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English

Etymology 1

Adverb

Translations

to such an extent or degree

Albanian: aq (sq)
Arabic: كَـ (ar) (ka-), مِثْل (ar) (miṯl)
Egyptian Arabic: زي (zai)

Moroccan Arabic: بحال (bḥal), كِـ (ki-)
Belarusian: як (be) (jak), так (tak), насто́лькі (nastólʹki)
Catalan: tan ... com
Chinese:
Mandarin: 如此 (zh) (rúcǐ), 這麼 / 这么 (zh) (zhème)
Cornish: avel
Czech: tak (cs)
Danish: så (da), lige så
Dutch: zo (nl) ... als
Esperanto: tiel (eo)
Finnish: yhtä (fi)
French: aussi (fr)
Galician: tan (gl)
Georgian: როგორც (rogorc)
German: so ... wie
Greek: τόσο ... όσο (tóso ... óso)
Hebrew: כל כך (he) (kol kakh)
Hungarian: olyan (hu), annyira (hu)
Interlingua: tanto
Irish: chomh
Italian: tanto (it)
Japanese: のほどに (no hodo ni), のほど (no hodo)
Khmer: ដូច (km) (douc)
Korean: 만큼 (ko) (mankeum)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: hindî (ku), bi qasî (ku), temetî (ku)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: tam (la)
Macedonian: како (kako), така (taka), толку (mk) (tolku)
Malay: se- (ms)
Malayalam: അത്ര (ml) (atra)
Maltese: kif (mt)
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: like (no)
Old English: swā
Persian: به (fa) (be)
Polish: tak (pl), jak (pl)
Portuguese: tão (pt), tanto (pt)
Romanian: la fel de
Russian: как (ru) (kak), так (ru) (tak), насто́лько (ru) (nastólʹko), столь (ru) (stolʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: cho
Slovak: tak
Spanish: tan ... como, cuan (es)
Swedish: lika ... som
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Tok Pisin: olsem
Turkish: kadar (tr)
Ukrainian: як (uk) (jak), так (uk) (tak), насті́льки (nastílʹky)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Walloon: ossu (wa), si (wa)
Welsh: mor (cy), cyn (cy)

for example — see for example

Conjunction

Translations

in the same way that

Arabic: كَمَا (kamā), مِثْلَمَا (miṯlamā)
Egyptian Arabic: زي (zay)
Assamese: যেনে (zene)
Belarusian: як (be) (jak)
Bengali: মত (bn) (môto)
Catalan: com (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 若 (joek⁶), 好似 (hou² ci⁵)

Mandarin: 像 (zh) (xiàng), 如同 (zh) (rútóng)
Czech: jak (cs)
Dalmatian: cal
Danish: som (da)
Dutch: zoals (nl)
Esperanto: kiel (eo), laŭ (eo)
Finnish: kuten (fi)
French: comme (fr), ainsi que (fr), tout comme (fr)
Galician: como (gl), coma (gl)
German: wie (de), so wie
Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌴 (swē)
Greek: όπως (el) (ópos), σαν (el) (san)
Ancient: ὡς (hōs), ὅπως (hópōs), ᾗ (hēî), ὅπῃ (hópēi)
Hebrew: כמו (he) (kmo)
Hindi: जैसा (hi) (jaisā)
Hungarian: ahogy (hu), ahogyan (hu)
Icelandic: eins og (is), svo sem, sem (is)
Interlingua: como (ia)
Italian: come (it)
Korean: -처럼 (-cheoreom)
Latin: ut (la), quā (la)
Macedonian: како што (kako što)
Malay: sebagai
Malayalam: പോലെ (pōle)
Maltese: kif (mt)
Marathi: सारखे (sārkhe)
Ngazidja Comorian: hama nɗe heli
Norwegian: som (no)
Old English: swā
Persian: مانند (fa) (mânand)
Plautdietsch: soo aus
Polish: jak (pl)
Portuguese: como (pt)
Punjabi: ਵਰਗਾ (vargā)
Romanian: ca (ro), cum (ro), așa cum, precum (ro)
Russian: как (ru) (kak)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ка̏о

Roman: kȁo (sh)
Slovak: ako
Slovene: kot (sl), kàkor (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: ako, kaž
Spanish: como (es)
Swahili: kama (sw)
Swedish: som (sv)
Telugu: వంటి (te) (vaṇṭi)
Tok Pisin: olsem
Turkish: gibi (tr)
Ukrainian: як (uk) (jak)
Urdu: کی طَرَح (kī tarah)
Vietnamese: như (vi)
Walloon: come (wa)
Welsh: fel (cy)

