eventual

English

Etymology

From event +‎ -ual; compare French éventuel. The third sense is influenced by any of several European languages, including German eventuell, French éventuel, Italian eventuale, Spanish eventual, Swedish eventuell.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈvɛn.(t)ʃʊ.əl/, /ɪˈvɛn.(t)ʃ.əl/, /ə-/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈvɛn.t͡ʃu.əl/, /ɪˈvɛn.t͡ʃəl/, /ə-/
  • Homophone: evential (for some speakers)

Adjective

eventual (not comparable)

  1. Finally resulting or occurring (after a period of time); inevitable.
  2. Pertaining to events; event-related, evential.
  3. (proscribed, non-native speakers' English or European Union) Possible, potential.
    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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Portuguese

Etymology

By surface analysis, evento +‎ -ual.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.vẽ.tuˈaw/ [e.vẽ.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /e.vẽˈtwaw/ [e.vẽˈtwaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.vẽˈtwal/ [i.vẽˈtwaɫ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /i.bẽˈtwal/ [i.βẽˈtwaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /i.vẽˈtwa.li/

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: e‧ven‧tu‧al

Adjective

eventual m or f (plural eventuais)

  1. infrequent
  2. casual
  3. eventual

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Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French éventuel.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

eventual m or n (feminine singular eventuală, masculine plural eventuali, feminine/neuter plural eventuale)

  1. prospective

Declension

Declension of eventual
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite eventual eventuală eventuali eventuale
definite eventualul eventuala eventualii eventualele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite eventual eventuale eventuali eventuale
definite eventualului eventualei eventualilor eventualelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ebenˈtwal/ [e.β̞ẽn̪ˈt̪wal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: e‧ven‧tual

Adjective

eventual m or f (masculine and feminine plural eventuales)

  1. potential, possible
  2. sporadic
  3. temporary (employee, contract)
  4. (anglicism, proscribed, chiefly Latin America) eventual

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Further reading

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