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Detailed Translations for cause from English to French

cause:

cause [the ~] nomen

  1. the cause
    la cause; la raison
  2. the cause (reason; immediate cause; motive)
    la raison; la cause; la provocation; le motif; le fondement; le germe
  3. the cause (motive)
    la motivation; le motif; le mobile
  4. the cause (immediate cause; reason)
    la raison; la cause directe

to cause verb (causes, caused, causing)

  1. to cause (instigate)
    causer; provoquer; commettre; faire; occasionner; mettre; inciter à
    • causer verb (cause, causes, causons, causez, )
    • provoquer verb (provoque, provoques, provoquons, provoquez, )
    • commettre verb (commets, commet, commettons, commettez, )
    • faire verb (fais, fait, faisons, faites, )
    • occasionner verb (occasionne, occasionnes, occasionnons, occasionnez, )
    • mettre verb (mets, met, mettons, mettez, )
    • inciter à verb
  2. to cause
    causer; faire; porter
    • causer verb (cause, causes, causons, causez, )
    • faire verb (fais, fait, faisons, faites, )
    • porter verb (porte, portes, portons, portez, )
  3. to cause (bring about; elicit; bring on)
    susciter; amener à; provoquer; donner lieu à; occasionner; inciter a; inciter à; être l'instigateur de; inciter quelqu'un à
    • susciter verb (suscite, suscites, suscitons, suscitez, )
    • amener à verb
    • provoquer verb (provoque, provoques, provoquons, provoquez, )
    • occasionner verb (occasionne, occasionnes, occasionnons, occasionnez, )
    • inciter a verb
    • inciter à verb
  4. to cause (create; engender; give rise to; provoke; produce)
    engendrer; susciter; produire; provoquer; procréer; causer
    • engendrer verb (engendre, engendres, engendrons, engendrez, )
    • susciter verb (suscite, suscites, suscitons, suscitez, )
    • produire verb (produis, produit, produisons, produisez, )
    • provoquer verb (provoque, provoques, provoquons, provoquez, )
    • procréer verb (procrée, procrées, procréons, procréez, )
    • causer verb (cause, causes, causons, causez, )

Conjugations for cause:

