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• fôr strong form
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• Received-Pronunciation: /fɔː/
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• UK, stressed: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Canada, General-American: /fɔɹ/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /foː/
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• Australia, stressed: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Scotland: /fɔɾ/
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• fər weak form
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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /fə/
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• UK, unstressed: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Canada, General-American: /fɚ/
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• California, unstressed: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• New-Zealand: /fɘ/
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
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• homophone: faugh (non-rhotic)
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• homophone: faw (non-rhotic)
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• homophone: fore
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• homophone: four (horse–hoarse merger)
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• homophone: Thor (th-fronting)
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• CMU ARPABET: F AO1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: F ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 3: F R ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h2-i Proto-Germanic *furi Proto-West Germanic *furi Old English for Middle English for English for Inherited from Middle English for, from Old English for (“for, because of”), from Proto-Germanic *furi (“for”), from Proto-Indo-European *preh2-. Cognate with West Frisian foar (“for”), Dutch voor (“for”), German für (“for”), Danish for (“for”), Swedish för (“for”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk for (“for”), Icelandic fyrir (“for”), Latin per (“by, through, for, by means of”) and Romance language descendants (e.g. Spanish por (“for”)), Ancient Greek περί (perí, “for, about, toward”), Lithuanian per (“by, through, during”), Slovak pre (“for”), Sanskrit परि (pári, “over, around”).

448 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: për — because
• Arabic: لِأَنَّ (liʔanna) — because
• Armenian: որովհետեւ (orovhetew) — because
• Bulgarian: защо́то (zaštóto) — because
• Catalan: per — because
• Chinese Mandarin: 因為 /因为 (yīnwèi) — because
• Chinese Mandarin: 為著 /为著 (wèizhe) — because
• Chinese Mandarin: 为着 (wèizhe) — because
• Czech: neboť — because
• Danish: for — because
• Danish: fordi — because
• Danish: thi — because
• Dutch: want — because
• Dutch: omdat — because
• Esperanto: ĉar — because
• Faroese: tí — because
• Finnish: sillä — because
• French: parce que — because
• French: car — because
• Galician: porque — because
• German: da — because
• German: weil — because
• German: denn — because
• Greek: διότι (dióti) — because
• Greek: επειδή (epeidí) — because
• Greek: γιατί (giatí) — because
• Ancient Greek: γάρ (gár) — because
• Ancient Greek: ἐπεί (epeí) — because
• Ancient Greek: διότι (dióti) — because
• Ancient Greek: ὅτι (hóti) — because
• Ancient Greek: ὡς (hōs) — because
• Ancient Greek: οὕνεκα (hoúneka) — because
• Hebrew: כִּי (ki) — because
• Hindi: क्योंकि (kyõki) — because
• Hungarian: mert — because
• Hungarian: mivel — because
• Hungarian: minthogy — because
• Hungarian: ugyanis — because
• Ido: nam — because
• Interlingua: nam — because
• Irish: óir — because
• Irish: arae — because
• Old Irish: air — because
• Italian: perché — because
• Italian: poiché — because
• Japanese: ...のため — because
• Kannada: ಗೋಸ್ಕರ (gōskara) — because
• Korean: ...때문에 (...ttaemun-e) — because
• Latin: nam — because
• Latin: quod — because
• Latin: quĭă — because
• Latvian: jo — because
• Lithuanian: nes — because
