conjunction

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Old French conjonction, from Latin coniūnctiō (“joining”), from coniungere (“to join”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈdʒʌŋkʃən/

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• Hyphenation: con‧junc‧tion
• Rhymes: -ʌŋkʃən

Noun

conjunction (countable and uncountable, plural conjunctions)

1. The act of joining, or condition of being joined.

   Synonyms: connection, union

2. (obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
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3. (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. Example: Bread, butter and cheese.
4. (astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.
5. (astrology) An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another.
6. (logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the ∧ ($\land$) operator.

Hyponyms

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Hyponyms of conjunction (astronomy)

• grand conjunction
• great conjunction
• inferior conjunction
• superior conjunction
• topocentric conjunction

 

Meronyms

• (in logic): conjunct
• (in logic): logical connective

Coordinate terms

• (in logic): disjunction

Related terms

• conjugate
• conjunctive normal form

Translations

act of joining or being joined

• Bulgarian: съедине́ние (bg) n (sǎedinénie), свъ́рзване (bg) n (svǎ́rzvane)
• Catalan: conjunció f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 結合／结合 (git³ hap⁶), 連接／连接 (lin⁴ zip³)

  Mandarin: 结合 (zh) (jiéhé), 結合／结合 (zh) (jié hé), 连接 (zh) (liánjiē), 連接／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 (setsuzoku), 連接 (ja) (rensetsu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: спој m (spoj), врска f (vrska)
• Malay: penggabungan
• Maltese: konġunzjoni (mt) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sammensetning m

• Polish: łączenie (pl) n, połączenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: conjunção (pt) f
• Romanian: unire (ro) f, legare (ro) f, conjuncție (ro) f
• Russian: сою́з (ru) m (sojúz), связь (ru) f (svjazʹ)
• Spanish: conjunción (es) f, unión (es) f

grammar: word used to join words or phrases

• Albanian: lidhëz (sq)
• Arabic: حَرْف عَطْف m (ḥarf ʕaṭf)
• Aragonese: conchunción f
• Armenian: շաղկապ (hy) (šaġkap)
• Asturian: conxunción (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: bağlayıcı (az)
• Bashkir: теркәүес (terkəwes)
• Belarusian: злу́чнік m (zlúčnik)
• Breton: stagell (br) f
• Bulgarian: съю́з (bg) m (sǎjúz)
• Catalan: conjunció f
• Chechen: хуттург (xutturg)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 連接詞／连接词 (lin⁴ zip³ ci⁴), 連詞／连词 (lin⁴ ci⁴)

  Mandarin: 連接詞／连接词 (zh) (liánjiēcí), 连接词 (zh) (liánjiēcí), 連詞／连词 (zh) (liáncí), 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:

• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: kötőszó (hu)
• Icelandic: samtenging (is) f
• Ido: konjunciono (io)
• Indonesian: kata penghubung (id)
• Interlingua: conjunction (ia)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: cónasc (ga) m
• Italian: congiunzione (it) f
• Japanese: 接続詞 (ja) (せつぞくし, setsuzokushi)
• Kapampangan: panyuglung, panuglung, pangsuglung
• Khmer: ឈ្នាប់ (km) (chnuab)
• Korean: 접속사 (ko) (jeopsoksa) (接續詞)
• Kurdish:
• Latin: conjunctio (la) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latvian: saiklis m, konjunkcija f
• Lithuanian: jungtukas m
• Luxembourgish: Konjunktioun f
• Macedonian: сврзник m (svrznik)
• Malay: kata penghubung, kata hubung
• Maltese: konġunzjoni (mt) f
• Maori: kupu honohono, tūhono
• Middle English: coniunccion
• Mongolian: холбоос үг (mn) (xolboos üg)
• Norwegian: konjunksjon (no) m, bindeord n
• Novial:
• Pashto: please add this translation if you can
• 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
• Spanish: conjunción (es) f
• Swahili: kiunganishi
• Swedish: konjunktion (sv) c, bindeord (sv) n
• Tagalog: pangatnig (tl), pangatnig (tl)
• Telugu: సంయోజకము (saṁyōjakamu)
• Thai: สันธาน (th) (sǎn-taan)
• Turkish: bağlaç (tr), rabıt (tr) (dated)
• Ukrainian: сполу́чник m (spolúčnyk)
• 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: please add this translation if you can
• 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

• Catalan: conjunció f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 會合／会合 (wui⁶ hap⁶), 会合 (wui⁶ hap⁶)

  Mandarin: 會合／会合 (zh) (huìhé), 会合 (zh) (huìhé)

• Czech: konjunkce (cs)
• Finnish: konjunktio (fi)
• German: Konjunktion (de) f
• Greek: σύνοδος (el) f (sýnodos)

  Ancient: σύνοδος f (súnodos)

• Hungarian: együttállás
• Interlingua: conjunction (ia)
• Irish: cónasc (ga) m
• Italian: congiunzione (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 会合 (kaigō), 合 (ja) (gō)
• Malay: kesebarisan
• Maori: taiaputanga
• Nahuatl: metztli imiquiz (lunar conjunction)
• Polish: koniunkcja (pl) f
• Portuguese: conjunção (pt) f
• Romanian: conjuncție (ro) f
• Russian: конъю́нкция (ru) f (konʺjúnkcija)
• Spanish: conjunción (es) f
• Swedish: konjunktion (sv) c
• Turkish: içtima (tr) (dated), kavuşum (tr)
• Welsh: cysylltiad (cy) m

logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the and operator

• Bulgarian: съединение (bg) n (sǎedinenie)
• Czech: konjunkce (cs) f
• Esperanto: konjunkcio (eo)
• French: conjonction (fr) f
• German: Konjunktion (de) f
• Greek: σύζευξη (el) f (sýzefxi)
• Icelandic: ogun f
• Interlingua: conjunction (ia)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 連接 (ja) (rensetsu)
• Macedonian: конјункција f (konjunkcija)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: konjunksjon (no) m

• Portuguese: conjunção (pt) f
• Russian: конъю́нкция (ru) f (konʺjúnkcija)
• Swedish: konjunktion (sv) c

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

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} koppelwoord
• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} konjunktsioon (et)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} conjunction (ia)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} coniunctio (la) f
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} jungtukas m
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} conjuncție (ro) f

See also

• disjunction