English-French translations for contingent

• contingent
  Nous avons désormais au Tchad un large contingent de troupes irlandaises. We now have in Chad a large contingent of Irish troops.
  La Pologne envoie un contingent de 400 personnes, notamment des ingénieurs et des médecins. Poland is sending a 400-strong contingent, including engineers and medics.
  Différents États membres ont renforcé leurs propres contingents au sein de la KFOR. Several Member States have also reinforced their own contingents in KFOR.
• éventuel
• hypothétique

Definition of contingent

• An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future
• That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share
• A quota of troops
• Possible or liable, but not certain to occur
• Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown
• Dependent on something that may or may not occur
• Not logically necessarily true or false

Examples

• The success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he cannot control
• a contingent estate
• contingent labor
• contingent worker

Related words

• contingently
• contingentism
• contingent convertible bond
• contingent work
• refugee contingent