occasion

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From Middle English occasioun, from Middle French occasion, from Old French occasiun, from Latin occāsiōnem, noun of action from perfect passive participle occāsus, from verb occidō, from prefix ob- (“down", "away”) + verb cadō (“fall”).

154 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: فُرْصَة (furṣa) — favorable opportunity
• Arabic: مُنَاسَبَة (munāsaba) — favorable opportunity
• Basque: abagune — favorable opportunity
• Basque: aukera — favorable opportunity
• Belarusian: вы́падак (výpadak) — favorable opportunity
• Bengali: মওকা (moōka) — favorable opportunity
• Bulgarian: възмо́жност (vǎzmóžnost) — favorable opportunity
• Bulgarian: удо́бен слу́чай (udóben slúčaj) — favorable opportunity
• Catalan: ocasió — favorable opportunity
• Chinese Mandarin: 場合 /场合 (chǎnghé) — favorable opportunity
• Chinese Mandarin: 機會 /机会 (jīhuì) — favorable opportunity
• Czech: příležitost — favorable opportunity
• Danish: lejlighed — favorable opportunity
• Dutch: gelegenheid — favorable opportunity
• Esperanto: okazo — favorable opportunity
• Finnish: tilaisuus — favorable opportunity
• Finnish: mahdollisuus — favorable opportunity
• French: occasion — favorable opportunity
• Galician: ocasión — favorable opportunity
• Galician: oportunidade — favorable opportunity
• German: Gelegenheit — favorable opportunity
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐍅 (lēw) — favorable opportunity
• Ancient Greek: καιρός (kairós) — favorable opportunity
• Hungarian: alkalom — favorable opportunity
• Italian: occasione — favorable opportunity
• Japanese: 場合 (baai) — favorable opportunity
• Japanese: 機会 (kikai) — favorable opportunity
• Khmer: ឱកាស (ʼaokaah) — favorable opportunity
• Korean: 기회 (gihoe) — favorable opportunity
• Korean: 경우 (gyeong'u) — favorable opportunity
• Macedonian: случај (slučaj) — favorable opportunity
• Old English: feald — favorable opportunity
• Persian: مناسبت (monâsebat) — favorable opportunity
• Plautdietsch: Rekjs — favorable opportunity
• Polish: wypadek — favorable opportunity
• Polish: okazja — favorable opportunity
• Portuguese: ocasião — favorable opportunity
• Romanian: ocazie — favorable opportunity
• Romanian: situație favorabilă — favorable opportunity
• Russian: слу́чай (slúčaj) — favorable opportunity
• Serbo-Croatian: слу̏ча̄ј — favorable opportunity
• Serbo-Croatian: slȕčāj — favorable opportunity
• Sinhalese: අවස්ථාව (awasthāwa) — favorable opportunity
• Slovak: príležitosť — favorable opportunity
• Slovene: priložnost — favorable opportunity
• Spanish: ocasión — favorable opportunity
• Swedish: tillfälle — favorable opportunity
• Thai: โอกาส (oo-gàat) — favorable opportunity
• Ukrainian: ви́падок (výpadok) — favorable opportunity
• Walloon: ocåzion — favorable opportunity
• Walloon: tchance — favorable opportunity
• Welsh: achlysur — favorable opportunity
• Afrikaans: okkasie — time when something happens
• Chinese Mandarin: 時機 /时机 (shíjī) — time when something happens
• Czech: příležitost — time when something happens
• Esperanto: fojo — time when something happens
• Finnish: tilaisuus — time when something happens
• Galician: ocasión — time when something happens
• German: Mal — time when something happens
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 (þeihs) — time when something happens
• Māori: takunetanga — time when something happens
• Eastern Mari: гана (gana) — time when something happens
• Plautdietsch: Rekjs — time when something happens
• Russian: по́вод (póvod) — time when something happens
• Russian: слу́чай (slúčaj) — time when something happens
• Slovak: príležitosť — time when something happens
• Thai: คราว (kraao) — time when something happens
• Thai: ครั้ง (kráng) — time when something happens
• Tocharian B: lyakur — time when something happens
• Tocharian B: preke — time when something happens
• Ottoman Turkish: سفر (sifr) — time when something happens
• Welsh: achlysur — time when something happens
• Bulgarian: слу́чка (slúčka) — occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason
• Bulgarian: съби́тие (sǎbítie) — occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason
