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eventuel

Eventuel is a term used in several European languages to denote possibility or contingency. In French, the adjective éventuel means possible, contingent, or likely to occur. It appears in phrases such as risque éventuel (potential risk) or coût éventuel (possible cost). The related noun éventualité designates a possibility or eventuality, and the related noun évènementiel refers to things connected with events (for example, the events industry or event-based planning). The unaccented form eventuel can appear in non-French contexts or in simplified typography, but the standard French spelling uses é.

Origin and scope: The French forms derive from a Latin root linked to eventus or evenire, through

In German and Dutch: Similar-looking words exist with related meanings but different usage. In German, eventuell

Notes on translation: In English, the word eventual has a distinct meaning, referring to something that occurs

See also: éventualité, évènementiel.

Old
French.
The
sense
centers
on
something
that
may
happen
as
an
event
rather
than
something
certain.
means
possibly
or
perhaps
and
is
used
as
an
adverb,
as
in
Es
ist
eventuell
möglich
(It
is
possibly
possible).
In
Dutch,
eventueel
likewise
means
possibly
or
in
case
of
need,
as
in
eventuele
kosten
(potential
costs)
or
in
het
geval
van
eventuele
problemen
(in
the
event
of
potential
problems).
These
words
function
as
hedges
or
contingencies
in
administrative,
legal,
and
planning
language.
at
or
as
a
result
of
a
process,
rather
than
a
general
sense
of
possibility.
This
can
lead
to
false
friends
for
speakers
of
French,
German,
or
Dutch.