échoir
- (intransitive) to befall, to happen by chance
- (intransitive, obsolete) to become necessary (only used in the phrase le cas échéant)
- (intransitive) to become payable, to be due
Pronounced as (IPA)
/e.ʃwaʁ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old French escheoir, from Vulgar Latin *excadēre (“fall out”), from Latin ex- + cadere.
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