event

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈvɛnt/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /əˈvent/
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• /ɪˈʋenʈ/
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• /ɪˈʋɛːnʈ/
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From Middle French event, from Latin ēventus (“an event, occurrence”), from ēveniō (“to happen, to fall out, to come out”), from ē (“out of, from”), short form of ex + veniō (“come”); related to venture, advent, convent, invent, convene, evene, etc.

From French éventer.

284 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ngjarje — occurrence
• Arabic: وَاقِعَة (wāqiʕa) — occurrence
• Arabic: حَادِثَة (ḥādiṯa) — occurrence
• Armenian: դեպք (depkʻ) — occurrence
• Armenian: պատահար (patahar) — occurrence
• Armenian: դիպված (dipvac) — occurrence
• Armenian: իրադարձություն (iradarjutʻyun) — occurrence
• Azerbaijani: vaqiə — occurrence
• Azerbaijani: hadisə — occurrence
• Azerbaijani: olay — occurrence
• Bashkir: ваҡиға (vaqiğa) — occurrence
• Bashkir: хәл (xəl) — occurrence
• Bashkir: осраҡ (osraq) — occurrence
• Belarusian: падзе́я (padzjéja) — occurrence
• Bengali: ঘটনা (ghoṭona) — occurrence
• Bulgarian: съби́тие (sǎbítie) — occurrence
• Burmese: စဉ်းဝါး (cany:wa:) — occurrence
• Burmese: အခြင်း (a.hkrang:) — occurrence
• Burmese: အဖြစ်အပျက် (a.hpraca.pyak) — occurrence
• Catalan: esdeveniment — occurrence
• Chinese Cantonese: 事件 — occurrence
• Chinese Cantonese: 活動 /活动 — occurrence
• Chinese: сыҗян (sɨjian) — occurrence
• Hakka Chinese: 事件 (sṳ-khien) — occurrence
• Hakka Chinese: 活動 /活动 (fa̍t-thung) — occurrence
• Chinese: 事件 (zh-min-nan) — occurrence
• Chinese: 活動 /活动 (oa̍h-tāng) — occurrence
• Chinese Mandarin: 事件 (shìjiàn) — occurrence
• Chinese Mandarin: 活動 /活动 (huódòng) — occurrence
• Czech: událost — occurrence
• Danish: begivenhed — occurrence
• Danish: hændelse — occurrence
• Dutch: gebeurtenis — occurrence
• Dutch: evenement — occurrence
• Esperanto: okazaĵo — occurrence
• Esperanto: evento — occurrence
• Estonian: sündmus — occurrence
• Estonian: seik — occurrence
• Finnish: tapahtuma — occurrence
• Finnish: tapaus — occurrence
• Finnish: ilmiö — occurrence
• French: événement — occurrence
• French: évènement — occurrence
• Galician: evento — occurrence
• Galician: acontecemento — occurrence
• Galician: suceso — occurrence
• Georgian: მოვლენა (movlena) — occurrence
• Georgian: შემთხვევა (šemtxveva) — occurrence
• German: Ereignis — occurrence
• German: Geschehnis — occurrence
• German: Vorgang — occurrence
• Greek: γεγονός (gegonós) — occurrence
• Greek: συμβάν (symván) — occurrence
• Haitian Creole: evènman — occurrence
• Hebrew: אירוע \ אֵרוּעַ (erúa) — occurrence
• Hindi: घटना (ghaṭnā) — occurrence
• Hungarian: esemény — occurrence
• Hungarian: történés — occurrence
• Icelandic: atburður — occurrence
• Icelandic: atvik — occurrence
• Ido: evento — occurrence
• Ido: eventajo — occurrence
• Indonesian: kejadian — occurrence
• Italian: evento — occurrence
• Italian: fatto — occurrence
• Italian: accadimento — occurrence
• Japanese: イベント (ibento) — occurrence
• Japanese: 出来事 (dekigoto) — occurrence
• Japanese: 事件 (jiken) — occurrence
• Kazakh: оқиға (oqiğa) — occurrence
• Khmer: ព្រឹត្តិការណ៍ (prɨttekaa) — occurrence
• Khmer: ហេតុការណ៍ (haet kaa) — occurrence
• Korean: 행사 (haengsa) — occurrence
• Korean: 이벤트 (ibenteu) — occurrence
• Korean: 사건 (sageon) — occurrence
• Central Kurdish: ڕووداو (rûdaw) — occurrence
• Northern Kurdish: bûyer — occurrence
• Northern Kurdish: rûdan — occurrence
• Kyrgyz: окуя (okuya) — occurrence
• Ladino: evenimiento — occurrence
• Lao: ເຫດການ (hēt kān) — occurrence
• Latin: ēventum — occurrence
• Latin: fors — occurrence
• Latvian: notikums — occurrence
• Latvian: gadījums — occurrence
• Lithuanian: įvykis — occurrence
• Lithuanian: atsitikimas — occurrence
• Lithuanian: renginys — occurrence
• Lithuanian: atvejis — occurrence
• Lü: ᦃᦸᧉᦂᦱᧃ (ẋoa2k̇aan) — occurrence
• Macedonian: настан (nastan) — occurrence
• Macedonian: збиднување (zbidnuvanje) — occurrence
• Malay: peristiwa — occurrence
• Manx: cruinnaght — occurrence
• Māori: taiopenga — occurrence
• Māori: pureitanga — occurrence
• Māori: takunetanga — occurrence
• Marathi: घटना (ghaṭnā) — occurrence
• Marathi: प्रसंग (prasaṅga) — occurrence
• Mongolian: явдал (javdal) — occurrence
• Mongolian: үйл явдал (üjl javdal) — occurrence
• Norwegian: programpost — occurrence
• Norwegian Bokmål: hendelse — occurrence
• Norwegian Bokmål: begivenhet — occurrence
• Occitan: eveniment — occurrence
• Old English: ġelimp — occurrence
• Pashto: رویداد (roydā́d) — occurrence
• Pashto: واقعه (wāqe'á) — occurrence
• Pashto: حادثه (hādesá) — occurrence
• Iranian Persian: رویْداد (ruydâd) — occurrence
