different between any vs eventual

English

Alternative forms

• anie (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English any, eny, ony, ani, ani?, eni?, æni?, from Old English ?ni? (“any”), from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), equivalent to one +? -y. Cognate to Saterland Frisian eenich (“some”), West Frisian iennich (“only”), Dutch enig (“any, some”), German Low German enig (“some”), German einig (“some”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??n?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??ni/, (dialectal) /?æni/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /?æni/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??ni/
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /??ni/
• Rhymes: -?ni, -æni
• (US) Homophone: innie (pin-pen)

Adverb

any (not comparable)

1. To even the slightest extent, at all.

   I will not remain here any longer.

   If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!

   That doesn't bother me any. (chiefly US usage)

   • 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, page 58:

     I wasn't any too easy in my mind.

Translations

Determiner

any

1. (chiefly in the negative) At least one; of at least one kind. One at all.
   • 1611, Bible (King James Version), Matthew xi. 27

     No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son.
2. No matter what kind.

   • This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• some

Pronoun

any

1. Any thing(s) or person(s).

   Any may apply.

Translations

References

• any at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• AYN, Ayn, NAY, NYA, Nay, Yan, ayn, nay, yan

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin annus, from Proto-Italic *atnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?et-no-, probably from *h?et- (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?a?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Noun

any m (plural anys)

1. year

Derived terms

Related terms

• aniversari
• annals
• anual / anyal
• ninou
• perenne

Further reading

• “any” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.?n?/

Noun

any

1. Alternative form of an?

Descendants

• Portuguese: ani
  • English: ani

References

• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida; 2013; Dicionário do Tupi Antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil; São Paulo: Global.

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??v?n(t)???l/, /??v?n(t)??l/, /?-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??v?n(t)?u?l/, /??v?n(t)??l/
• Homophone: evential (for some speakers)

Adjective

eventual (not comparable)

1. Finally resulting or occuring (after a period of time); inevitable.
2. Pertaining to events; event-related, evential.
3. (proscribed, non-native speakers' English or European Union) Possible, potential.

Translations

Galician

Adjective

eventual m or f (plural eventuais)

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Related terms

• eventualidade
• eventualmente

Further reading

• “eventual” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin eventus (Portuguese evento) + -al.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.v?.?twa?/
• Hyphenation: e?ven?tu?al

Adjective

eventual m or f (plural eventuais, comparable)

1. infrequent
2. casual
3. eventual

Romanian

Etymology

From French éventuel.

Adjective

eventual m or n (feminine singular eventual?, masculine plural eventuali, feminine and neuter plural eventuale)

1. prospective

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eben?twal/, [e.???n??t?wal]
• Hyphenation: e?ven?tual

Adjective

eventual (plural eventuales)

1. potential, possible
2. sporadic
3. temporary (employee, contract)
4. eventual (anglicism, proscribed, mostly Latin America)