if need be

Senso (Inglese)

If necessary; if there is a need.

Concetti

accessoriamente

eventualmente

se necessario

semmai

se ci fosse bisogno

sinonimi

if necessary

additionally

incidentally

necessary

if ever

accessorily

if applicable

in addition

Traduzioni

si nécessaire

au besoin

desnoods

gegebenenfalls

notfalls

si besoin est

accesoriamente

wenn es sein muss

accessoirement

si jamais

s’il le faut

eventueel

c.q.

casu quo

accessòriament

Etimologia (Inglese)

Need is a noun, be a subjunctive. Perhaps an alteration of Old English phrases like ġif þearf bēo, literally “if need be.” That phrase would have been completely unidiomatic, equivalent to “if a need exists” or “if there is a need.” This is because (1) Old English had no indefinite article, (2) the word for "to be" was also the default word for "to exist" and translates the modern phrase "there is," and (3) the subjunctive mood was much more common and often translates the Modern English indicative.