present
  1. cause
  2. cause
  3. causes
  4. cause
  5. cause
  6. cause
simple past
  1. caused
  2. caused
  3. caused
  4. caused
  5. caused
  6. caused
present perfect
  1. have caused
  2. have caused
  3. has caused
  4. have caused
  5. have caused
  6. have caused
past continuous
  1. was causing
  2. were causing
  3. was causing
  4. were causing
  5. were causing
  6. were causing
future
  1. shall cause
  2. will cause
  3. will cause
  4. shall cause
  5. will cause
  6. will cause
continuous present
  1. am causing
  2. are causing
  3. is causing
  4. are causing
  5. are causing
  6. are causing
subjunctive
  1. be caused
  2. be caused
  3. be caused
  4. be caused
  5. be caused
  6. be caused
diverse
  1. cause!
  2. let's cause!
  3. caused
  4. causing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Translation Matrix for cause:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
cause cause; immediate cause; motive; reason bringing about; causing
cause directe cause; immediate cause; reason
fondement cause; immediate cause; motive; reason basic rule; basic thought; basis; foundation; fundamental idea; initial concept; principle; rule of life
germe cause; immediate cause; motive; reason germ; germule; seed; seeds
mobile cause; motive
motif cause; immediate cause; motive; reason design; drawing; item; motive; pattern; principal theme; subject; subject matter; theme; topic
motivation cause; motive
provocation cause; immediate cause; motive; reason alluring; begetting; bringing about; causing; challenge; effect; incitement; incitement to; instigation; instigation to; procreation; provocation; provoking; stirring up
raison cause; immediate cause; motive; reason apparition; brainpower; fairness; frame of mind; genius; ghost; ghostly apparition; humor; humour; intellect; intellectual powers; intelligence; judiciousness; mental capacity; moderation; mood; phantom; propriety; reasonableness; right; seemliness; sense; specter; spectre; spook; suitability; temper; thought; wisdom
- campaign; case; causa; causal agency; causal agent; crusade; drive; effort; grounds; lawsuit; movement; reason; suit
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
amener à bring about; bring on; cause; elicit
causer cause; create; engender; give rise to; instigate; produce; provoke arrive at; blab; bring about; bring evil upon; bring on; chat; chatter; communicate; converse; discuss; effect; end up; have a chat; have a conversation; hurt; lead to; narrate; produce; rattle; relate; result in; speak; talk; tell; turn out; work out
commettre cause; instigate commit; perpetrate
donner lieu à bring about; bring on; cause; elicit
engendrer cause; create; engender; give rise to; produce; provoke
faire cause; instigate accomplish; act; begin; bring about; bring forth; bring to an end; commence; commit; complete; conceptualise; conceptualize; construct; create; design; do; end; exercise; finish; generate; get done; get ready; invent; make; manufacture; perpetrate; practice; practise; prepare; produce; set in motion; set up; start; start to; strike up; take off; take on; undertake
inciter a bring about; bring on; cause; elicit
inciter quelqu'un à bring about; bring on; cause; elicit
inciter à bring about; bring on; cause; elicit; instigate activate; arouse; badger; bait; blow the fire; boost; encourage; fan; fan a flame; foment; give rise to; incite; motivate; needle; provoke; push on; put someone on to something; stimulate; stir up; tease; urge
mettre cause; instigate add; assemble; bring down; construct; deposit; dress; fasten; fit; instal; install; lay; lay down; lay something down; laydown; locate; place; position; pull to; put; put down; put on; put something down; secure; serve; serve out; set; set down; set up; situate; station; take down; tie up
occasionner bring about; bring on; cause; elicit; instigate
porter cause accompany; bear; carry; carry along; carry away; carry off; carry up; delate; deliver up; drag; extend; give; give to; hand; hand over; have on; inflict; mail; offer; pass; port; present with; see off; send; ship; shore; supply; support; take away; take in; wear
procréer cause; create; engender; give rise to; produce; provoke
produire cause; create; engender; give rise to; produce; provoke achieve; achieve something; bred; breed; bring a child into the world; bring forth; bring in; calve; clone; come forward with; construct; cough up; cultivate; fabricate; give birth; give birth to; litter; make; manufacture; perform; produce; succeed; turn out
provoquer bring about; bring on; cause; create; elicit; engender; give rise to; instigate; produce; provoke activate; arouse; badger; bait; encourage; give rise to; needle; provoke; put someone on to something; stimulate; tease; urge
susciter bring about; bring on; cause; create; elicit; engender; give rise to; produce; provoke badger; bait; give rise to; needle; provoke
être l'instigateur de bring about; bring on; cause; elicit activate; arouse; encourage; provoke; put someone on to something; stimulate; urge
- do; get; have; induce; make; stimulate
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- add; affix; append; dvelope; evoke; induce; inflict; produce
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
mobile loose; mobile; moveable; not tight; portable; transportable; untight

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Related Definitions for "cause":

  1. any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results1
  2. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end1
    • they worked in the cause of world peace1
  3. a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy1
  4. a justification for something existing or happening1
    • he had no cause to complain1
  5. events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something1
    • they are trying to determine the cause of the crash1
  6. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner1
  7. give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally1
    • cause a commotion1
    • cause an accident1

Wiktionary Translations for cause:

cause
verb
  1. to set off an event or action
noun
  1. goal, aim, principle
  2. source or reason of an event or action
cause
noun
  1. Ce qui fait qu’une chose est ou s’opère.
verb
  1. être cause de ; occasionner, provoquer.
  2. fixer les limites de, délimiter précisément.
  3. faire obtenir à une personne quelque avantage par son crédit, par ses soins.
  4. remettre une chose entre les mains de celui à qui elle appartenir, de quelque manière qu’on l’avoir.
  5. placer, poser en certain endroit par rapport à l’exposition, à l’aspect, au voisinage, etc.

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
cause causer berokkenen — de oorzaak zijn van
cause causer aanrichten — veroorzaken, met name van schade
cause cause Ursache — vorhergehender Sachverhalt, der einen momentanen Sachverhalt wesentlich bestimmt hat
cause conditionner bedingen — zur Folge haben
cause causer; donner; réserver bereiten — (transitiv) jemandem eine bestimmte Gefühlsregung zuteil werden lassen
cause provoquer; déclencher bewirken — (transitiv): eine Wirkung herbeiführen
cause causer hervorrufen — die Ursache oder der Grund von etwas sein
cause causer; provoquer verursachen — (transitiv) etwas auslösen, der Grund für etwas sein, den Ursprung für etwas bilden, für etwas verantwortlich sein
cause éveiller wecken — etwas hervorrufen, etwas in jemandem entstehen lassen

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