éventuele

Éventuelle is the feminine form of the French adjective éventuel, meaning possible or potential. It is used to describe something that could occur or exist without being certain. In ordinary usage, it often appears in contexts such as plans, outcomes, or conditions that are not guaranteed but plausible. For example: des coûts éventuels (possible costs), des conséquences éventuelles (potential consequences), une solution éventuelle (a possible solution).

Forms and agreement: the masculine form is éventuel, the feminine form éventuelle, the masculine plural éventuels, and the feminine plural éventuelles. In noun phrases, éventuel/effective typically follows the noun: un cas éventuel, des risques éventuels, although both genders may appear before or after depending on emphasis in some stylistic contexts.

Adverbial form: the adverbial variant éventuellement exists and is used to indicate possibility or potentiality, roughly equivalent to “possibly” or “perhaps.” It is not a direct translation of the English “eventually,” which in French is usually rendered differently (e.g., finalement, à la longue).

Etymology and usage notes: éventuel derives from Latin eventus, meaning outcome or occurrence, through Old French. The term is common in formal writing, legal documents, scientific discourse, and business language when signaling uncertainty or contingent outcomes. Care is needed to distinguish it from similar terms; for instance, synonyms such as possible, probable, or hypothétique may convey related but distinct shades of certainty. In English translations, éventuel/e éventuelle is typically rendered as potential or possible.