until

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English

Etymology

From Old Norse und (“as far as, up to”) and til (“until, up to”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: ŭntĭl', IPA: /ənˈtɪl/, SAMPA: /@n"tIl/

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• Rhymes: -ɪl
• Hyphenation: un‧til

Preposition

until

1. Up to the time of (something happening).
2. Before (a time).

Synonyms

• 'til (nonstandard), till

Antonyms

• since

Translations

up to the time of

Arabic: حتى (ar) (Hátta) Basque: arte (eu) Chinese: Mandarin: 直到 (zh) (zhídào), 到 (zh) (dào) Czech: do (cs) Danish: indtil (da) Dutch: totdat (nl), tot (nl) Finnish: saakka (fi), asti (fi) French: jusqu'à (fr) German: bis (de) Greek: μέχρι (el) (méchri) Hebrew: עד (he) (ad)

Hindi: ... तक (hi) (... tak) Icelandic: þangað til (is), fyrr en (is), uns (is), þar til (is) Italian: finché (it), fino a quando (it), fino a (it) Japanese: ...まで (ja) (...made) Korean: ...까지 (ko) (...kaji) Latin: donec (la) Persian: تا (fa) (tâ) Portuguese: até (pt) Russian: до (ru) (do) Scottish Gaelic: gu (gd), gus (gd) Spanish: hasta (es) Urdu: ... تك (ur) (... tak) West Frisian: oant (fy)

before

Chinese: Mandarin: 在……之前, zài……zhīqián Finnish: ennen (fi) French: avant (fr)

Greek: πριν (el) (prin) Japanese: ...まで (ja) (...made) Russian: до (ru) (do), не раньше (ru) (n'e rán'še)

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Arabic: حَتّى (ħattā) Dutch: tot (nl) Esperanto: ĝis (eo) German: bis (de) Hebrew: עד (ad) Hungarian: -ig (suffix) Korean: ...까지 (...kkaji) Kurdish: Kurmanji: heta, ta, heya Sorani: تاکو (ku) (tAko), هه‌تاکو (ku) (hatAko), تا (ku) (tA)

Norwegian: inntil (no), til (no), før (no) Old English: oþ (ang) Persian: تا (fa) (tâ) Portuguese: até (pt) Romanian: până Spanish: hasta (es) Swahili: mpaka (sw) Swedish: förrän (sv) (if with a negation), till (sv), tills (sv) Tajik: то (tg) Telugu: వరకు (varaku), దాకా (daakaa)

Conjunction

until

1. Up to the time that (a condition becomes true).
2. Before (a condition becoming true).

Synonyms

• 'til (nonstandard), till

Translations

up to the time that

Chinese: Mandarin: 直到 (zh) (zhídào) Dutch: totdat (nl) Finnish: kunnes (fi) French: jusqu'à ce que (fr) German: bis (de) Greek: ωσότου (el) (osótou)

Hebrew: עד (ád) Interlingua: usque (ia) Japanese: ...まで (ja) (...made) Polish: aż (pl) Portuguese: até (pt) Russian: пока не (ru) (poká ne), до тех пор, пока не (ru) (do tex por, poká n'e) Swedish: tills (sv)

before

Chinese: Mandarin: 在……之前, zài……zhīqián Finnish: ennen kuin (fi)

French: avant que (fr) Japanese: ...まで (ja) (...made) Polish: dopóki nie (pl)

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Arabic: حَتّى (ħattā) French: jusqu'à (fr) Hungarian: amíg, ameddig Italian: fino a Kurdish: Sorani: هه‌تا (ku) (hatA), هه‌تاکو (ku) (hatAko), تا (ku) (tA)

Old English: oþ (ang), oþþæt (ang) Persian: تا (tā) Spanish: hasta que Swedish: förrän (sv) (with negations), till

Statistics

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