contingent

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• /kənˈtɪn.d͡ʒənt/
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From Middle English, from Old French contingent (whence con- and -ent), from Medieval Latin contingens (“possible, contingent”), present participle of contingere (“to touch, meet, attain to, happen”), from com- (“together”) + tangere (“to touch”).

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: случаен (slučaen) — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• Bulgarian: условен (usloven) — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• Dutch: contingent — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• Dutch: eventueel — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• Finnish: mahdollinen — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• French: contingent — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• French: éventuel — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• French: hypothétique — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• German: möglich — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• German: kontingent — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• German: eventuell — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• German: etwaig — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• Italian: contingente — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• Italian: casuale — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• Italian: transitorio — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• Italian: accidentale — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• Italian: fortuito — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• Japanese: 偶然の (gūzen no) — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• Portuguese: contingente — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• Russian: возмо́жный (vozmóžnyj) — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• Russian: случа́йный (slučájnyj) — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• Spanish: contingente — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• Swedish: eventuell — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• Swedish: oviss — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• Swedish: möjlig — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• Turkish: muhtemel — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• Turkish: olası — possible, liable, incidental, casual
• Arabic: مَشْرُوْط (mašruwṭ) — dependent on something unknown, that may or may not occur
• Bulgarian: зависещ (zavisešt) — dependent on something unknown, that may or may not occur
• Bulgarian: случаен (slučaen) — dependent on something unknown, that may or may not occur
• Dutch: contingent — dependent on something unknown, that may or may not occur
• Finnish: riippuvainen — dependent on something unknown, that may or may not occur
• Finnish: ehdollinen — dependent on something unknown, that may or may not occur
• German: abhängig — dependent on something unknown, that may or may not occur
• Persian: وابسته (vâbaste) — dependent on something unknown, that may or may not occur
• Portuguese: contingente — dependent on something unknown, that may or may not occur
• Spanish: supeditado a — dependent on something unknown, that may or may not occur
• Swedish: avhängig — dependent on something unknown, that may or may not occur
• Swedish: villkorlig — dependent on something unknown, that may or may not occur
• Swedish: beroende — dependent on something unknown, that may or may not occur
• Turkish: bağlı — dependent on something unknown, that may or may not occur
• Bulgarian: дял (djal) — that which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number
• Bulgarian: пай (paj) — that which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number
• Bulgarian: контингент (kontingent) — that which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number
• Finnish: osuus — that which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number
• German: Anteil — that which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number
• German: Kontingent — that which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number
• Greek: ενδεχόμενο (endechómeno) — that which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number
• Portuguese: contingência — that which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number
• Russian: до́ля (dólja) — that which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number
• Russian: пай (paj) — that which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number
• Russian: кво́та (kvóta) — that which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number
• Russian: континге́нт (kontingént) — that which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number
• Spanish: contingente — that which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number
• Swedish: andel — that which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number
• Turkish: koşullu — that which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number
• Ukrainian: континге́нт (kontynhént) — that which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number
• Danish: kontingent — a quota of troops
• Finnish: komennuskunta — a quota of troops
• Georgian: კონტინგენტი (ḳonṭingenṭi) — a quota of troops
• German: Kontingent — a quota of troops
• German: Truppenkontingent — a quota of troops
• Irish: meitheal — a quota of troops
• Italian: contingente — a quota of troops
• Italian: scaglione — a quota of troops
• Italian: unità — a quota of troops
• Italian: reparto — a quota of troops
• Italian: quota — a quota of troops
• Norwegian Bokmål: kontingent — a quota of troops
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kontingent — a quota of troops
• Russian: континге́нт (kontingént) — a quota of troops
• Serbo-Croatian: kontingent — a quota of troops
• Spanish: contingente — a quota of troops
• Ukrainian: континге́нт (kontynhént) — a quota of troops