as if

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌæz‿ˈɪf/
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• unstressed: /əz‿ˈɪf/
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• rhymes with -ɪf
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From Middle English as ȝif, alls iff (“as if”), from Old English *ealswā ġif, attested only as swā ġif (“as if”), equivalent to as + if. Compare Saterland Frisian as of (“as if”), Dutch alsof (“as if”), Low German as of (“as if”), German als ob (“as if”).

158 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كَأَنَّ (kaʔanna) — as though
• Arabic: كَأَنَّمَا (kaʔannamā) — as though
• Azerbaijani: elə bil — as though
• Azerbaijani: sanki — as though
• Azerbaijani: guya — as though
• Bulgarian: сякаш (sjakaš) — as though
• Bulgarian: все едно (vse edno) — as though
• Catalan: com si — as though
• Chinese Mandarin: 仿佛 or 彷彿 /彷佛 (fǎngfú) — as though
• Chinese Mandarin: 似乎 (sìhū) — as though
• Chinese Mandarin: 好像 (hǎoxiàng) — as though
• Danish: som om — as though
• Dutch: alsof — as though
• Esperanto: kvazaŭ — as though
• Finnish: ikään kuin — as though
• Finnish: niin kuin — as though
• Finnish: kuin — as though
• Finnish: aivan kuin — as though
• French: comme si — as though
• Galician: como se — as though
• Georgian: ვითომ (vitom) — as though
• German: als ob — as though
• German: als wenn — as though
• German: als — as though
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌴 (swē) — as though
• Greek: λες και (les kai) — as though
• Ancient Greek: ὡσάν (hōsán) — as though
• Ancient Greek: ὡς ἄν (hōs án) — as though
• Gujarati: જાણે (jāṇe) — as though
• Hindi: मानो (māno) — as though
• Hungarian: mintha — as though
• Hungarian: akárha — as though
• Indonesian: seakan-akan — as though
• Indonesian: seolah-olah — as though
• Italian: come se — as though
• Japanese: ...のようだ (maru-de...) — as though
• Kazakh: сияқты (siäqty) — as though
• Latin: quasi — as though
• Latin: ceu — as though
• Macedonian: како да (kako da) — as though
• Māori: ētia — as though
• Norwegian: som om — as though
• Norwegian: som — as though
• Occitan: coma se — as though
• Old English: swelċe — as though
• Pannonian Rusyn: як кед би (jak ked bi) — as though
• Pannonian Rusyn: як кед (jak ked) — as though
• Persian: انگار (engâr) — as though
• Persian: مثل اینکه (mesl-e inke) — as though
• Polish: jakby — as though
• Portuguese: como se — as though
• Romanian: ca și cum — as though
• Romanian: de parcă — as though
• Romanian: parcă — as though
• Russian: как бу́дто (kak búdto) — as though
• Russian: бу́дто (búdto) — as though
• Russian: сло́вно (slóvno) — as though
• Russian: ка́к бы (kák by) — as though
• Serbo-Croatian: као да — as though
• Serbo-Croatian: kao da — as though
• Spanish: como si — as though
• Spanish: como que (si) — as though
• Swedish: som om — as though
• Thai: เหมือน (mʉ̌ʉan) — as though
• Thai: เหมือนกับว่า — as though
• Thai: ราวกับ — as though
• Thai: ราวกับว่า — as though
• Thai: อย่างกับ — as though
• Thai: อย่างกับว่า — as though
• Tocharian B: ramt — as though
• Turkish: sanki — as though
• Turkish: gibi — as though
• Vietnamese: tựa hồ — as though
• Yiddish: ווי (vi) — as though
• Bulgarian: все едно (vse edno) — in mimicry of
• Catalan: com si — in mimicry of
