also

See also alsó

English

Etymology

From Middle English also, from Old English ealswā, eallswā (“completely so, additionally”), from eall (“all”) + swā (“so”). Cognate with German also (“so, thus”), and Swedish också. See all, so, as.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɔːl.səʊ/, SAMPA: /"O:l.s@U/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɔl.soʊ/, SAMPA: /"Ol.soU/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: al‧so

Adverb

also (not comparable)

1. (conjunctive, focus) In addition; besides; as well; further; too. [from 14th c.]
2. (obsolete) To the same degree or extent; so, as. [14th-15th c.]
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVII:

     So in such maner they kepte Sir Launcelot foure and twenty dayes and also many nyghtis, that ever he lay stylle as a dede man.

Synonyms

• too
• eke
• as well

Translations

in addition; besides; as well; further; too

Arabic: أيضًا (ar) ('áyDan), كذلك (ar) (ka-dhaalik(a)) Egyptian Arabic: كمان (kaman - kman), بردو (bardo) Armenian: նաև (hy) (naev), նույնպես (hy) (nuynpes) Bavarian: aa Belarusian: таксама (be) (taksáma) Breton: ivez Bulgarian: също (bg) (sǎ̀što), също така (bg) Cebuano: pud Chinese: Mandarin: 也 (cmn) (yě), 並 (cmn), 并 (cmn) (bìng), 還 (cmn), 还 (cmn) (hái), 以及 (cmn) (yǐjí), 亦 (cmn) (yì) (rare; formal) Czech: také (cs) Dalmatian: anca Dutch: ook, eveneens (formal), tevens (formal) Eshtehardi: جی (ji) Esperanto: ankaŭ (eo) Estonian: samuti (et), ka (et), ühtlasi (et) Extremaduran: tamién Finnish: myös (fi), -kin (fi) French: aussi (fr), également (fr) German: auch (de) Greek: επίσης (el) Hebrew: גם (he) (gam) Hindi: भी (hi) (bhī) Hungarian: szintén (hu), is (hu), ugyancsak (hu) Icelandic: líka (is), einnig (is) Ido: anke Indonesian: juga (id) Interlingua: anque (ia), etiam (ia), tamben (ia) Irish: freisin (ga) Italian: anche (it) Japanese: も (ja) (mo), また (ja) (mata), さらに (ja) (sara-ni), にも (ja) (nimo)

Korean: 또한 (ko) (ttohan), 또 (ko) (tto), 역시 (ko) (yeoksi) Latin: quoque (la) Lithuanian: taip pat (lt) Maltese: ukoll, anke Meänkieli: kansa Navajo: ałdóʼ Nepali: पनि (ne) (puni) Persian: نیز (fa) (niz), هم (fa) (ham), همچنین (fa) (hamĉenin) Polish: też (pl), również (pl), także (pl) Portuguese: também (pt) Romanian: și (ro), de asemenea (ro), încă (ro) Russian: тоже (ru) (tóže), также (ru) (tákže) Scottish Gaelic: cuideachd (gd), mar an ceudna (gd) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: такође (sh), такођер (sh) Roman: takođe (sh), (Croatian) također (sh) Slovak: aj (sk), tiež (sk) Slovene: tudi (sl) Spanish: también (es), además (es) Swedish: också (sv) Tagalog: din (tl), rin (tl) Taos: hóbo Thai: ด้วย (th) (dûay) Ukrainian: так само (uk) (tak sámo), теж (uk) (tež), також (uk) (takóž) Urdu: بھی (ur) (bhī) Vietnamese: cũng (vi) Welsh: hefyd (cy) West Frisian: ek Yiddish: אויך (yi) (oykh)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: just · while · again · #145: also · away · against · though

Anagrams

• ASLO
• Laos, LAOS
• salo

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Interjection

also!

1. so!

Adverb

also

1. so
2. thus

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Luxembourgish

Adverb

also

1. so
2. thus, therefore

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch alsō, from al + sō.

Adverb

also

1. so, thus
2. also, to the same degree

Related terms

• alse

Descendants

• Dutch: alzo

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From al +‎ sō.

Preposition

alsō

1. as, like

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: also, alse
  • Dutch: alzo, als

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Volapük

Adverb

also

1. so
2. thus