• Malay: kerana — because
• Malay: sebab — because
• Malay: lantaran — because
• Neapolitan: pecché — because
• Norwegian: for — because
• Norwegian: fordi — because
• Old English: for þon þe — because
• Pashto: ځکه — because
• Persian: برای (barâye) — because
• Persian: برای اینکه (barâye inke) — because
• Plautdietsch: wiels — because
• Polish: dlatego że — because
• Polish: gdyż — because
• Polish: albowiem — because
• Portuguese: porque — because
• Romanian: pentru că — because
• Romanian: căci — because
• Russian: потому́ что (potomú što) — because
• Russian: и́з-за того́, что (íz-za tovó, što) — because
• Russian: ибо (ibo) — because
• Northern Sami: go — because
• Northern Sami: dainnago — because
• Northern Sami: dasgo — because
• Sanskrit: हि (hi) — because
• Scottish Gaelic: oir — because
• Slovak: keďže — because
• Slovene: saj — because
• Slovene: ker — because
• Spanish: porque — because
• Spanish: pues — because
• Spanish: como — because
• Spanish: puesto que — because
• Spanish: por cuanto — because
• Spanish: supuesto que — because
• Spanish: presupuesto que — because
• Swahili: kwani — because
• Swahili: maana — because
• Swedish: eftersom — because
• Swedish: emedan — because
• Swedish: ty — because
• Tagalog: dahil — because
• Tagalog: kasi — because
• Tagalog: palibhasa — because
• Tagalog: sapagkat — because
• Telugu: కోసము (kōsamu) — because
• Thai: เพื่อ (pʉ̂ʉa) — because
• Turkish: için — because
• Ukrainian: тому́ що (tomú ščo) — because
• Ukrainian: че́рез те, що (čérez te, ščo) — because
• Venetan: parché — because
• Vietnamese: cho — because
• Welsh: am — because
• Yaghnobi: бахша (baxša) — because
• Dimli: qande — because
• Kirmanjki: semed — because
• Arabic: لِـ (li-) — towards
• Arabic: لـ (le-) — towards
• Bengali: দিকে (dike) — towards
• Catalan: per — towards
• Catalan: per a — towards
• Czech: k — towards
• Danish: til — towards
• Danish: mod — towards
• Dutch: naar — towards
• Finnish: kohti — towards
• French: pour — towards
• French: vers — towards
• Friulian: par — towards
• German: zu — towards
• German: nach — towards
• Greek: για (gia) — towards
• Ancient Greek: πρός (prós) — towards
• Hebrew: לְ־ (l'-) — towards
• Hebrew: בכיוון (b'kivún) — towards
• Hindi: की तरफ़ (kī taraf) — towards
• Hungarian: felé — towards
• Hungarian: -ra — towards
• Hungarian: -re — towards
• Hungarian: -nak — towards
• Hungarian: -nek — towards
• Interlingua: por — towards
• Italian: per — towards
• Italian: verso — towards
• Japanese: ...行きの (... yuki no) — towards
• Khmer: ដើម្បី (daəmbəy) — towards
• Latin: ad — towards
• Maltese: għal — towards
• Maltese: għal- — towards
• Maltese: għall- — towards
• Norwegian: mot — towards
• Norwegian: for — towards
• Occitan: per — towards
• Old English: tō — towards
• Old English: tōġēanes — towards
• Pashto: خواته — towards
• Polish: ku — towards
• Polish: do — towards
• Polish: na — towards
• Portuguese: a — towards
• Portuguese: para — towards
• Romanian: către — towards
• Romanian: înspre — towards
• Romansh: per — towards
• Russian: к (k) — towards
• Russian: на (na) — towards
• Slovak: k — towards
• Spanish: para — towards
• Swedish: mot — towards
• Swedish: åt — towards
• Thai: ไปยัง — towards
• Thai: ไปสู่ — towards
• Ukrainian: до (do) — towards
• Ukrainian: на (na) — towards
• Welsh: i — towards
• Welsh: ar gyfer — towards
• Albanian: për — directed at, intended to belong to
• Arabic: لِـ (li-) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Arabic: لـ (le-) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Arabic: عشان (ʕašān) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Armenian: համար (hamar) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Bashkir: өсөн (ösön) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Belarusian: для (dlja) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Bengali: জন্য (jônnô) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Bulgarian: за (za) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Catalan: per — directed at, intended to belong to
• Catalan: per a — directed at, intended to belong to
