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From Middle English if, yif, yef, from Old English ġif (“if”), from Proto-West Germanic *jabu, *jabē, from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”). Cognate with Scots gif (“if, whether”), Saterland Frisian af, of (“if, whether”), West Frisian oft (“whether”), Dutch of (“or, whether, but”), Middle Low German ef, if, af, of ("if; whether"; > German Low German of), German ob (“if, whether”), Icelandic ef (“if”).

379 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: as — supposing that
• Afrikaans: indien — supposing that
• Ahom: 𑜆𑜦𑜡 (pō) — supposing that
• Akkadian: 𒋳𒈠 (šumma) — supposing that
• Albanian: nëse — supposing that
• Arabic: إِنْ (ʔin) — supposing that
• Arabic: لَوْ — supposing that
• Arabic: إِذَا (ʔiḏā) — supposing that
• Arabic: اذا (eza) — supposing that
• Arabic: إذا (ʔeza) — supposing that
• Arabic: لو — supposing that
• Arabic: إن (in) — supposing that
• Arabic: لو — supposing that
• Arabic: إذا (ʔiza, ʔiḏa) — supposing that
• Arabic: إن (ʔin) — supposing that
• Arabic: كون كان (kon kan) — supposing that
• Arabic: كُن كان (kon kan) — supposing that
• Arabic: إذا (ʔiza) — supposing that
• Arabic: لو — supposing that
• Arabic: إن (ʔin) — supposing that
• Arabic: إنكنّـ (ʔin-kann-) — supposing that
• Tunisian Arabic: لَوْ كَانْ (law kān) — supposing that
• Aragonese: si — supposing that
• Aramaic: ܐܢ (ʾen) — supposing that
• Aramaic: ܐܠܘ (ʾellū) — supposing that
• Aramaic: אֶן (ʾen) — supposing that
• Aramaic: אִין (ʾîn) — supposing that
• Aramaic: אִלּוּ (ʾillû) — supposing that
• Armenian: եթե (etʻe) — supposing that
• Aromanian: disi — supposing that
• Asturian: si — supposing that
• Azerbaijani: əgər — supposing that
• Bakhtiari: ار (ar) — supposing that
• Bashkir: әгәр (əgər) — supposing that
• Bashkir: әгәр ҙә (əgər źə) — supposing that
• Belarusian: калі́ (kalí) — supposing that
• Bengali: যদি (jodi) — supposing that
• Bislama: sapos — supposing that
• Breton: ma — supposing that
• Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin: -kaa — supposing that
• Bulgarian: а́ко (áko) — supposing that
• Burmese: က (ka.) — supposing that
• Burmese: အကယ်၍ (a.kairwe) — supposing that
• Burmese: ရင် (rang) — supposing that
• Burmese: လျှင် (hlyang) — supposing that
• Catalan: si — supposing that
• Chinese Cantonese: 要是 (jiu3 si6) — supposing that
• Chinese Cantonese: 如果 (jyu4 guo2) — supposing that
• Chinese: вәё (vəio) — supposing that
• Chinese: зэсы (zesɨ) — supposing that
• Chinese: дан (dan) — supposing that
• Chinese: дансы (dansɨ) — supposing that
• Chinese: зэ (ze) — supposing that
• Eastern Min Chinese: 儷是 /俪是 (nâ-sê) — supposing that
• Chinese: 假使 (zh-min-nan) — supposing that
• Chinese: 檢采 /检采 (zh-min-nan) — supposing that
• Chinese: 若 (zh-min-nan) — supposing that
• Chinese Mandarin: 如果 (rúguǒ) — supposing that
• Chinese Mandarin: 要是 (yàoshì) — supposing that
• Chinese Mandarin: 如 (rú) — supposing that
• Chinese Mandarin: ...的话 (...de huà) — supposing that
• Chinese Mandarin: 當 /当 (dāng) — supposing that
• Chukchi: эвыр (ėvyr) — supposing that
• Chukchi: эвыт (ėvyt) — supposing that
• Chukchi: эвыръым (ėvyrʺym) — supposing that
• Chuvash: эхер (eh̬er) — supposing that
• Maore Comorian: djeli — supposing that
• Czech: jestliže — supposing that
• Czech: pokud — supposing that
• Danish: hvis — supposing that
• Danish: om — supposing that
• Danish: dersom — supposing that
• Danish: nærmest — supposing that
• Danish: snarere — supposing that
• Dutch: als — supposing that
• Dutch: indien — supposing that
• Dutch: as — supposing that
• Esperanto: se — supposing that
• Estonian: kui — supposing that
• Finnish: jos — supposing that
• Finnish: mikäli — supposing that
• French: si — supposing that
• Middle French: si — supposing that
