also
Phrases
Signification (English)
- In addition; besides; as well; further; too.
- (obsolete) To the same degree or extent; so, as.
Concepts
aussi bien
en supplément
tout aussi bien
par addition
Synonyms
amongst other things
what’s more
as I thought
in this manner
'' either
in company
words of similar weight
in addtion
compared with
but also
epithet of Śiva
milking vessel
this much
with him
and even
for that reason
Fréquence
Coupé comme
al‧so
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈɔːl.səʊ/
Étymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English also, alswo, alswa (also als(e), as, whence English as), from Old English eallswā (“just like, also”), from Proto-West Germanic *allswā, equivalent to all + so. Cognate with Scots alsa, alswa (“also, even so, in the same way, as, as well”), Saterland Frisian also (“accordingly, therefore, thus”), West Frisian alsa (“so, just so, even so, thus”), Old Saxon alsō (“similarly, as if, just as, when”), Dutch alzo (“so, thus”), German also (“so, thus”), Danish altså (“so”), Norwegian Bokmål altså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus”), Norwegian Nynorsk altso (“so, accordingly, therefore, thus”), Swedish alltså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus, then”). Doublet of as. More at all, so.
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