eventual

English

Etymology

From French éventuel, from Middle French event.

Adjective

eventual (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to events.
  2. Inevitable.
  3. (nonstandard, Euro-English) Possible.
    They both opposed an eventual imposition of anti-dumping measures as they considered that it could lead to a cessation of imports of the product concerned from the PRC79.

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Galician

Adjective

eventual m or f (plural eventuais)

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Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin eventus (Portuguese evento) + -al.

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.vẽ.ˈtwaɫ/
  • Hyphenation: e‧ven‧tu‧al

Adjective

eventual m or f (plural eventuais, comparable)

  1. infrequent
  2. casual
  3. eventual

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ebenˈtwal/, [eβẽn̪ˈt̪wal]
  • Hyphenation: e‧ven‧tual

Adjective

eventual (plural eventuales)

  1. eventual
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