• Old French: se — supposing that
• West-Frisian: as — supposing that
• West-Frisian: at — supposing that
• Galician: se — supposing that
• Georgian: თუ (tu) — supposing that
• German: wenn — supposing that
• German: falls — supposing that
• Gothic: 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 (jabai) — supposing that
• Greek: αν (an) — supposing that
• Greek: εάν (eán) — supposing that
• Greek: άμα (áma) — supposing that
• Greek: ει (ei) — supposing that
• Ancient Greek: εἰ (ei) — supposing that
• Ancient Greek: ἐάν (eán) — supposing that
• Ancient Greek: ἄν (án) — supposing that
• Ancient Greek: ἤν (ḗn) — supposing that
• Haitian Creole: si — supposing that
• Hebrew: אִם (im) — supposing that
• Hindi: अगर (agar) — supposing that
• Hindi: यदि (yadi) — supposing that
• Hindi: जो (jo) — supposing that
• Hungarian: ha — supposing that
• Hungarian: hogyha — supposing that
• Hungarian: amennyiben — supposing that
• Icelandic: ef — supposing that
• Ido: se — supposing that
• Indonesian: jika — supposing that
• Indonesian: kalau — supposing that
• Indonesian: apabila — supposing that
• Ingrian: jos — supposing that
• Interlingua: si — supposing that
• Irish: má — supposing that
• Irish: dá — supposing that
• Old Irish: má — supposing that
• Old Irish: dia — supposing that
• Italian: se — supposing that
• Japanese: もし... (moshi...) — supposing that
• Japanese: ...なら (...nara) — supposing that
• Japanese: ...ならば (...naraba) — supposing that
• Japanese: ...だったら (...dattara) — supposing that
• Japanese: ...と — supposing that
• Japanese: ...ては (...te wa) — supposing that
• Japanese: ...えば (...eba) — supposing that
• Javanese: manawa — supposing that
• Kamviri: to — supposing that
• Kapampangan: nung — supposing that
• Kapampangan: patie — supposing that
• Kapampangan: istung — supposing that
• Kapampangan: ...naman — supposing that
• Kapampangan: ...taman — supposing that
• Kapampangan: ...paman — supposing that
• Kapampangan: ... naman pa — supposing that
• Kazakh: егер (eger) — supposing that
• Khmer: បើ (baə) — supposing that
• Korean: 만약 (manyak) — supposing that
• Korean: -면 (-myeon) — supposing that
• Kumyk: эгер (eger) — supposing that
• Central Kurdish: ئەگەر (eger) — supposing that
• Northern Kurdish: heke — supposing that
• Northern Kurdish: eger — supposing that
• Kyrgyz: эгер (eger) — supposing that
• Lao: ຖ້າ (thā) — supposing that
• Lao: ຄັນ (khan) — supposing that
• Latin: si — supposing that
• Latvian: ja — supposing that
• Lingala: soki — supposing that
• Lithuanian: jei — supposing that
• Lithuanian: jeigu — supposing that
• Lü: ᦅᧃ (kan) — supposing that
• Macedonian: ако (ako) — supposing that
• Malay: kalau — supposing that
• Malay: kira — supposing that
• Malay: jika — supposing that
• Malay: jikalau — supposing that
• Malay: andai — supposing that
• Malay: sekiranya — supposing that
• Malayalam: എങ്കിൽ (eṅkil) — supposing that
• Maltese: jekk — supposing that
• Māori: mēnā — supposing that
• Eastern Mari: гын (gyn) — supposing that
• Mongolian: болзол (bolzol) — supposing that
• Mongolian: -бал (-bal) — supposing that
• Mongolian: -вал (-val) — supposing that
• Navajo: ládą́ą́ʼ — supposing that
• Neapolitan: si — supposing that
• Norwegian Bokmål: dersom — supposing that
• Norwegian Bokmål: hvis — supposing that
• Norwegian Bokmål: om — supposing that
• Norwegian Bokmål: når — supposing that
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dersom — supposing that
• Norwegian Nynorsk: i fall — supposing that
• Norwegian Nynorsk: om — supposing that
• Norwegian Nynorsk: såframt — supposing that
• Norwegian Nynorsk: viss — supposing that
• Nǀuu: ǃûu — supposing that
• Occitan: se — supposing that
• Old English: ġif — supposing that
• Pashto: که چېرې (ka čere) — supposing that
• Pashto: که (ka) — supposing that
• Persian: اگر (agar) — supposing that
