in principle

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

in principle

1. With regard to the fundamentals, but not to the particulars.
2. According to theory.

Translations

with regard to fundamentals

• Dutch: in beginsel, in principe
• Finnish: periaatteessa
• Georgian: პრინციპში (ṗrinciṗši)
• German: im Prinzip, prinzipiell (de)
• Greek: κατ' αρχήν (el) (kat' archín)
• Malay: pada dasarnya
• Portuguese: em princípio
• Russian: в при́нципе (ru) (v príncipe)
• Scottish Gaelic: ann am prionnsabal
• Slovak: v princípe
• Spanish: en principio
• Swedish: i princip (sv)

according to theory

• Catalan: en principi
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 理論上 / 理论上 (zh) (lǐlùn shàng)

• Finnish: periaatteessa
• French: en principe (fr), en théorie
• Hungarian: elvileg (hu), elvben, elviekben, elméletben, elméletileg (hu)
• Italian: in linea di principio
• Japanese: 理論上 (りろんじょう, rironjō)
• Portuguese: em princípio
• Russian: в при́нципе (ru) (v príncipe), теорети́чески (ru) (teoretíčeski)
• Scottish Gaelic: ann am prionnsabal
• Spanish: en principio, en teoría
• Swedish: i princip (sv)

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• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} principe (eo)

See also

• on principle