English [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From Old French conjonction , from Latin coniūnctiō ( “ joining ” ) , from coniungere ( “ to join ” ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
IPA (key ) : /kənˈdʒʌŋk.ʃən/
Hyphenation: con‧junc‧tion
Rhymes: -ʌŋkʃən
Examples (grammar)
Bread, butter and cheese.
conjunction (countable and uncountable , plural conjunctions )
The act of joining , or condition of being joined.
Synonyms: connection , union
( grammar ) A word used to join other words or phrases together into sentences. The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related.
( astronomy ) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.
Hyponyms: grand conjunction , great conjunction , inferior conjunction , superior conjunction , topocentric conjunction
Antonym: opposition
( astrology ) An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another.
( logic ) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the ∧ (
∧
{\displaystyle \land }
) operator .
Coordinate term: disjunction
Meronyms: conjunct , logical connective
( obsolete ) Sexual intercourse .
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:copulation
Related terms [ edit ]
Translations [ edit ]
act of joining or being joined
Bulgarian: съедине́ние (bg) n ( sǎedinénie ) , свъ́рзване (bg) n ( svǎ́rzvane )
Catalan: conjunció (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 結合 , 结合 ( git3 hap6 ) ,連接 , 连接 ( lin4 zip3 )
Mandarin: 結合 (zh) , 结合 (zh) ( jié hé ) , 連接 (zh) , 连接 (zh) ( lián jiē )
Finnish: liittäminen (fi) , yhdistäminen (fi)
Galician: conxunción (gl) f
Greek: σύνδεση (el) f ( sýndesi ) , σύζευξη (el) f ( sýzefxi )
Interlingua: conjunction (ia)
Japanese: 結合 (ja) ( ketsugō ) , 接合 (ja) ( setsugō ) , 接続 (ja) ( setsuzoku ) , 連接 (ja) ( rensetsu )
grammar: word used to join words or phrases
Albanian: lidhëz (sq)
Arabic: حَرْف عَطْف m ( ḥarf ʿaṭf )
Aragonese: conchunción f
Armenian: շաղկապ (hy) ( šałkap )
Asturian: conxunción (ast) f
Azerbaijani: bağlayıcı (az)
Bashkir: теркәүес ( terkäwes )
Belarusian: злу́чнік m ( zlúčnik )
Breton: stagell (br) f
Bulgarian: съю́з (bg) m ( sǎjúz )
Burmese: သမ္ဗန္ဓ (my) ( sambandha. )
Catalan: conjunció (ca) f
Chechen: хуттург ( χutturg )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 連接詞 , 連詞 ( lin4 ci4 ) , 连接词 , 连词 ( lin4 ci4 )
Mandarin: 連接詞 (zh) , 连接词 (zh) ( liánjiēcí ) , 連詞 (zh) , 连词 (zh) ( liáncí )
Czech: spojka (cs) f
Danish: bindeord (da) , konjunktion (da) c
Dutch: voegwoord (nl) n
Estonian: sidesõna
Faroese: sambindingarorð n
Finnish: konjunktio (fi) , sidesana (fi)
French: conjonction (fr) f
Galician: conxunción (gl) f
Georgian: კავშირი ( ḳavširi )
German: Konjunktion (de) f , Bindewort (de) n
Greek: σύνδεσμος (el) m ( sýndesmos )
Ancient: σύνδεσμος m ( súndesmos )
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: מִלַּת קִשּׁוּר (he)
Hindi: समुच्चय (hi) m ( samuccay )
Hungarian: kötőszó (hu)
Icelandic: samtenging (is) f
Ido: konjunciono (io)
Indonesian: kata penghubung (id)
Interlingua: conjunction (ia)
Irish: cónasc (ga) m
Italian: congiunzione (it) f
Japanese: 接続詞 (ja) ( せつぞくし, setsuzokushi )
Kapampangan: panyuglung , panuglung , pangsuglung
Kazakh: жалғаулық ( jalğawlıq )
Khmer: ឈ្នាប់ (km) ( chnŏəp )
Korean: 접속사(接續詞) (ko) ( jeopsoksa )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: (please verify ) gihanek (ku)
Kyrgyz: байламта (ky) ( baylamta )
Lao: ສັນທານ ( san thān )
Latin: conjunctio (la) f
Latvian: saiklis m , konjunkcija f
Lithuanian: jungtukas m
Luxembourgish: Konjunktioun f
Macedonian: сврзник m ( svrznik )
Malay: kata penghubung , kata hubung (ms)
Malayalam: ഘടകം (ml) ( ghaṭakaṃ )
Maltese: konġunzjoni (mt) f
Maori: kupu honohono , tūhono
Middle English: coniunccion
Mongolian: холбоос үг (mn) ( kholboos üg )
Norwegian: konjunksjon (no) m , bindeord n
Pashto: تړتوری m ( taṛtóray )
Persian: حرف ربط (fa) ( harf-e rabt )
Polish: spójnik (pl) m inan
Portuguese: conjunção (pt) f
Romanian: conjuncție (ro) f
Russian: сою́з (ru) m ( sojúz )
Scottish Gaelic: naisgear m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: везник m
Roman: veznik (sh) m
Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
Slovak: spojka f
Slovene: veznik (sl) m
Somali: please add this translation if you can
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: konjunkcija f , zwěznik m
Upper Sorbian: wjazawka f , konjunkcija f
Spanish: conjunción (es) f
Swahili: kiunganishi
Swedish: konjunktion (sv) c , bindeord (sv) n
Tagalog: pangatnig (tl) , pangatnig (tl)
Tajik: пайвандак (tg) ( payvandak )
Tatar: теркәгеч (tt) ( terkägeç )
Telugu: సంయోజకము ( saṃyōjakamu )
Thai: สันธาน (th) ( sǎn-taan )
Turkish: bağlaç (tr) , rabıt (tr) ( dated )
Turkmen: baglanyşyk (tk)
Ukrainian: сполу́чник m ( spolúčnyk )
Uyghur: باغلىغۇچى ( baghlighuchi )
Uzbek: bogʻlovchi (uz)
Vietnamese: sự liên kết
Volapük: konyun (vo)
Walloon: aloyrece (wa) f ( subordination ) , adjondrece f ( coordination )
Welsh: cysylltair m , cysylltiad (cy) m
Xhosa: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: קאָניונקציע f ( konyunktsye ) , פֿאַרבינדונג-וואָרט n ( farbindung-vort )
Yoruba: please add this translation if you can
Zulu: please add this translation if you can
astronomy: alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth
logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the and operator
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