• Persian: چنانچه (čenânče, čonânče) — supposing that
• Polish: jeśli — supposing that
• Polish: jeżeli — supposing that
• Polish: gdyby — supposing that
• Polish: jak — supposing that
• Portuguese: se — supposing that
• Portuguese: caso — supposing that
• Punjabi: ਜੇ (je) — supposing that
• Punjabi: جے (jē) — supposing that
• Rapa Nui: ana — supposing that
• Romanian: dacă — supposing that
• Romansh: sche — supposing that
• Russian: е́сли (jésli) — supposing that
• Russian: е́жели (jéželi) — supposing that
• Russian: ко́ли (kóli) — supposing that
• Russian: ка́бы (káby) — supposing that
• Northern Sami: jos — supposing that
• Sanskrit: यदि (yadi) — supposing that
• Scots: if — supposing that
• Scots: gin — supposing that
• Scottish Gaelic: ma — supposing that
• Scottish Gaelic: nan — supposing that
• Serbo-Croatian: ȁko — supposing that
• Serbo-Croatian: ȁko — supposing that
• Shan: ပေႃး (páu) — supposing that
• Sikkimese: གལ་སྲིད (gal srid) — supposing that
• Sinhalese: නම් (nam) — supposing that
• Sinhalese: නං (naṁ) — supposing that
• Slovak: ak — supposing that
• Slovene: če — supposing that
• Lower Sorbian: joli — supposing that
• Lower Sorbian: gaž — supposing that
• Lower Sorbian: gaby — supposing that
• Lower Sorbian: -li — supposing that
• Spanish: si — supposing that
• Sundanese: upami — supposing that
• Swahili: ikiwa — supposing that
• Swahili: kama — supposing that
• Swedish: om — supposing that
• Tai Dam: ꪖ꫁ꪱꪫ꪿ꪱ — supposing that
• Tai Nüa: ᥗᥪᥒᥴᥝᥣ (thúengwaa) — supposing that
• Tajik: агар (agar) — supposing that
• Tamil: என்றால் (eṉṟāl) — supposing that
• Tatar: әгәр (ägär) — supposing that
• Telugu: అయితే (ayitē) — supposing that
• Thai: ถ้า หาก (tâa) — supposing that
• Tibetan: ན (na) — supposing that
• Tocharian B: inte — supposing that
• Tocharian B: kwri — supposing that
• Tok Pisin: sapos — supposing that
• Turkish: eğer — supposing that
• Turkish: -se — supposing that
• Turkish: -sa — supposing that
• Turkish: ise — supposing that
• Turkish: varsayarsak — supposing that
• Turkmen: eger — supposing that
• Uab Meto: kalu — supposing that
• Ukrainian: якщо́ (jakščó) — supposing that
• Ukrainian: коли́ (kolý) — supposing that
• Urdu: اگر (agar) — supposing that
• Urdu: یدی (yadī) — supposing that
• Uyghur: ئەگەر (eger) — supposing that
• Uzbek: agar — supposing that
• Vietnamese: nếu (mà) — supposing that
• Vietnamese: hễ (mà) — supposing that
• Vietnamese: nếu trường hợp — supposing that
• Volapük: if — supposing that
• Waigali: të — supposing that
• Walloon: si — supposing that
• Welsh: os — supposing that
• Welsh: pe — supposing that
• Wutunhua: -la — supposing that
• Yakut: өскө (öskö) — supposing that
• Yiddish: אויב (oyb) — supposing that
• Yiddish: טאָמער (tomer) — supposing that
• Yiddish: אַז (az) — supposing that
• Yucatec Maya: wa — supposing that
• Zazaki: eger — supposing that
• Zazaki: eke (diq) — supposing that
• Zealandic: a — supposing that
• Zealandic: as — supposing that
• Zhuang: danghnaeuz — supposing that
• Bengali: যদিও (jodiō) — although; used to introduce a concession
• Danish: at — although; used to introduce a concession
• Danish: hvis — although; used to introduce a concession
• Danish: om — although; used to introduce a concession
• Finnish: vaikkakin — although; used to introduce a concession
• German: wenn auch — although; used to introduce a concession
• Hungarian: ha ... is — although; used to introduce a concession
• Hungarian: még ha ... is — although; used to introduce a concession
• Hungarian: bár — although; used to introduce a concession
• Hungarian: noha — although; used to introduce a concession
• Hungarian: jóllehet — although; used to introduce a concession
• Hungarian: habár — although; used to introduce a concession
• Norwegian Bokmål: om enn — although; used to introduce a concession
