Polyglot Dictionary

à cause de

/a koz də/

conjunction A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Conj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. because of

Similar words

parce que

à cause de is a phrase used before a noun, "because of"; parce que is a conjunction used before a clause, "because" — a useful grammatical distinction.

car

car is a more formal or literary conjunction for "because, for"; à cause de is a phrase meaning "because of," used before a noun.

Practice

1 What does à cause de mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le vol est annulé à ___ de la neige.

conjunction

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