at the same instant that

Arabic: لَمَّا (lammā), عِنْدَمَا (ʕindamā), حِينَ (ar) (ḥīna)
Catalan: quan (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 當 / 当 (zh) (dāng)
Czech: jak (cs)
Danish: da (da), idet (da)
Dutch: toen (nl)
Esperanto: kiam (eo), dum (eo)
Finnish: kun (fi)
French: quand (fr), au moment où (fr)
German: als (de)
Greek: όπως (el) (ópos)
Hebrew: באותו הרגע (behoto harega)
Hungarian: amint (hu), ahogy (hu)
Icelandic: er (is), þá (is), þegar (is)
Interlingua: quando (ia)
Italian: quando (it)
Japanese: ...と (ja) (...to)
Latin: dum (la)
Macedonian: додека (dodeka), кога (koga)
Maltese: eżatt kif
Neapolitan: quanno
Norwegian: når (no), da (no), idet (no)
Polish: jak (pl), kiedy (pl), gdy (pl)
Portuguese: quando (pt), assim que (pt)
Romanian: când (ro), pe când, în timp ce
Russian: когда́ (ru) (kogdá), как то́лько (ru) (kak tólʹko)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ка̏о, колѝко

Roman: kȁo (sh), kolìko (sh)
Slovak: keď (sk)
Slovene: ko (sl)
Spanish: cuando (es)
Swedish: när (sv), då (sv)
Ukrainian: коли́ (uk) (kolý), як ті́льки (jak tílʹky)
Walloon: come (wa)
Welsh: wrth, tra, fel (cy)
Yiddish: ^{(please verify)} בעת (beys)

at the same time that

Afrikaans: terwyl (af)
Catalan: mentre (ca)
Cornish: ha, hag
Czech: zatímco (cs)
Danish: mens (da), imens
Dutch: terwijl (nl)
Esperanto: dum (eo)
Finnish: kun (fi), sillä välin, kun
French: lorsque (fr), pendant que (fr), alors que (fr)
German: während (de)
Greek: καθώς (el) (kathós), ενώ (el) (enó)
Hebrew: בינתיים (bentaim)
Hungarian: amíg (hu), miközben (hu)
Interlingua: durante que
Italian: mentre (it)
Latin: dum (la)
Macedonian: додека (dodeka), како што (kako što)
Malayalam: അപ്പോൾ (ml) (appōḷ) (as suffix)
Maltese: meta
Norwegian: mens (no)
Polish: podczas (pl)
Portuguese: enquanto (pt)
Romanian: în timp ce
Russian: когда́ (ru) (kogdá), пока́ (ru) (poká), в то вре́мя как (ru) (v to vrémja kak)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: док, за вријеме

Roman: dok (sh), za vrijeme
Slovak: keď (sk)
Slovene: medtém ko
Spanish: mientras (es)
Swedish: medan (sv), under tiden (sv)
Ukrainian: коли́ (uk) (kolý), по́ки (póky), у той ча́с як (u toj čás jak)
Walloon: tins ki (wa), sol tins ki (wa), dismetant ki (wa)
Welsh: tra, wrth, fel (cy)
Yiddish: ^{(please verify)} בעת (beys)

varying through time to the same proportion that

Catalan: a mesura que
Czech: jak (cs)
Danish: som (da)
Dutch: naarmate (nl)
Esperanto: kiom (eo)
Finnish: kun (fi), sitä mukaa kuin
French: au fur et à mesure que (fr)
German: als (de)
Greek: καθώς (el) (kathós)
Hebrew: כמה ש... (kama she...)
Hungarian: ahogy (hu)
Interlingua: a mesura que
Italian: a mano a mano che, man mano che
Macedonian: како што (kako što)
Old English: swā...swā...
Portuguese: conforme (pt), à medida que (pt)
Romanian: pe măsură ce
Russian: по ме́ре того́ как (ru) (po mére tovó kak)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ка̏д, ка̀да

Roman: kȁd (sh), kàda (sh)
Slovak: ako
Spanish: a medida que, conforme (es)
Ukrainian: коли́ (uk) (kolý), як (uk) (jak)
Walloon: a fwait ki (wa), fwait a mzeure ki (wa)
Welsh: wrth, tra, fel (cy)

considering that, because

Catalan: com que, ja que (ca), car (ca), atès que
Czech: neboť (cs), protože (cs), jelikož (cs), poněvadž (cs), neb (cs)
Danish: siden (da), eftersom, idet (da)
Dutch: omdat (nl), want (nl), aangezien (nl)
Esperanto: ĉar (eo)
Finnish: koska (fi)
French: puisque (fr), car (fr), comme (fr)
Georgian: მაშინ როდესაც (mašin rodesac)
German: da (de), weil (de)
Greek: αφού (el) (afoú)
Hebrew: כי (he) (ki)
Hungarian: mivel (hu), ugyanis (hu)
Interlingua: viste que
Italian: siccome (it)
Latin: quoniam (la)
Maltese: kif (mt)
Maore Comorian: ha iv̄o
Norwegian: siden (no)
Old English: þæs, swā
Polish: ponieważ (pl), bo (pl)
Portuguese: visto que, já que (pt), porque (pt)
Romanian: deoarece (ro), pentru că, fiindcă (ro)
Russian: поско́льку (ru) (poskólʹku)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: је̏р, зато што, pošto (sh)