• Chinese Mandarin: 仿佛 or 彷彿 /彷佛 (fǎngfú) — in mimicry of
• Chinese Mandarin: 似乎 (sìhū) — in mimicry of
• Chinese Mandarin: 好像 (hǎoxiàng) — in mimicry of
• Danish: som om — in mimicry of
• Dutch: alsof — in mimicry of
• Esperanto: kvazaŭ — in mimicry of
• Finnish: ikään kuin — in mimicry of
• Finnish: aivan kuin — in mimicry of
• French: comme si — in mimicry of
• Galician: como se — in mimicry of
• Georgian: ვითომც (vitomc) — in mimicry of
• Georgian: თითქოს (titkos) — in mimicry of
• German: als ob — in mimicry of
• German: als — in mimicry of
• Greek: σαν (san) — in mimicry of
• Greek: λες και (les kai) — in mimicry of
• Italian: come se — in mimicry of
• Japanese: ...のようだ (maru-de...) — in mimicry of
• Norwegian: som om — in mimicry of
• Norwegian: som — in mimicry of
• Old English: swelċe — in mimicry of
• Pannonian Rusyn: як кед би (jak ked bi) — in mimicry of
• Pannonian Rusyn: як кед (jak ked) — in mimicry of
• Persian: انگار (engâr) — in mimicry of
• Persian: مثل اینکه (mesl-e inke) — in mimicry of
• Polish: jakby — in mimicry of
• Portuguese: como se — in mimicry of
• Russian: как бу́дто (kak búdto) — in mimicry of
• Russian: бу́дто (búdto) — in mimicry of
• Russian: сло́вно (slóvno) — in mimicry of
• Serbo-Croatian: као да — in mimicry of
• Serbo-Croatian: kao da — in mimicry of
• Spanish: como si — in mimicry of
• Spanish: como que (si) — in mimicry of
• Swedish: som om — in mimicry of
• Thai: อย่างกับ — in mimicry of
• Thai: อย่างกับว่า — in mimicry of
• Spanish: ni que — very unlikely
• Spanish: ¿(tú / vos) no ves que — very unlikely
• Bulgarian: как ли пък не (kak li pǎk ne) — interjection
• Catalan: sí clar! — interjection
• Chinese Mandarin: 別瞎說 /别瞎说 (bié xiāshuō) — interjection
• Chinese Mandarin: 才怪 (cáiguài) — interjection
• Chinese Mandarin: 豈有此理 /岂有此理 (qǐyǒucǐlǐ) — interjection
• Danish: som om — interjection
• Dutch: tuurlijk — interjection
• Dutch: vast — interjection
• Finnish: tuskinpa — interjection
• French: genre — interjection
• French: mais bien sûr — interjection
• Georgian: ნუთუ (nutu) — interjection
• German: als ob — interjection
• German: von wegen — interjection
• German: klar — interjection
• German: all typically preceded by ja — interjection
• Hindi: घंटा (ghaṇṭā) — interjection
• Hindi: अजी हाँ (ajī hā̃) — interjection
• Hungarian: ugyan már! — interjection
• Italian: come no — interjection
• Italian: già già — interjection
• Italian: magari — interjection
• Norwegian: liksom! — interjection
• Portuguese: ah, sim — interjection
• Portuguese: até parece — interjection
• Russian: неуже́ли (neužéli) — interjection
• Russian: е́сли бы (jésli by) — interjection
• Russian: ска́жешь то́же (skážešʹ tóže) — interjection
• Russian: да коне́чно (da konéčno) — interjection
• Scottish Gaelic: mas fhìor — interjection
• Serbo-Croatian: мо'ш мислит' — interjection
• Serbo-Croatian: да баш — interjection
• Serbo-Croatian: мало морген — interjection
• Serbo-Croatian: мало сутра — interjection
• Serbo-Croatian: како да не — interjection
• Serbo-Croatian: mo'š mislit' — interjection
• Serbo-Croatian: da baš — interjection
• Serbo-Croatian: malo morgen — interjection
• Serbo-Croatian: malo sutra — interjection
• Serbo-Croatian: kako da ne — interjection
• Spanish: ¡cómo no! — interjection
• Spanish: ¡sí cómo no! — interjection
• Swedish: jo tjena — interjection