• Chinese Mandarin: 為了 /为了 (wèile) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Chinese Mandarin: 給 /给 (gěi) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Chinese Mandarin: 為 /为 (wèi) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Cornish: rag — directed at, intended to belong to
• Cornish: dhe — directed at, intended to belong to
• Czech: pro — directed at, intended to belong to
• Danish: til — directed at, intended to belong to
• Danish: mod — directed at, intended to belong to
• Dutch: voor — directed at, intended to belong to
• Esperanto: por — directed at, intended to belong to
• Finnish: varten — directed at, intended to belong to
• French: pour — directed at, intended to belong to
• Saterland Frisian: foar — directed at, intended to belong to
• West-Frisian: foar — directed at, intended to belong to
• Friulian: par — directed at, intended to belong to
• Gagauz: deyni — directed at, intended to belong to
• Gagauz: için — directed at, intended to belong to
• Gagauz: -ä — directed at, intended to belong to
• German: für — directed at, intended to belong to
• Greek: για (gia) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Ancient Greek: πρός (prós) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Hawaiian: no — directed at, intended to belong to
• Hebrew: לְ־ (l'-) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Hebrew: בִּשְׁבִיל (bishvíl) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Hindi: ... के लिए (... ke lie) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Hungarian: -nak — directed at, intended to belong to
• Hungarian: -nek — directed at, intended to belong to
• Hungarian: számára — directed at, intended to belong to
• Hungarian: részére — directed at, intended to belong to
• Indonesian: untuk — directed at, intended to belong to
• Indonesian: bagi — directed at, intended to belong to
• Interlingua: por — directed at, intended to belong to
• Irish: faoi choinne — directed at, intended to belong to
• Irish: do — directed at, intended to belong to
• Irish: le haghaidh — directed at, intended to belong to
• Istriot: par — directed at, intended to belong to
• Italian: per — directed at, intended to belong to
• Japanese: ...のために — directed at, intended to belong to
• Khmer: សម្រាប់ (sɑmrap) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Korean: 를/을 위해서 (-reul/-eul wihaeseo) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Central Kurdish: بۆ (bo) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Northern Kurdish: bo — directed at, intended to belong to
• Lao: ສໍາລັບ (sam lap) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Latin: ad — directed at, intended to belong to
• Latin: ob — directed at, intended to belong to
• Latin: pro — directed at, intended to belong to
• Macedonian: за (za) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Malay: untuk — directed at, intended to belong to
• Maltese: għal — directed at, intended to belong to
• Māori: mo — directed at, intended to belong to
• Marathi: साठी (sāṭhī) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Mòcheno: ver — directed at, intended to belong to
• Neapolitan: pe — directed at, intended to belong to
• Norwegian: til — directed at, intended to belong to
• Occitan: per — directed at, intended to belong to
• Persian: برای (barâye) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Polish: dla — directed at, intended to belong to
• Portuguese: para — directed at, intended to belong to
• Punjabi: ਲਈ (laī) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Romanian: pentru — directed at, intended to belong to
• Romansh: per — directed at, intended to belong to
• Russian: для (dlja) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Russian: ра́ди (rádi) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Samoan: mo — directed at, intended to belong to
• Serbo-Croatian: за — directed at, intended to belong to
• Serbo-Croatian: za — directed at, intended to belong to
• Slovak: pre — directed at, intended to belong to
• Slovene: za — directed at, intended to belong to
• Lower Sorbian: za — directed at, intended to belong to
