conj · prep · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Canada, UK:ŭn-tĭlʹ
Canada, UK:ən-tĭlʹ
Canada, UK:/ʌnˈtɪl/
Canada, UK:/ənˈtɪl/
Canada, UK:/ʊnˈtɪl/
US:ŭn-tĭlʹ
US:ən-tĭlʹ
US:/ʌnˈtɪl/
US:/ənˈtɪl/
nonstandard:/ɪnˈtɪl/
ŭn-tĭlʹAppalachians, also
/ˈʌntəl/Appalachians, also
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -ɪl
CMU ARPABET:AH0 N T IH1 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
conj
Meaning 1
Up to the time that (a condition becomes true).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Not until I got his email did I fully understand his disappointment.
It took us a week before/until we got the house repainted.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
conj
Meaning 2
Before (a condition becoming true).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
prep
Meaning 3
Up to the time of (something happening); pending.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
If you can wait until after my meeting with her, we'll talk then.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
prep
Meaning 4
Up to (a certain place)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Keep walking until the second set of traffic lights, then turn left.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
prep
Meaning 5
Before (a time).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
prep
Meaning 6
To; physically towards.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
prep
Meaning 7
Up to the time that the foods or other things available to sell, or tasks which need to be completed, run out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Bake sale on Saturday, 2pm until.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English vntil, until, untill, ontil, ontill, perhaps representing a northern variant of Middle English unto (see Modern English unto). By surface analysis, un- (“against; toward; up to”) + till.
Across languages
Translations
253 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
حَتَّى
(ḥattā)
— up to the time that
Arabic:
إِلَى أَنْ
(ʔilā ʔan)
— up to the time that
Bulgarian:
докато
(dokato)
— up to the time that
Burmese:
အထိ
(a.hti.)
— up to the time that
Chinese Cantonese:
到
(dou3)
— up to the time that
Chinese Cantonese:
至
(zi3)
— up to the time that
Chinese Mandarin:
直到
(zhídào)
— up to the time that
Chinese Mandarin:
直至
(zhízhì)
— up to the time that
Chinese Mandarin:
至
(zhì)
— up to the time that
Ndzwani Comorian:
ta
— up to the time that
Czech:
dokud
— up to the time that
Dutch:
totdat
— up to the time that
Estonian:
kuni
— up to the time that
Finnish:
kunnes
— up to the time that
French:
jusqu'à ce que
— up to the time that
French:
jusqu'au moment où
— up to the time that
German:
bis
— up to the time that
Greek:
ώσπου
(óspou)
— up to the time that
Greek:
ωσότου
(osótou)
— up to the time that
Ancient Greek:
μέχρι
(mékhri)
— up to the time that
Ancient Greek:
ἕως
(héōs)
— up to the time that
Hebrew:
עד
(ád)
— up to the time that
Hindi:
तक
(tak)
— up to the time that
Hindi:
तलक
(talak)
— up to the time that
Hindi:
पर्यंत
(paryant)
— up to the time that
Hungarian:
amíg...nem
— up to the time that
Hungarian:
ameddig...nem
— up to the time that
Interlingua:
usque
— up to the time that
Irish:
go dtí go
— up to the time that
Old Irish:
co
— up to the time that
Japanese:
...まで
— up to the time that
Northern Kurdish:
heta
— up to the time that
Northern Kurdish:
ta
— up to the time that
Northern Kurdish:
heta ku
— up to the time that
Latin:
donec
— up to the time that
Macedonian:
до́дека не
(dódeka ne)
— up to the time that
Manchu:
ᡳᠰᡳᡨᠠᠯᠠ
(isitala)
— up to the time that
Norwegian Bokmål:
inntil
— up to the time that
Old English:
oþ þæt
— up to the time that
Polish:
aż
— up to the time that
Portuguese:
até
— up to the time that
Punjabi:
ਜਦ ਤੱਕ
(jad takka)
— up to the time that
Romanian:
până
— up to the time that
Russian:
пока́ не
(poká ne)
— up to the time that
Russian:
до тех пор, пока́ не
(do tex por, poká ne)
— up to the time that
Sanskrit:
पर्यन्तम्
(paryantam)
— up to the time that
Slovene:
dokler
— up to the time that
Spanish:
hasta
— up to the time that
Spanish:
hasta que
— up to the time that
Swedish:
tills
— up to the time that
Tocharian B:
eṃṣke
— up to the time that
Ukrainian:
допо́ки
(dopóky)
