conj
Meaning 1
Including both of (used with and).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I (can) both sing and dance.
- Both you and I are students.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
both
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
bōth
-
/bəʊθ/
-
Received-Pronunciation: [bəʊθ]
-
British, Southern, Standard: /bəwθ/
-
British, Southern, Standard: /bəwf/
-
General-American: [boʊθ]
-
US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
[bɜʊ̯θ] Philadelphia, Baltimore, Midland US, Southern US
-
Australian, New-Zealand: [bɐʉθ]
-
Canada: [boːθ]
-
Scotland: [boθ]
-
US, nonstandard: bōlth
-
US, nonstandard: /boʊlθ/
-
US, nonstandard: /bolθ/
-
US, nonstandard: [boʊɫθ]
-
US, nonstandard: [boːɫθ]
-
rhymes with -əʊθ
-
CMU ARPABET: B OW1 TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
conj
Meaning 2
Including all of (used with and).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
det
Meaning 3
Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Both (the/my) children are such dolls.
- Which one do you need? ―I need both of them.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 4
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
pron
Meaning 5
Each of the two, or of the two kinds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Did you want this one or that one? ―Give me both.
- They were both here.
- I've already lost both (of) my parents.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English bothe, boþe, from Old English bā þā (“both the; both those”) and possibly reinforced by Old Norse báðir, from Proto-Germanic *bai. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bee (“both”), West Frisian beide (“both”), Dutch beide (“both”), German beide (“both”), Swedish både, båda, Danish både, Norwegian både, Icelandic báðir. Replaced Middle English bō, from Old English bā, a form of Old English bēġen. A remnant of the Indo-European dual grammatical number.
Across languages
Translations
185 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: كل من ... و ... (kullun min ... wa ...) — both...and...
- Armenian: ե՛ւ ... ե՛ւ ... (éw ... éw ...) — both...and...
- Catalan: tant ... com ... — both...and...
- Chinese Mandarin: 既......又...... (jì... yòu...) — both...and...
- Chinese Mandarin: 又......又...... (yòu... yòu...) — both...and...
- Danish: både...og... — both...and...
- Dutch: zowel ... als ... — both...and...
- Esperanto: kaj ... kaj ... — both...and...
- Finnish: sekä ... että — both...and...
- French: à la fois ... et ... — both...and...
- German: sowohl ... als auch — both...and...
- Greek: και... και... (kai... kai...) — both...and...
- Ancient Greek: καὶ... καὶ... (kaì... kaì...) — both...and...
- Hindi: दोनों ... और ... (donõ ... aur ...) — both...and...
- Hungarian: mind..., mind... — both...and...
- Irish: idir... agus... — both...and...
- Irish: ... agus ... le chéile — both...and...
- Italian: sia... sia... — both...and...
- Japanese: ...でもあり...でもある (...demo ari...demo aru) — both...and...
- Japanese: ...でも...でも — both...and...
- Latin: et...et... — both...and...
- Macedonian: и... и... (i... i...) — both...and...
- Norwegian: både ... og ... — both...and...
- Old English: ġe... ġe... — both...and...
- Persian: هم... هم... — both...and...
- Polish: zarówno..., jak i... i..., i... — both...and...
- Portuguese: ambos ... e ... — both...and...
- Portuguese: tanto ... quanto ... — both...and...
- Romanian: atât ... cât și ... — both...and...
- Russian: и... и... (i... i...) — both...and...
- Scottish Gaelic: an dà chuid... agus... — both...and...
- Serbo-Croatian: и ... и ... — both...and...
- Serbo-Croatian: i ... i ... — both...and...
- Slovak: tak... ako... — both...and...
- Slovene: tako ... kot ... — both...and...
- Spanish: tanto... como... — both...and...
- Spanish: y... por igual — both...and...
- Swedish: både ... och — both...and...
- Swedish: såväl ... som — both...and...
- Turkish: hem... hem... — both...and...
