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Translate occasion from English to French

Summary

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occasion:
- événement; incident; actualité; fait
Wiktionary:
- occasion → occasion, fois
- occasion → opportunité, occasion

English

Detailed Translations for occasion from English to French

occasion:

occasion [the ~] noun

the occasion (event; occurrence)
l'événement; l'incident; l'actualité; le fait
- événement [le ~] noun
- incident [le ~] noun
- actualité [la ~] noun
- fait [le ~] noun
the occasion (event; occurrence; affair; matter; business)
l'événement; l'incident; le fait
- événement [le ~] noun
- incident [le ~] noun
- fait [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for occasion:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
actualité	event; occasion; occurrence	current events; news; news bulletin; news item; news report; television news; topical interest; topicality
fait	affair; business; event; matter; occasion; occurrence	act; action; affair; business; case; data; deed; fact; matter
incident	affair; business; event; matter; occasion; occurrence	case; contract; crash; event; happening; history; incident; job
événement	affair; business; event; matter; occasion; occurrence	event; experience; happening; history; incident; inspiration; program event
-	affair; function; juncture; social function; social occasion
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
fait		accomplished; achieved; attended to; born; carried out; clear; complete; completed; concluded; cooked-through; created; done; evident; executed; finished; made; manufactured; né; off; out; over; performed; prepared; produced; ready; ready for use
incident		intercurrent; intervening

Related Words for "occasion":

occasions

Synonyms for "occasion":

juncture; happening; occurrence; occurrent; natural event
affair; social occasion; function; social function; social event
reason; ground
time
opportunity; chance
cause; do; make

Related Definitions for "occasion":

an event that occurs at a critical time¹
- it was needed only on special occasions¹
a vaguely specified social event¹
- an occasion arranged to honor the president¹
reason¹
- there was no occasion for complaint¹
an opportunity to do something¹
- there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill¹
the time of a particular event¹
- on the occasion of his 60th birthday¹
give occasion to¹

Wiktionary Translations for occasion:

occasion

noun

favorable opportunity
- occasion → occasion

occasion

noun

Reprise
- fois → time; occasion
rencontre, conjoncture ou concours fortuit et éphémère de circonstances qui favoriser temporairement une entreprise, un dessein, etc.
- occasion → occasion; chance; opportunity; used; damaged

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• occasion	→ opportunité; occasion	↔ gelegenheid — mogelijkheid tot

Related Translations for occasion

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