• Iranian Persian: واقِعِه (vâġe'e) — occurrence
• Iranian Persian: حادِثِه (hâdese) — occurrence
• Iranian Persian: رُخْداد (roxdâd) — occurrence
• Iranian Persian: ماجَرا (mâjarâ) — occurrence
• Polish: wydarzenie — occurrence
• Polish: impreza — occurrence
• Polish: przypadek — occurrence
• Polish: zdarzenie — occurrence
• Portuguese: evento — occurrence
• Romanian: eveniment — occurrence
• Russian: собы́тие (sobýtije) — occurrence
• Russian: происше́ствие (proisšéstvije) — occurrence
• Russian: слу́чай (slúčaj) — occurrence
• Sanskrit: घटना (ghaṭanā) — occurrence
• Scottish Gaelic: tuiteamas — occurrence
• Serbo-Croatian: зби́ва̄ње — occurrence
• Serbo-Croatian: до̏гађа̄ј — occurrence
• Serbo-Croatian: дешавање — occurrence
• Serbo-Croatian: zbívānje — occurrence
• Serbo-Croatian: dȍgađāj — occurrence
• Serbo-Croatian: dešavanje — occurrence
• Slovak: udalosť — occurrence
• Slovene: dogodek — occurrence
• Lower Sorbian: tšojenje — occurrence
• Spanish: evento — occurrence
• Spanish: suceso — occurrence
• Spanish: acontecimiento — occurrence
• Spanish: efeméride — occurrence
• Spanish: efemérides — occurrence
• Swahili: kisa — occurrence
• Swahili: tukio — occurrence
• Swedish: händelse — occurrence
• Swedish: evenemang — occurrence
• Tagalog: pangyayari — occurrence
• Tagalog: balagha — occurrence
• Tagalog: yari — occurrence
• Tajik: рӯйдод (rüydod) — occurrence
• Tajik: воқеа (voqea) — occurrence
• Tajik: ҳодиса (hodisa) — occurrence
• Tajik: моҷаро (mojaro) — occurrence
• Tamil: நிகழ்ச்சி (nikaḻcci) — occurrence
• Tamil: நிகழ்வு (nikaḻvu) — occurrence
• Tatar: очрак (oçraq) — occurrence
• Tatar: вакыйга (waqıyğa) — occurrence
• Thai: เหตุการณ์ (hèet-gaan) — occurrence
• Tocharian B: wäntare — occurrence
• Turkish: olay — occurrence
• Turkish: hadise — occurrence
• Turkish: vaka — occurrence
• Turkmen: waka — occurrence
• Turkmen: hadysa — occurrence
• Ukrainian: поді́я (podíja) — occurrence
• Ukrainian: за́хід (záxid) — occurrence
• Urdu: گَھٹْنا (ghaṭnā) — occurrence
• Urdu: واقِعَہ (vāqi'a) — occurrence
• Urdu: حادِثَہ (hādisa) — occurrence
• Urdu: رُویَداد (rūyadād) — occurrence
• Urdu: ماجْرا (mājrā) — occurrence
• Urdu: سانِحَہ (sāniha) — occurrence
• Uyghur: ۋەقە (weqe) — occurrence
• Uyghur: ھادىسە (hadise) — occurrence
• Uzbek: voqea — occurrence
• Uzbek: hodisa — occurrence
• Vietnamese: sự kiện — occurrence
• Vietnamese: sự việc — occurrence
• Welsh: digwyddiad — occurrence
• Yiddish: געשעעניש (gesheenish) — occurrence
• Bulgarian: съби́тие (sǎbítie) — prearranged social activity
• Danish: begivenhed — prearranged social activity
• Danish: event — prearranged social activity
• Finnish: tapahtuma — prearranged social activity
• Finnish: tilaisuus — prearranged social activity
• German: Veranstaltung — prearranged social activity
• Hindi: प्रसंग (prasaṅg) — prearranged social activity
• Hungarian: rendezvény — prearranged social activity
• Hungarian: összejövetel — prearranged social activity
• Hungarian: ülés — prearranged social activity
• Hungarian: alkalom — prearranged social activity
• Hungarian: program — prearranged social activity
• Norwegian Bokmål: arrangement — prearranged social activity
• Norwegian Nynorsk: arrangement — prearranged social activity
• Polish: event — prearranged social activity
• Swedish: evenemang — prearranged social activity
• Swedish: arrangemang — prearranged social activity
• Swedish: begivenhet — prearranged social activity
• Swedish: tillställning — prearranged social activity
• Tamil: நிகழ்ச்சி (nikaḻcci) — prearranged social activity
• Ukrainian: поді́я (podíja) — prearranged social activity
• Bulgarian: съби́тие (sǎbítie) — one of several contests that combine to make up a sports competition
• Swedish: gren — one of several contests that combine to make up a sports competition
• Armenian: պատահար (patahar) — physics: point in spacetime
• Bulgarian: съби́тие (sǎbítie) — physics: point in spacetime
• Chinese Mandarin: 事件 (shìjiàn) — physics: point in spacetime
• Czech: událost — physics: point in spacetime
• Danish: begivenhed — physics: point in spacetime
• Finnish: tapahtuma — physics: point in spacetime
• French: événement — physics: point in spacetime
• French: évènement — physics: point in spacetime
• Greek: γεγονός (gegonós) — physics: point in spacetime
• Hindi: घटना (ghaṭnā) — physics: point in spacetime
• Hungarian: esemény — physics: point in spacetime
• Italian: evento — physics: point in spacetime
• Japanese: 事件 (jiken) — physics: point in spacetime
• Korean: 사건 (sageon) — physics: point in spacetime
• Latin: eventum — physics: point in spacetime
• Latvian: notikums — physics: point in spacetime
• Macedonian: настан (nastan) — physics: point in spacetime
• Marathi: बिंदू (bindū) — physics: point in spacetime
• Occitan: eveniment — physics: point in spacetime
