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/, X-SAMPA: /@n"tIl/

• Audio (US)

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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) (ḥátta)
• Asturian: hasta (ast)
• Basque: arte (eu)
• Bulgarian: до (bg) (do) 
• Catalan: fins (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 直到 (cmn) (zhídào), 到 (cmn) (dào)

• Czech: do (cs)
• Danish: indtil (da)
• Dutch: totdat (nl), tot (nl)
• Fala: hasta
• Finnish: saakka (fi), asti (fi)
• French: jusque (fr), jusqu'à (fr), (before subordinate clause) jusqu'à ce que (fr)
• Galician: ata (gl)
• Georgian: -მდე (ka) (-mde) 
• 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)

• Irish: go dtí (ga)
• Italian: finché (it), fino a quando (it), fino a (it)
• Japanese: ...まで (ja) (...made)
• Korean: ...까지 (ko) (...kaji)
• Latin: donec (la)
• Macedonian: до (mk) (do), сè до (mk) (se do)
• Malay: sehingga (ms)
• Mirandese: até
• Persian: تا (fa) (tâ)
• Polish: do (pl), aż do (pl)
• Portuguese: até (pt)
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: до (ru) (do) 
• Scottish Gaelic: gu (gd), gus (gd)
• Spanish: hasta (es)
• Swedish: tills (sv)
• Swedish: tills (sv)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Urdu: ... تك (ur) (... tak)
• Walloon: diski (wa), disk' a (wa), (before subordinate clause) disk' a tant ki (wa)
• 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)
• Macedonian: до (mk) (do)
• Portuguese: até que (pt)
• Russian: до (ru) (do) , не раньше (ru) (ne ránʹše) 

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Translations to be checked

• 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) (to)
• 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 (cmn) (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)
• Irish: go dtí go (ga)
• Japanese: ...まで (ja) (...made)
• Macedonian: додека не (mk) (dódeka ne)
• 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)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• 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

• Most common English words before 1923: taken · end · rather · #242: until · does · Gutenberg · best

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