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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
• 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 (hêi), 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
• 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