• Polish: zdarzenie — physics: point in spacetime
• Portuguese: evento — physics: point in spacetime
• Russian: собы́тие (sobýtije) — physics: point in spacetime
• Slovene: dogodek — physics: point in spacetime
• Spanish: evento — physics: point in spacetime
• Swahili: tukio — physics: point in spacetime
• Swedish: händelse — physics: point in spacetime
• Tagalog: pangyayari — physics: point in spacetime
• Bulgarian: съби́тие (sǎbítie) — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• Chinese Mandarin: 事件 (shìjiàn) — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• Finnish: tapahtuma — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• French: événement — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• French: évènement — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• German: Ereignis — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• Greek: συμβαν (symvan) — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• Hebrew: אירוע — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• Icelandic: atburður — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• Icelandic: atvik — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• Italian: evento — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• Japanese: イベント (ibento) — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• Latin: eventum — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• Macedonian: настан (nastan) — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• Marathi: इव्हेंट (ivheṇṭa) — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• Occitan: eveniment — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• Iranian Persian: رویْداد (ruydâd) — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• Polish: zdarzenie — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• Portuguese: evento — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• Russian: собы́тие (sobýtije) — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• Spanish: evento — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• Swahili: kisa — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• Swahili: tukio — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• Swedish: händelse — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• Swedish: event — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• Tagalog: pangyayari — computing: action which triggers an event handler
• Bengali: ঘটনা (ghoṭona) — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• Bulgarian: съби́тие (sǎbítie) — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• Chinese Mandarin: 事件 (shìjiàn) — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• Czech: jev — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• Danish: hændelse — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• Finnish: tapahtuma — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• French: événement — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• French: évènement — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• Georgian: ხდომილება (xdomileba) — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• Georgian: ხდომილობა (xdomiloba) — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• Georgian: ალბათური ხდომილება (albaturi xdomileba) — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• Italian: evento — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• Korean: 사건 (sageon) — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• Latin: eventum — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• Māori: pāpono — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• Occitan: eveniment — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• Iranian Persian: پیشامَد (pišâmad) — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• Polish: zdarzenie — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• Portuguese: evento — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• Russian: собы́тие (sobýtije) — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• Spanish: evento — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• Swedish: händelse — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• Swedish: utfall — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• Swedish: fall — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• Tagalog: pangyayari — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• Tamil: நிகழ்ச்சி (nikaḻcci) — probability theory: a set of some of the possible outcomes
• French: accident — medicine: an episode of severe health conditions
• Italian: accidente — medicine: an episode of severe health conditions
• Portuguese: acidente — medicine: an episode of severe health conditions
• Spanish: accidente — medicine: an episode of severe health conditions
• Swedish: skede — medicine: an episode of severe health conditions