échoir

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French escheoir, from Vulgar Latin *excadēre (“fall out”), from Latin ex- + cadere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.ʃwaʁ/ Rhymes: -waʁ === Verb === échoir (intransitive) to befall, to happen by chance (intransitive, law, obsolete) to become necessary (only used in the phrase le cas échéant) (intransitive, of an invoice) to become payable, to be due ==== Conjugation ==== This verb is defective and is only conjugated in the third-person. ==== Derived terms ==== le cas échéant ==== Related terms ==== échéance === Further reading === “échoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012