to boot

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English to bote (“something added to, addition”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English tō bōte (“to boot, besides, moreover”). More at boot.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

to boot (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic, informal) in addition, besides, also.

   My boyfriend is funny, and a pretty good cook to boot.

Synonyms

• into the bargain
• on top of that

Translations

in addition — see in addition

in addition, besides, also

• Chinese:

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• Esperanto: krome
• Finnish: kaiken lisäksi, päälle päätteeksi
• German: obendrein (de), noch dazu
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• Japanese: お負けに (omakeni)
• Portuguese: além disso (pt), para mais
• Russian: в прида́чу (ru) (v pridáču), к тому́ же (k tomú že)
• Spanish: además (es)
• Swedish: dessutom (sv), till på köpet (sv), därtill (sv)