dutch: consequentie — that which follows something on which it depends
• Esperanto: sekvo — that which follows something on which it depends
• Esperanto: konsekvenco — that which follows something on which it depends
• Finnish: seuraus — that which follows something on which it depends
• French: conséquence — that which follows something on which it depends
• Galician: consecuencia — that which follows something on which it depends
• Galician: resultado — that which follows something on which it depends
• Georgian: შედეგი (šedegi) — that which follows something on which it depends
• German: Konsequenz — that which follows something on which it depends
• German: Folge — that which follows something on which it depends
• Greek: συνέπεια (synépeia) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Hebrew: תּוֹצָאָה (totzaá) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Hindi: परिणाम (pariṇām) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Hindi: नतीजा (natījā) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Hungarian: következmény — that which follows something on which it depends
• Hungarian: okozat — that which follows something on which it depends
• Icelandic: afleiðing — that which follows something on which it depends
• Indonesian: akibat — that which follows something on which it depends
• Irish: iarmhairt — that which follows something on which it depends
• Italian: conseguenza — that which follows something on which it depends
• Japanese: 結果 (kekka) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Kazakh: нәтиже (nätije) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Khmer: ផលវិបាក (phɑl vibaak) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Khmer: វិបាក (vibaak) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Korean: 결과 (gyeolgwa) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Northern Kurdish: netîce — that which follows something on which it depends
• Northern Kurdish: encam — that which follows something on which it depends
• Kyrgyz: натыйжа (natıyja) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Lao: ຜົນ (phon) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Latin: cōnsequentia — that which follows something on which it depends
• Macedonian: последица (posledica) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Malay: akibat — that which follows something on which it depends
• Norwegian Bokmål: konsekvens — that which follows something on which it depends
• Old English: finta — that which follows something on which it depends
• Pashto: عاقبت (āqebát) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Pashto: نتيجه (natiǰá) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Persian: عاقبت ('âqebat) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Persian: نتیجه (natije) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Polish: konsekwencja — that which follows something on which it depends
• Polish: następstwo — that which follows something on which it depends
• Portuguese: consequência — that which follows something on which it depends
• Portuguese: resultado — that which follows something on which it depends
• Romanian: consecință — that which follows something on which it depends
• Romanian: urmare — that which follows something on which it depends
• Romanian: consecvență — that which follows something on which it depends
• Russian: после́дствие (poslédstvije) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Russian: сле́дствие (slédstvije) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Scottish Gaelic: buil — that which follows something on which it depends
• Scottish Gaelic: èifeachd — that which follows something on which it depends
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀следица — that which follows something on which it depends
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀сљедица — that which follows something on which it depends
• Serbo-Croatian: pòsledica — that which follows something on which it depends
• Serbo-Croatian: pòsljedica — that which follows something on which it depends
• Slovak: dôsledok — that which follows something on which it depends
• Slovak: následok — that which follows something on which it depends
• Slovene: posledica — that which follows something on which it depends
• Spanish: consecuencia — that which follows something on which it depends
• Swedish: konsekvens — that which follows something on which it depends
• Tajik: оқибат (oqibat) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Tajik: натиҷа (natija) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Tamil: விளைவு (viḷaivu) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Thai: ผล (pǒn) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Thai: ผลลัพธ์ (pǒn-láp) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Thai: วิบาก (wí-bàak) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Tocharian B: oko — that which follows something on which it depends
• Turkish: sonuç — that which follows something on which it depends
• Turkish: netice — that which follows something on which it depends
• Turkmen: netije — that which follows something on which it depends
• Ukrainian: на́слідок (náslidok) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Ukrainian: на́слід (náslid) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Urdu: نتیجہ (natīja) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Uyghur: ئاقىۋەت (aqiwet) — that which follows something on which it depends
• Uzbek: oqibat — that which follows something on which it depends
• Uzbek: natija — that which follows something on which it depends
• Vietnamese: hậu quả — that which follows something on which it depends
• Afrikaans: gevolg — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Arabic: عَاقِبَة (ʕāqiba) — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Armenian: հետեւանք (hetewankʻ) — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Bulgarian: после́дица (poslédica) — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Bulgarian: резулта́т (rezultát) — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Catalan: conseqüència — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Czech: následek — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Danish: konsekvens — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Danish: bagslag — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Dutch: gevolg — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Esperanto: sekvo — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Esperanto: rezulto — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Finnish: jälkiseuraus — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Finnish: seuraamus — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Galician: consecuencia — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Galician: resultado — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• German: Konsequenz — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• German: Folge — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Greek: συνέπεια (synépeia) — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Hebrew: תּוֹצָאָה (totzaá) — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Hebrew: הַשְׁלָכָה (hashlachá) — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Hungarian: következmény — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Irish: iarmhairt — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Kashmiri: خٔمِیازٕ (khạmiyāzụ) — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Kazakh: салдар (saldar) — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Norwegian Bokmål: følge — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Persian: پی آمد — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Polish: skutek — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Portuguese: consequência — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Portuguese: resultado — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Russian: ито́г (itóg) — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Scottish Gaelic: buil — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Scottish Gaelic: èifeachd — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Scottish Gaelic: toradh — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Spanish: consecuencia — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Swedish: konsekvens — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Tamil: விளைவு (viḷaivu) — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Tamil: பின்விளைவு (piṉviḷaivu) — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Thai: ผล (pǒn) — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Thai: ผลลัพธ์ (pǒn-láp) — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Tocharian B: oko — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Ukrainian: результа́т (rezulʹtát) — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Vietnamese: hậu quả — result of actions, especially unpleasant
• Bulgarian: и́звод (ízvod) — proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions
• Bulgarian: заключе́ние (zaključénie) — proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions
• Finnish: seuraus — proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions
• Finnish: syy-seurausketju — chain of causes and effects; consecution
• Bulgarian: ва́жност (vážnost) — importance with respect to what comes after
• Bulgarian: значе́ние (značénie) — importance with respect to what comes after
• Finnish: vaikutus — importance with respect to what comes after
• Bulgarian: влия́телност (vlijátelnost) — power to influence or produce an effect
• Finnish: vaikutusvalta — power to influence or produce an effect
• German: Konsequenz — power to influence or produce an effect
• Finnish: merkitys — importance, value or influence
• Finnish: seuraus — importance, value or influence
• Finnish: vaikutus — importance, value or influence