Phrase guide

both ... and

conj · 0 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كِلَا ... وَ... (kilā ... wa...) — Translations
  • Arabic: كِلْتَا ... وَ... (kiltā ... wa...) — Translations
  • Bulgarian: както́ ..., така́ и (kaktó ..., taká i) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 既......又...... (jì...yòu...) — Translations
  • Danish: både ... og — Translations
  • Danish: såvel ... som — Translations
  • Dutch: zowel ... als — Translations
  • Dutch: zowel ... als ook — Translations
  • Finnish: sekä ... että — Translations
  • French: aussi bien ... que — Translations
  • German: sowohl ... als auch — Translations
  • German: sowohl ... wie auch — Translations
  • Greek: και ... και (kai ... kai) — Translations
  • Ancient Greek: καί ... καί (kaí ... kaí) — Translations
  • Hungarian: ... is, ... is — Translations
  • Icelandic: bæði ... og — Translations
  • Interlingua: tanto ... como — Translations
  • Italian: sia ... sia — Translations
  • Italian: sia ... che — Translations
  • Japanese: ...も...も (... mo ... mo) — Translations
  • Korean: ...도 ...도 — Translations
  • Northern Kurdish: hem ... hem jî — Translations
  • Latin: et ... et — Translations
  • Latvian: gan ... gan — Translations
  • Latvian: kā ... tā — Translations
  • Latvian: ir ... ir — Translations
  • Norwegian Bokmål: både ... og — Translations
  • Iranian Persian: وَهَم ... هَم — Translations
  • Polish: i ... i — Translations
  • Polish: zarówno ..., jak i — Translations
  • Portuguese: tanto ... quanto — Translations
  • Romanian: atât ... cât și — Translations
  • Romanian: și ... și — Translations
  • Russian: как ..., так и (kak ..., tak i) — Translations
  • Russian: и ..., и (i ..., i) — Translations
  • Slovak: i ... i — Translations
  • Slovak: aj ... aj — Translations
  • Slovak: ako ... tak aj — Translations
  • Slovak: ako ... tak i — Translations
  • Slovak: tak ... ako aj — Translations
  • Spanish: tanto ..., como — Translations
  • Swedish: såväl ... som — Translations
  • Swedish: både ... och — Translations
  • Turkish: hem ... hem — Translations
  • Turkish: hem ... hem de — Translations