• Norwegian Nynorsk: om enn — although; used to introduce a concession
• Polish: tyle że — although; used to introduce a concession
• Slovak: aj keď — although; used to introduce a concession
• Spanish: aunque — although; used to introduce a concession
• Turkish: değil ise — although; used to introduce a concession
• Turkish: değilse — although; used to introduce a concession
• Vietnamese: dù — although; used to introduce a concession
• Arabic: إذا (ʔeza) — whether
• Arabic: اِلى (ila) — whether
• Arabic: إلا (ila) — whether
• Tunisian Arabic: اِذَا (ʔiḏā) — whether
• Asturian: si — whether
• Bengali: কিনা (kina) — whether
• Bengali: কি না (ki na) — whether
• Catalan: si — whether
• Chinese Mandarin: 是否 (shì-fǒu) — whether
• Czech: zda — whether
• Danish: om — whether
• Danish: hvorvidt — whether
• Dutch: of — whether
• Esperanto: ĉu — whether
• Finnish: -ko — whether
• French: si — whether
• French: que — whether
• French: soit — whether
• Old French: se — whether
• West-Frisian: oft — whether
• German: ob — whether
• Gothic: 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 (jabai) — whether
• Hindi: कि (ki) — whether
• Hungarian: (vajon) -e (hogy) — whether
• Icelandic: hvort — whether
• Indonesian: kalau — whether
• Irish: an — whether
• Italian: se — whether
• Japanese: かどうか (...ka dō ka) — whether
• Japanese: か (ka) — whether
• Javanese: apa — whether
• Kapampangan: -man — whether
• Kapampangan: nung — whether
• Kapampangan: ka — whether
• Kapampangan: ya — whether
• Macedonian: дали (dali) — whether
• Malay: sama ada — whether
• Navajo: ládą́ą́ʼ — whether
• Norwegian Bokmål: om — whether
• Norwegian Bokmål: hvorvidt — whether
• Norwegian Nynorsk: om — whether
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kor vidt — whether
• Old English: hwæþer — whether
• Old English: ġif — whether
• Pashto: چې که (če ka) — whether
• Persian: که آیا (ke âyâ) — whether
• Polish: czy — whether
• Portuguese: se — whether
• Russian: ли (li) — whether
• Serbo-Croatian: да ли — whether
• Serbo-Croatian: da li — whether
• Slovak: či — whether
• Spanish: si — whether
• Sundanese: upami — whether
• Swedish: om — whether
• Vietnamese: but see là — whether
• Vietnamese: thì — whether
• Vietnamese: mới — whether
• Walloon: si — whether
• Danish: hvis — (computing)
• Finnish: jos — (computing)
• German: wenn — (computing)
• Hungarian: ha — (computing)
• Indonesian: jika — (computing)
• Macedonian: ако (ako) — (computing)
• Norwegian Bokmål: hvis — (computing)
• Polish: jeżeli — (computing)
• Polish: jeśli — (computing)
• Portuguese: se — (computing)
• Russian: е́сли (jésli) — (computing)
• Slovak: ak — (computing)
• Afrikaans: as — a theoretical condition
• Bulgarian: условие (uslovie) — a theoretical condition
• Bulgarian: предположение (predpoloženie) — a theoretical condition
• Bulgarian: ако и но (ako i no) — a theoretical condition
• Danish: spørgsmålstegn — a theoretical condition
• Dutch: als — a theoretical condition
• Esperanto: se — a theoretical condition
• Estonian: oletus — a theoretical condition
• Finnish: olettamus — a theoretical condition
• French: si — a theoretical condition
• German: Wenn — a theoretical condition
• Hungarian: ha — a theoretical condition
• Japanese: 仮定 (katei) — a theoretical condition
• Central Kurdish: ئەگەر (eger) — a theoretical condition
• Macedonian: услов (uslov) — a theoretical condition
• Portuguese: hipótese — a theoretical condition
• Portuguese: suposição — a theoretical condition
• Russian: усло́вие (uslóvije) — a theoretical condition
• Russian: предположе́ние (predpoložénije) — a theoretical condition
• Slovak: ak — a theoretical condition
• Slovak: či — a theoretical condition
• Spanish: hipótesis — a theoretical condition
• Spanish: suposición — a theoretical condition