Roman: jȅr (sh), zato što (sh), pošto (sh)
Slovak: keďže
Spanish: como (es), ya que (es), debido a que, (only followed by infinitive form) por (es)
Swedish: eftersom (sv)
Ukrainian: оскі́льки (oskílʹky)
Walloon: puski (wa), come (wa)
Welsh: gan, am (cy)

introducing a basis of comparison

Cornish: mar
Danish: som (da)
Finnish: kuin (fi)
French: ^{(please verify)} que (fr)
Greek:
Ancient: ὅσον (hóson), ἤ (ḗ)
Latin: quantum (la)
Russian: чем (ru) (čem), как (ru) (kak)
Slovak: ako
Welsh: fel (cy)

as if — see as if

relative conjunction — see that

expressing concession — see though

than — see than

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Czech: ^{(please verify)} jak (cs), jako (cs)
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} als (nl)
The Hague dialect: as (nl)
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} kiel (eo)
Georgian: ^{(please verify)} როგორც (rogorc)
German: ^{(please verify)} wie (de)
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} כמו (he) (kmo)
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} como (ia)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} come (it), quanto (it)
X as Y - X come Y, tanto X comme Y
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} ように (ja) (yō ni)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} wek (ku), ^{(please verify)} mîna (ku), ^{(please verify)} nola (ku), ^{(please verify)} fena (ku)
Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} како (kako)
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} som (no)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} ca și
Russian: ^{(please verify)} как (ru) (kak)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} ка̏о, ^{(please verify)} ка̏ко, ^{(please verify)} ка̀ко

Roman: ^{(please verify)} kȁo (sh), ^{(please verify)} kȁko (sh), ^{(please verify)} kàko (sh)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} como (es), ^{(please verify)} igual de… ^{(please verify)} que (es) , al tiempo que
Tok Pisin: ^{(please verify)} olsem
Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} як (uk) (jak), ^{(please verify)} на́че (náče)

Preposition

Translations

Introducing a basis of comparison

Arabic: مِثْل (ar) (miṯl), كَـ (ar) (ka-)
Belarusian: як (be) (jak)
Breton: ^{(please verify)} ha (br)
Catalan: com (ca)
Danish: som (da)
Dutch: als (nl)
The Hague dialect: as (nl)
Egyptian:

(mj)
Esperanto: kiel (eo)
Finnish: kuin (fi)
French: que (fr)
German: so ... wie
Greek: όσο (el) (óso)
Hebrew: כ־ (he) (k'-), כמו (he) (k'mó)
Hungarian: mint (hu)
Ido: kom (io)
Indonesian: sebagai (id), seperti (id)
Interlingua: como (ia), quanto
Italian: quanto (it), come (it)
Japanese: と同じくらい (to onaji kurai), くらい (ja) (kurai), ほど (ja) (hodo)
Khmer: ដូច (km) (douc)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: hindî (ku), qasî (ku), bi qasî (ku), temetî (ku)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: quam (la)
Macedonian: колку (mk) (kolku)
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Old English: swā
Polish: jak (pl)
Portuguese: quanto (pt)
Romanian: ca (ro), ca și
Russian: как (ru) (kak)
Slovak: ako (conjunction)
Slovene: kot (sl)
Spanish: como (es)
Swedish: som (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: kadar (tr)
Ukrainian: як (uk) (jak)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: ^{(please verify)} â

In the role of

Chinese:
Mandarin: 為 / 为 (zh) (wéi)
Dutch: als (nl), in de rol van
The Hague dialect: as (nl), in de rol van
Finnish: -na (fi) (essive case)
French: en tant que (fr)
German: als (de)
Greek: ως (el) (os), σαν (el) (san)
Hungarian: -ként (hu)
Ido: kom (io)
Italian: come (it), da (it)
Japanese: として (to shite)
Latin: qua (la)
Malay: sebagai, selaku
Old English: tō
Persian: به عنوان (be 'onvân)
Polish: jako (pl)
Portuguese: como (pt), enquanto (pt) (formal)
Romanian: în calitate de
Russian: как (ru) (kak), в (ru) (v), в ка́честве (ru) (v káčestve)
Slovak: ako
Spanish: como (es)
Swedish: som (sv)
Turkish: olarak (tr)
Ukrainian: у ро́лі (u róli)
Welsh: fel (cy), yn (cy)
Yiddish: ווי (vi)

Etymology 2

Noun

Translations

Roman coin

Finnish: as (fi), assi (fi)
French: as (fr) m
German: As (de) m
Hebrew: אם (as)
Japanese: アス (asu)
Latin: as (la) m
Portuguese: asse (pt) m
Russian: асс (ru) m (ass), ас (ru) m (as)
Spanish: as (es) m
Welsh: as m or f