- Albanian: të dy — each of two; one and the other
- Arabic: كِلَا (kilā) — each of two; one and the other
- Arabic: الاتنين (letnīn) — each of two; one and the other
- Belarusian: або́два (abódva) — each of two; one and the other
- Belarusian: абе́дзве (abjédzvje) — each of two; one and the other
- Belarusian: або́е (abóje) — each of two; one and the other
- Bulgarian: и двамата (i dvamata) — each of two; one and the other
- Bulgarian: и двете (i dvete) — each of two; one and the other
- Catalan: ambdós — each of two; one and the other
- Catalan: tots dos — each of two; one and the other
- Chinese Mandarin: ...都 (...dōu) — each of two; one and the other
- Chinese Mandarin: 雙方 /双方 (shuāngfāng) — each of two; one and the other
- Chinese Mandarin: 倆 /俩 (liǎ) — each of two; one and the other
- Chinese Mandarin: 兩 /两 (liǎng) — each of two; one and the other
- Czech: oba — each of two; one and the other
- Danish: begge — each of two; one and the other
- Dutch: beide — each of two; one and the other
- Dutch: beiden — each of two; one and the other
- Dutch: allebei — each of two; one and the other
- Dutch: allebeide — each of two; one and the other
- Dutch: alletwee — each of two; one and the other
- Esperanto: ambaŭ — each of two; one and the other
- Estonian: mõlemad — each of two; one and the other
- Faroese: báðir — each of two; one and the other
- Finnish: molemmat — each of two; one and the other
- Finnish: kumpikin — each of two; one and the other
- Finnish: kummatkin — each of two; one and the other
- French: tous les deux — each of two; one and the other
- French: les deux — each of two; one and the other
- French: tout deux — each of two; one and the other
- North Frisian: biise — each of two; one and the other
- West-Frisian: beide — each of two; one and the other
- West-Frisian: allebeide — each of two; one and the other
- Galician: ambos — each of two; one and the other
- Galician: amos — each of two; one and the other
- Georgian: ორივე (orive) — each of two; one and the other
- German: beide — each of two; one and the other
- Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌹 (bai) — each of two; one and the other
- Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌾𐍉𐌸𐍃 (bajōþs) — each of two; one and the other
- Greek: αμφότεροι (amfóteroi) — each of two; one and the other
- Ancient Greek: ἀμφότερος (amphóteros) — each of two; one and the other
- Gujarati: બંને (banne) — each of two; one and the other
- Hebrew: שני — each of two; one and the other
- Hindi: दोनों (donõ) — each of two; one and the other
- Hungarian: mindkét — each of two; one and the other
- Hungarian: mind a két — each of two; one and the other
- Hungarian: mindkettő — each of two; one and the other
- Hungarian: mind a kettő — each of two; one and the other
- Icelandic: bæði — each of two; one and the other
- Icelandic: báðir — each of two; one and the other
- Icelandic: báðar — each of two; one and the other
- Icelandic: bæði — each of two; one and the other
- Ido: ambe — each of two; one and the other
- Ido: omna du — each of two; one and the other
- Ido: omni du — each of two; one and the other
- Indonesian: keduanya — each of two; one and the other
- Interlingua: ambe — each of two; one and the other
- Irish: araon — each of two; one and the other
- Italian: sia — each of two; one and the other
- Italian: entrambi — each of two; one and the other
- Italian: ambedue — each of two; one and the other
- Italian: ambo tutti e due — each of two; one and the other
- Italian: tutte e due — each of two; one and the other
- Japanese: 両方 (ryōhō) — each of two; one and the other
- Japanese: 両- (ryō-) — each of two; one and the other
- Japanese: どちらも (dochira mo) — each of two; one and the other
- Japanese: 双方 (sōhō) — each of two; one and the other
- Kazakh: екеуі (ekeuı) — each of two; one and the other
- Korean: 둘 다 (dul da) — each of two; one and the other
- Korean: 양쪽의 (yangjjogui) — each of two; one and the other
- Korean: 쌍방 (ssangbang) — each of two; one and the other