• Spanish: para — directed at, intended to belong to
• Spanish: pora — directed at, intended to belong to
• Swahili: kwa — directed at, intended to belong to
• Swedish: för — directed at, intended to belong to
• Swedish: åt — directed at, intended to belong to
• Tahitian: ei — directed at, intended to belong to
• Tahitian: e — directed at, intended to belong to
• Tajik: барои (baro-yi) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Thai: สําหรับ (sǎm-ràp) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Turkish: için — directed at, intended to belong to
• Ukrainian: для (dlja) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Ukrainian: зара́ди (zarády) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Urdu: ... کے لئے (... ke lie) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Urdu: کیلئے (keliye) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Urdu: برائے (barāe) — directed at, intended to belong to
• Venetan: par — directed at, intended to belong to
• Vietnamese: cho — directed at, intended to belong to
• Welsh: i — directed at, intended to belong to
• Welsh: ar gyfer — directed at, intended to belong to
• Arabic: لِـ (li-) — supporting
• Bulgarian: за (za) — supporting
• Catalan: per — supporting
• Cornish: rag — supporting
• Czech: pro — supporting
• Danish: for — supporting
• Dutch: voor — supporting
• Esperanto: por — supporting
• Finnish: puolesta — supporting
• French: pour — supporting
• Saterland Frisian: foar — supporting
• West-Frisian: foar — supporting
• German: für — supporting
• Greek: υπέρ (ypér) — supporting
• Hebrew: בשביל (bishvíl) — supporting
• Hebrew: בעד (b'ád) — supporting
• Hungarian: -ért — supporting
• Hungarian: mellette — supporting
• Interlingua: por — supporting
• Italian: pro — supporting
• Latin: pro — supporting
• Latin: ob — supporting
• Mòcheno: ver — supporting
• Norwegian: for — supporting
• Old English: for — supporting
• Polish: za — supporting
• Portuguese: a favor de — supporting
• Romanian: pentru — supporting
• Russian: за (za) — supporting
• Slovak: pre — supporting
• Slovak: za — supporting
• Slovene: za — supporting
• Spanish: por — supporting
• Swedish: för — supporting
• Thai: สนับสนุน (sànàpsànŭn) — supporting
• Thai: ในความโปรดปราน (nai kwaam bpròhtbpraan) — supporting
• Ukrainian: за (za) — supporting
• Welsh: am — supporting
• Arabic: لِأَجْل (liʔajl) — because of
• Arabic: عشان (ʕašān) — because of
• Arabic: على شان (ʕalā šān) — because of
• Bengali: জন্য (jônnô) — because of
• Czech: pro — because of
• Czech: za — because of
• Danish: for — because of
• Dutch: wegens — because of
• Esperanto: pro — because of
• Esperanto: ĉar — because of
• Finnish: takia — because of
• Finnish: -sta — because of
• Finnish: vuoksi — because of
• Finnish: seurauksena — because of
• French: pour — because of
• German: wegen — because of
• Greek: για (gia) — because of
• Greek: λόγω (lógo) — because of
• Hebrew: בגלל (biglál) — because of
• Hindi: क्योंकि (kyõki) — because of
• Hungarian: miatt — because of
• Hungarian: -ért — because of
• Indonesian: untuk — because of
• Interlingua: pro — because of
• Irish: ar son — because of
• Italian: per — because of
• Japanese: で — because of
• Latin: pro — because of
• Latin: propter — because of
• Latin: ob — because of
• Latin: e — because of
• Latin: ex — because of
• Lithuanian: dėl — because of
• Malay: untuk — because of
• Maltese: għal — because of
• Maltese: minħabba — because of
• Norwegian: for — because of
• Old English: for — because of
• Polish: za — because of
• Portuguese: por causa de — because of
• Portuguese: por — because of
• Romansh: per — because of
• Russian: и́з-за (íz-za) — because of
• Northern Sami: dihte — because of
• Slovak: za — because of
• Spanish: por — because of
• Swedish: för — because of
• Swedish: av — because of
• Ukrainian: че́рез (čérez) — because of
• Venetan: par — because of
• Arabic: لِـ (li-) — over (a period of time)
• Azerbaijani: boyunca — over (a period of time)
• Bengali: ধরে (dhore) — over (a period of time)
• Bengali: জন্য (jônnô) — over (a period of time)
