causa

Other forms of causa

plural

causas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about causa

What does causa mean?

causa means "a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy".

How many syllables are in causa?

causa has 2 syllables: cau-sa. The stress falls on "cau".

What is another word for causa?

Close synonyms include lawsuit, suit, case, cause. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is causa a common word?

causa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.