as well as

English

Conjunction

as well as

1. And in addition.

   The moon as well as the stars was shining down on them.

   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 22, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as,‎ well.

   As well as I recollect, he was about six feet tall.

   I can see the road every bit as well as you can.

Translations

and in addition

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 以及 (zh) (yǐjí)

• Danish: samt (da)
• Dutch: alsmede (nl), evenals (nl)
• Esperanto: same kiel
• Finnish: samoin kuin, sekä (fi)
• French: ainsi que (fr), de même que (fr)
• German: sowie (de)
• Hungarian: valamint (hu)
• Italian: e anche, oltre a, nonché (it)
• Japanese: ...のほかに (ja) (... no hoka ni)
• Latin: atque (la)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: samt (no)

  Nynorsk: og dessutan

• Portuguese: assim como (pt)
• Russian: а та́кже (ru) (a tákže), заодно́ (ru) (zaodnó), к тому́ же (k tomú že)
• Serbo-Croatian: kao i
• Swedish: samt (sv)
• Thai: รวมไปถึง (ruam pai thung)
• Turkish: yanısıra (tr)
• Vietnamese: cũng như

too; likewise; in addition

• Catalan: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 也 (zh) (yě)

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• Finnish: samoin kuin
• Russian: кро́ме того́ (ru) (króme tovó), к тому́ же (k tomú že)

Preposition

as well as

1. In addition to; further to.

   As well as the obvious financial benefits, the merger will allow us some breathing room with regards to R&D.

Translations

in addition to

• Arabic: بِالْإِضَافَة إِلَى (bi-l-ʾiḍāfa ʾilā)

  Egyptian Arabic: بالإضافة لـ (be-l-ʾḍāfa le-)

• Dutch: naast (nl)
• Finnish: lisäksi (fi)
• French: en plus de (fr)
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• Hindi: ... के अलावा (hi) (... ke alāvā)
• Hungarian: mellett (hu), felül (hu), kívül (hu)
• Portuguese: assim como (pt)
• Russian: в дополне́ние к (v dopolnénije k) (+ dative)
• Spanish: así como
• Turkish: yanı sıra (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} nonché (it)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} non solum...sed etiam
• Mongolian: ^{(please verify)} түүнчлэн (tüünčlen), ^{(please verify)} бас...als (bas...als)
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• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} ca și
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} i (sk), ^{(please verify)} aj, ^{(please verify)} ako aj
• Volapük: ^{(please verify)} asä (vo)

Anagrams

• sea walls, seawalls