• Catalan: durant — over (a period of time)
• Danish: i — over (a period of time)
• Dutch: voor — over (a period of time)
• Dutch: lang — over (a period of time)
• Finnish: aikana — over (a period of time)
• Finnish: ajan — over (a period of time)
• French: depuis — over (a period of time)
• French: pendant — over (a period of time)
• German: seit — over (a period of time)
• German: lang — over (a period of time)
• German: -lang — over (a period of time)
• German: tagelang etc. — over (a period of time)
• Ancient Greek: ἐπί (epí) — over (a period of time)
• Hindi: से (se) — over (a period of time)
• Irish: ar feadh — over (a period of time)
• Irish: feadh — over (a period of time)
• Irish: le — over (a period of time)
• Irish: go ceann — over (a period of time)
• Italian: durante — over (a period of time)
• Latin: pro — over (a period of time)
• Latin: inter — over (a period of time)
• Latin: in — over (a period of time)
• Latin: per — over (a period of time)
• Old English: for — over (a period of time)
• Plautdietsch: fa — over (a period of time)
• Polish: przez — over (a period of time)
• Portuguese: por — over (a period of time)
• Portuguese: durante — over (a period of time)
• Romanian: timp de — over (a period of time)
• Romanian: pentru — over (a period of time)
• Romanian: preț de — over (a period of time)
• Russian: в тече́ние (v tečénije) — over (a period of time)
• Slovak: počas — over (a period of time)
• Lower Sorbian: wob — over (a period of time)
• Spanish: por — over (a period of time)
• Spanish: durante — over (a period of time)
• Swahili: kwa — over (a period of time)
• Swedish: i — over (a period of time)
• Thai: เป็นเวลา (bpen waylaa) — over (a period of time)
• Ukrainian: про́тягом (prótjahom) — over (a period of time)
• Venetan: par — over (a period of time)
• Welsh: am — over (a period of time)
• Welsh: ers — over (a period of time)
• Arabic: لِأَجْل (liʔajl) — in order to obtain or acquire
• Arabic: عشان (ʕašān) — in order to obtain or acquire
• Arabic: على شان (ʕalā šān) — in order to obtain or acquire
• Esperanto: por — in order to obtain or acquire
• Finnish: saadakseen — in order to obtain or acquire
• French: pour — in order to obtain or acquire
• German: für — in order to obtain or acquire
• Ancient Greek: πρός (prós) — in order to obtain or acquire
• Ancient Greek: ἐπί (epí) — in order to obtain or acquire
• Hungarian: -ra — in order to obtain or acquire
• Hungarian: -re — in order to obtain or acquire
• Hungarian: -ért — in order to obtain or acquire
• Hungarian: céljából — in order to obtain or acquire
• Irish: faoi dhéin — in order to obtain or acquire
• Irish: faoi choinne — in order to obtain or acquire
• Irish: ag triall ar — in order to obtain or acquire
• Irish: ar son — in order to obtain or acquire
• Latin: ob — in order to obtain or acquire
• Ligurian: pe — in order to obtain or acquire
• Polish: o — in order to obtain or acquire
• Portuguese: por — in order to obtain or acquire
• Romanian: pentru — in order to obtain or acquire
• Slovak: po — in order to obtain or acquire
• Lower Sorbian: za — in order to obtain or acquire
• Spanish: por — in order to obtain or acquire
• Swedish: efter — in order to obtain or acquire
• Swedish: på — in order to obtain or acquire
• Venetan: par — in order to obtain or acquire
• Arabic: لِـ (li-) — by the standards of
• Arabic: بِالنِّسْبَة لِـ — by the standards of
• Arabic: لـ (le-) — by the standards of
• Arabic: بالنسبة لـ (be-n-nesba le-) — by the standards of
• Catalan: per ser — by the standards of
• Chinese Mandarin: 對......來說 /对......来说 (duì ... láishuō) — by the standards of
• French: par estre — by the standards of
• French: pour estre — by the standards of
• German: für — by the standards of
• Hungarian: képest — by the standards of
• Italian: per essere — by the standards of
• Portuguese: para — by the standards of
• Portuguese: para ser — by the standards of
• Romanian: pentru — by the standards of
• Slovak: na — by the standards of
• Slovene: za — by the standards of
• Spanish: para ser — by the standards of
• Venetan: par — by the standards of