furthermore

English

Etymology

From Middle English furthermore, forthermore, forthermar (also as forther mo), equivalent to further +‎ -more.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɜː(ɹ).ðə(ɹ)ˌmɔː(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɝ.ðɚˌmɔɹ/

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Adverb

furthermore (not comparable)

1. In addition; besides; further; what's more (i.e. to denote additional information).

   He skillfully took charge of the event, and furthermore, he stayed late after it to clean up.

   • 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:

     Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.

Synonyms

• additionally
• also
• moreover
• what is more

Translations

In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information

• Belarusian: апро́ч таго́ (apróč tahó)
• Bulgarian: освен това (osven tova), нещо повече (nešto poveče)
• Catalan: a més (ca), a més a més (ca), endemés (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 並且／并且 (zh) (bìngqiě), 而且 (zh) (érqiě), 還有／还有 (zh) (háiyǒu), 況且／况且 (zh) (kuàngqiě)

• Czech: nadto (cs), kromě toho, navíc (cs)
• Danish: ydermere
• Dena'ina: ki
• Dutch: daarenboven (nl), bovendien (nl)
• Esperanto: cetere (eo)
• Finnish: lisäksi (fi)
• French: de plus (fr), en plus (fr) en outre (fr), de surcroît (fr), par surcroît (fr) par ailleurs (fr), d’un autre côté (fr), d’autre part (fr), au reste (fr), du reste (fr), au surplus (fr)
• Galician: ademais (gl), a maior abastanza, a maiores (gl), aínda por riba
• Georgian: გარდა ამისა (garda amisa)
• German: weiterhin (de), darüber hinaus (de), außerdem (de), des Weiteren (de)
• Hindi: और भी (aur bhī)
• Hungarian: ráadásul (hu), továbbá (hu)
• Italian: inoltre (it)
• Japanese: そのうえ (ja) (sonoue)
• Korean: 또한 (ko) (ttohan)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: سەرەڕای ئەوە‎ (sererray ewe)

• Latin: amplius (la), cēterum
• Malagasy: ankoatra izay, fanampin'izay
• Malay: lagipun
• Maori: waihoki, ka mutu, me te aha anō, whaihoki, ka mutu (an idiom)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: videre (no), dessuten (no), i tillegg, forøvrig (no)

  Nynorsk: vidare, dessutan

• Polish: ponadto (pl), oprócz tego (pl), poza tym (pl), w dodatku (pl), dodatkowo (pl)
• Portuguese: além disso
• Russian: к тому́ же (ru) (k tomú že), кро́ме того́ (ru) (króme tovó)
• Scottish Gaelic: cho math ri sin
• Slovak: navyše, naviac, tiež
• Spanish: más (es), es más, además (es), otrosí (es) (law), por añadidura (formal), a mayor abundamiento (law)
• Swahili: aidha (sw)
• Swedish: därutöver (sv), dessutom (sv), vidare (sv)
• Tocharian B: ṣpak
• Ukrainian: крім то́го (krim tóho), більше того (bilʹše toho)
• Yiddish: אַחוץ דעם‎ (akhuts dem)
• Zazaki: ayê ra ki dot