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52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Spanish: y no — and not
• Vietnamese: chứ không phải — and not
• Arabic: بَدَلًا مِن (badalan min) — to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred
• Arabic: بدل ما (badal ma) — to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred
• Arabic: أحسن ما (ʔaḥsan ma) — to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred
• Bulgarian: вместо (vmesto) — to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred
• Chinese Mandarin: 毋寧 /毋宁 (wúnìng) — to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred
• Czech: raději než — to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred
• French: plutôt que — to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred
• German: statt — to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred
• Italian: anziché — to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred
• Italian: invece che — to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred
• Italian: piuttosto che — to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred
• Latin: potius quam — to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred
• Norwegian: heller — to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred
• Polish: a nie — to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred
• Scottish Gaelic: seach — to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred
• Slovak: radšej než — to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred
• Spanish: antes que — to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred
• Spanish: en vez de — to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred
• Spanish: en lugar de — to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred
• Vietnamese: hơn là — to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred
• Vietnamese: thay vì — to indicate that the following alternative is less preferred
• Arabic: أَكْثَر مِن (ʔakṯar min) — instead of, in preference to
• Arabic: عَنّ (ʕann) — instead of, in preference to
• Arabic: أكتر من (ʔaktar men) — instead of, in preference to
• Arabic: عن (ʕann) — instead of, in preference to
• Bulgarian: вместо (vmesto) — instead of, in preference to
• Chinese Mandarin: 與其 /与其 (yǔqí) — instead of, in preference to
• Czech: raději než — instead of, in preference to
• Czech: namísto — instead of, in preference to
• Dutch: in plaats van — instead of, in preference to
• French: au lieu de — instead of, in preference to
• French: à la place de — instead of, in preference to
• French: plus que — instead of, in preference to
• French: plutôt que — instead of, in preference to
• German: statt — instead of, in preference to
• Irish: seachas — instead of, in preference to
• Italian: anziché — instead of, in preference to
• Malagasy: noho — instead of, in preference to
• Norwegian: heller enn — instead of, in preference to
• Polish: a nie — instead of, in preference to
• Polish: zamiast — instead of, in preference to
• Portuguese: a — instead of, in preference to
• Scottish Gaelic: seach — instead of, in preference to
• Spanish: en vez de — instead of, in preference to
• Spanish: en lugar de — instead of, in preference to
• Tagalog: imbes — instead of, in preference to
• Ukrainian: за́мість то́го (zámistʹ tóho) — instead of, in preference to
• Vietnamese: hơn là — instead of, in preference to
• Vietnamese: thay vì — instead of, in preference to
• Yoruba: kàkà — instead of, in preference to