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Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
between	face	tell	#175: because	few	whom	love

Originally two words, corresponding to by + cause, modelled on Old French par cause.

(stressed)
- (UK) IPA: /bɪˈkɒz/, SAMPA: /bI"kQz/
- (US) IPA: /bɪˈkɔz/, /bɪˈkʌz/, SAMPA: /bI"kOz/, /bɪ"kVz/
(unstressed)
- IPA: /bɪkəz/, SAMPA: /bIk@z/
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Rhymes: -ɒz
Hyphenation: be·cause

because (not comparable)

Positive
because

(archaic) For the reason (that).
- 1611: And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. — Genesis 2.iii (King James Bible)
On account (of).

I ruined my life because of you!

because

By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.

I hid myself because I was afraid.

Albanian: sepse
Afrikaans: omdat; aangesien
Arabic: لأنّ (li’ánna), بِسَبَب (bi-sábab), عطشان (ʕaʈšān) (colloquial)
Aramaic:

Syriac: ܡܛܠ (meṬul)

Hebrew: מטל (meṬul)
Breton: peogwir, abalamour ma, en abeg ma, rak ma
Bulgarian: защото (zaštoto), тъй като (tǎj kato), понеже (poneže)
Catalan: perquè, ja que, car, puix, puix que
Chinese: 因为 (yīnwèi), 由于 (yóuyú)
Czech: protože cs(cs)
Danish: fordi da(da)
Dutch: omdat, aangezien, daar (formal)
Esperanto: ĉar eo(eo)
Finnish: koska fi(fi), sillä fi(fi), siksi fi(fi)
French: parce que, car, en raison Note: of these, only parce que is common in spoken French.
West Frisian: meidat, omdat
German: weil de(de), denn de(de), da de(de)
Greek: διότι (ðioti), επειδή (epiðí), γιατί (yiatí)
Hebrew: כי (ki); בגלל (biglál)
Hungarian: mert hu(hu)