formerly

English

Etymology

former +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹmɚli/
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːməli/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: formally (nonrhotic accents)

Adverb

formerly (not comparable)

1. at some time in the past
2. previously; once

Translations

at some time in the past

• Bashkir: борон (boron), элек (elek)
• Bulgarian: преди (bg) (predi), в миналото (v minaloto)
• Catalan: anteriorment (ca)
• Czech: dříve (cs), kdysi (cs)
• Danish: tidligere, forhen, fordum
• Esperanto: antaŭe
• Finnish: aiemmin (fi)
• French: auparavant (fr), autrefois (fr), anciennement (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: früher (de), ehemals (de)
• Greek: πρώην (el) (próin)
• Japanese: 旧来 (kyūrai)
• Khmer: អតីត (km) (ʼaʼdət)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

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• Latin: anteā (la)
• Mandarin: 以前 (zh) (yǐqián)
• Maori: irāmata, inamata
• Navajo: ałkʼidą́ą́ʼ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tidligere (no)

• Polish: przedtem (pl), na przodzie
• Portuguese: antigamente (pt)
• Russian: пре́жде (ru) (préžde)
• Scottish Gaelic: roimhe
• Spanish: anteriormente (es), otrora (es)
• Swedish: fordom (sv)
• Turkish: eskiden (tr)

previously; once

• Bashkir: борон (boron), элек (elek), (once) ҡасандыр (qasandır)
• Bulgarian: някога (bg) (njakoga), преди (bg) (predi)
• Czech: dříve (cs)
• Danish: tidligere
• Esperanto: antaŭe
• Finnish: aiemmin (fi), kerran (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Greek: προηγούμενος (el) (proïgoúmenos), προηγουμένως (el) (proïgouménos)

  Ancient: πρίν (prín)

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• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Latin: quondam
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tidligere (no)

• Portuguese: antes (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: roimhe
• Spanish: antes (es), otrora (es)