• Danish: anledning — occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason
• Dutch: aanleiding — occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason
• Finnish: syy — occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason
• Finnish: aihe — occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason
• German: Gelegenheit — occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason
• Old Irish: accuis — occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason
• Polish: powód — occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason
• Russian: собы́тие (sobýtije) — occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason
• Russian: по́вод (póvod) — occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason
• Slovak: dôvod — occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason
• Swedish: tillfällighet — occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason
• Swedish: skäl — occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason
• Thai: เหตุ (hèet) — occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason
• Welsh: achlysur — occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason
• Finnish: syy — something which causes something else
• Arabic: مُنَاسَبَة (munāsaba) — particular happening
• Bulgarian: слу́чка (slúčka) — particular happening
• Danish: begivenhed — particular happening
• Danish: anledning — particular happening
• Dutch: gebeurtenis — particular happening
• Dutch: voorval — particular happening
• Esperanto: okazo — particular happening
• Finnish: tapaus — particular happening
• Finnish: syy — particular happening
• Finnish: kerta — particular happening
• German: Anlass — particular happening
• Italian: ricorrenza — particular happening
• Portuguese: ocasião — particular happening
• Romanian: întâmplare — particular happening
• Romanian: hazard — particular happening
• Russian: возмо́жность (vozmóžnostʹ) — particular happening
• Russian: собы́тие (sobýtije) — particular happening
• Russian: по́вод (póvod) — particular happening
• Russian: раз (raz) — particular happening
• Russian: слу́чай (slúčaj) — particular happening
• Slovak: moment — particular happening
• Slovak: príležitosť — particular happening
• Slovak: situácia — particular happening
• Slovak: prípad — particular happening
• Swedish: händelse — particular happening
• Swedish: tillfälle — particular happening
• Tagalog: okasyon — particular happening
• Ukrainian: при́від (prývid) — particular happening
• Walloon: etrevén — particular happening
• Welsh: achlysur — particular happening
• Bulgarian: необходи́мост (neobhodímost) — need
• Czech: potřeba — need
• Danish: grund — need
• Danish: behov — need
• Dutch: noodzaak — need
• Dutch: behoefte — need
• Finnish: tarve — need
• Russian: необходи́мость (neobxodímostʹ) — need
• Swedish: behov — need
• Dutch: gebeurtenis — special event or function
• Finnish: tapahtuma — special event or function
• Finnish: tapaus — special event or function
• Finnish: tilaisuus — special event or function
• Italian: avvenimento — special event or function
• Polish: okazja — special event or function
• Slovak: udalosť — special event or function
• Slovak: príležitosť — special event or function
• Tagalog: okasyon — special event or function
• Finnish: tarkoitus — reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion
• Finnish: tarkoitusperä — reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion
• Italian: motivo — reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion
• Tagalog: okasyon — reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion
• Czech: zapříčinit — give occasion to
• Danish: foranledige — give occasion to
• Danish: forårsage — give occasion to
• Dutch: veroorzaken — give occasion to
• Finnish: aiheuttaa — give occasion to
• Finnish: saada aikaan — give occasion to
• Galician: ocasionar — give occasion to
• Italian: occasionare — give occasion to
• Norwegian Bokmål: forårsake — give occasion to
• Norwegian Bokmål: avstedkomme — give occasion to
• Scottish Gaelic: adhbharaich — give occasion to
• Spanish: ocasionar — give occasion to
• Swedish: förorsaka — give occasion to