- Central Kurdish: ھەردو (herdu) — each of two; one and the other
- Ladino: ambos — each of two; one and the other
- Latin: ambō — each of two; one and the other
- Latin: ambae — each of two; one and the other
- Latin: ambō — each of two; one and the other
- Latvian: abi — each of two; one and the other
- Lithuanian: abu — each of two; one and the other
- Macedonian: обата (obata) — each of two; one and the other
- Macedonian: двата (dvata) — each of two; one and the other
- Malay: kedua-dua — each of two; one and the other
- Malay: kededua — each of two; one and the other
- Malay: dedua — each of two; one and the other
- Norwegian Bokmål: begge — each of two; one and the other
- Norwegian Nynorsk: begge — each of two; one and the other
- Norwegian Nynorsk: båe — each of two; one and the other
- Occitan: ambedós — each of two; one and the other
- Occitan: totes dos — each of two; one and the other
- Old English: bēġen — each of two; one and the other
- Old Galician-Portuguese: ambos — each of two; one and the other
- Old Prussian: abbai — each of two; one and the other
- Pashto: دواړه (dwâṛa) — each of two; one and the other
- Persian: هر دو (har do) — each of two; one and the other
- Persian: هردو (hardo) — each of two; one and the other
- Polish: oba — each of two; one and the other
- Polish: oboje — each of two; one and the other
- Polish: obie — each of two; one and the other
- Polish: obaj — each of two; one and the other
- Polish: obydwaj — each of two; one and the other
- Polish: obydwoje — each of two; one and the other
- Polish: obydwa — each of two; one and the other
- Polish: obydwie — each of two; one and the other
- Portuguese: ambos — each of two; one and the other
- Romanian: ambii — each of two; one and the other
- Romanian: ambele — each of two; one and the other
- Romanian: amândoi — each of two; one and the other
- Romanian: amândouă — each of two; one and the other
- Russian: о́ба (óba) — each of two; one and the other
- Russian: о́бе (óbe) — each of two; one and the other
- Sanskrit: उभौ (ubhau) — each of two; one and the other
- Sardinian: ambos — each of two; one and the other
- Scots: baith — each of two; one and the other
- Serbo-Croatian: о̏ба — each of two; one and the other
- Serbo-Croatian: о̏бје — each of two; one and the other
- Serbo-Croatian: о̏бе — each of two; one and the other
- Serbo-Croatian: ȍba — each of two; one and the other
- Serbo-Croatian: ȍbje — each of two; one and the other
- Serbo-Croatian: ȍbe — each of two; one and the other
- Slovak: obidva — each of two; one and the other
- Slovak: obidvaja — each of two; one and the other
- Slovene: oba — each of two; one and the other
- Slovene: obe — each of two; one and the other
- Spanish: ambos — each of two; one and the other
- Spanish: los dos — each of two; one and the other
- Spanish: entrambos — each of two; one and the other
- Spanish: uno y otro — each of two; one and the other
- Spanish: ambos a dos — each of two; one and the other
- Old Spanish: amos — each of two; one and the other
- Swedish: båda — each of two; one and the other
- Swedish: bägge — each of two; one and the other
- Swedish: ömse — each of two; one and the other
- Telugu: రెండూ (reṇḍū) — each of two; one and the other
- Telugu: ఇద్దరు (iddaru) — each of two; one and the other
- Thai: ทั้งสอง (táng sɔ̌ɔng) — each of two; one and the other
- Tocharian B: antapi — each of two; one and the other
- Turkish: her ikisi (de) — each of two; one and the other
- Turkish: ikisi (de) — each of two; one and the other
- Ukrainian: оби́два (obýdva) — each of two; one and the other
- Ukrainian: оби́дві (obýdvi) — each of two; one and the other
- Ukrainian: обо́є (obóje) — each of two; one and the other
- Urdu: دونوں (donõ) — each of two; one and the other
- Vietnamese: cả hai — each of two; one and the other
- Welsh: y ddau — each of two; one and the other
- Welsh: y ddwy — each of two; one and the other
- Yiddish: ביידע (beyde) — each of two; one and the other