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)ʃʊəl/, /ɪˈvɛn(t)ʃəl/, /ə-/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈvɛnt͡ʃuəl/, /ɪˈvɛnt͡ʃəl/, /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.

Synonyms

The terms below need to be checked and allocated to the definitions (senses) of the headword above. Each term should appear in the sense for which it is appropriate. For synonyms and antonyms you may use the templates {{syn|en|...}} or {{ant|en|...}}.

• soon-to-be

Derived terms

• eventualise
• eventualism
• eventualist
• eventuality
• eventually

Translations

finally resulting

• Bulgarian: неизбежен (bg) (neizbežen)
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} fina
• Portuguese: finalmente (pt)
• Spanish: inevitable (es)

pertaining to events

• Bulgarian: евентуален (bg) (eventualen), възможен (bg) (vǎzmožen)
• Portuguese: eventualmente (pt)
• Spanish: eventual (es)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} moontlik (af), ^{(please verify)} gebeurlik, ^{(please verify)} gevolglik
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} uiteindelijk (nl)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} eventual (ro)

Galician

Adjective

eventual m or f (plural eventuais)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Related terms

• eventualidade
• eventualmente

Further reading

• “eventual”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ēventus +‎ -al; compare Portuguese evento.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.vẽ.tuˈaw/ [e.vẽ.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /e.vẽˈtwaw/ [e.vẽˈtwaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vẽˈtwal/ [i.vẽˈtwaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vẽˈtwal/ [i.vẽˈtwaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.bẽˈtwal/ [i.βẽˈtwaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vẽˈtwa.li/

• Hyphenation: e‧ven‧tu‧al

Adjective

eventual m or f (plural eventuais)

1. infrequent
2. casual
3. eventual

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French éventuel.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

eventual m or n (feminine singular eventuală, masculine plural eventuali, feminine and 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. eventual (anglicism, proscribed, mostly Latin America)

Derived terms

• eventualidad
• eventualmente

Further reading

• “eventual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10