— up to the time that
Ukrainian:
по́ки
(póky)
— up to the time that
Urdu:
تَک
(tak)
— up to the time that
Urdu:
پَرْیَنْت
(paryant)
— up to the time that
Uyghur:
-غىچە
(-ghiche)
— up to the time that
Uyghur:
-قىچە
(-qiche)
— up to the time that
Uyghur:
-گىچە
(-giche)
— up to the time that
Uyghur:
-كىچە
(-kiche)
— up to the time that
Vietnamese:
cho đến khi
— up to the time that
Vietnamese:
đến khi
— up to the time that
Vietnamese:
cho đến lúc
— up to the time that
Vietnamese:
đến lúc
— up to the time that
Vietnamese:
cho tới khi
— up to the time that
Vietnamese:
tới khi
— up to the time that
Vietnamese:
tới lúc
— up to the time that
Walloon:
disca tant ki
— up to the time that
Arabic:
حَتَّى
(ḥattā)
— before
Bulgarian:
докато
(dokato)
— before
Chinese Cantonese:
喺......之前
(hai2...zi1 cin4)
— before
Finnish:
ennen kuin
— before
French:
avant que
— before
Hebrew:
לפני
(lifné)
— before
Hungarian:
mielőtt
— before
Hungarian:
azelőtt, hogy
— before
Japanese:
...まで
— before
Northern Kurdish:
heta
— before
Polish:
dopóki nie
— before
Afrikaans:
totdat
— up to the time of
Afrikaans:
tot
— up to the time of
Albanian:
deri
— up to the time of
Amharic:
እስከ
(ʾəskä)
— up to the time of
Arabic:
حَتَّى
(ḥattā)
— up to the time of
Arabic:
لغاية
(li-ḡāya)
— up to the time of
Arabic:
إلين
(ʔilēn)
— up to the time of
Arabic:
حتى
(ḥatta)
— up to the time of
Arabic:
تا
(ta)
— up to the time of
Arabic:
لحدّ
(la-ḥadd)
— up to the time of
Arabic:
حتى
(ḥatta)
— up to the time of
Arabic:
لـ
(la-)
— up to the time of
Asturian:
hasta
— up to the time of
Asturian:
fasta
— up to the time of
Asturian:
ata
— up to the time of
Asturian:
ta
— up to the time of
Bashkir:
тиклем
(tiklem)
— up to the time of
Bashkir:
хәтлем
(xətlem)
— up to the time of
Bashkir:
ҡәҙәр
(qəźər)
— up to the time of
Basque:
arte
— up to the time of
Belarusian:
да
(da)
— up to the time of
Bengali:
অবধি
(obodhi)
— up to the time of
Bengali:
পর্যন্ত
(porjonto)
— up to the time of
Bulgarian:
до
(do)
— up to the time of
Burmese:
အထိ
(a.hti.)
— up to the time of
Catalan:
fins
— up to the time of
Chinese Cantonese:
到
(dou3)
— up to the time of
Chinese Cantonese:
至
(zi3)
— up to the time of
Chinese Mandarin:
直到
(zhídào)
— up to the time of
Chinese Mandarin:
直至
(zhízhì)
— up to the time of
Chinese Mandarin:
至
(zhì)
— up to the time of
Ngazidja Comorian:
hata mpaka
— up to the time of
Czech:
do
— up to the time of
Danish:
indtil
— up to the time of
Dutch:
totdat
— up to the time of
Dutch:
tot
— up to the time of
Esperanto:
ĝis
— up to the time of
Estonian:
kuni
— up to the time of
Fala:
hasta
— up to the time of
Finnish:
saakka
— up to the time of
Finnish:
asti
— up to the time of
Finnish:
kunnes
— up to the time of
French:
jusque
— up to the time of
French:
jusqu'à
— up to the time of
West-Frisian:
oant
— up to the time of
Galician:
deica
— up to the time of
Galician:
endeica
— up to the time of
Georgian:
-მდე
(-mde)
— up to the time of
German:
bis
— up to the time of
German:
bis zu
— up to the time of
German:
bis an
— up to the time of
Greek:
μέχρι
(méchri)
— up to the time of
Greek:
ως
(os)
— up to the time of
Ancient Greek:
ἕως
(héōs)
— up to the time of
Ancient Greek:
μέχρι
(mékhri)
— up to the time of
Ancient Greek:
μέσφα
(méspha)
— up to the time of
Ancient Greek:
ἄχρι
(ákhri)
— up to the time of
Mbya Guarani:
peve
— up to the time of
Haitian Creole:
jiska
— up to the time of
Hebrew:
עַד
(ad)
— up to the time of
Hindi:
... तक
(... tak)
— up to the time of
Hindi:
पर्यंत
(paryant)
— up to the time of
Hungarian:
-ig
— up to the time of
Icelandic:
þangað til
— up to the time of
Icelandic:
fyrr en
— up to the time of
Icelandic:
uns
— up to the time of
Icelandic:
þar til
— up to the time of
Ido:
til
— up to the time of
Ingrian:
saa
— up to the time of
Ingrian:
nasse
— up to the time of
Ingrian:
nas
— up to the time of
Ingrian:
nast
— up to the time of
Ingrian:
asse
— up to the time of
Ingrian:
ast
— up to the time of
Ingrian:
as
— up to the time of
Irish:
go dtí
— up to the time of
Old Irish:
co
— up to the time of
Italian:
finché
— up to the time of
Italian:
fino a quando
— up to the time of
Italian:
fino a
— up to the time of
Japanese:
まで
(made)
— up to the time of
Kapampangan:
angga
— up to the time of
Korean:
-까지
(-kkaji)
— up to the time of
Northern Kurdish:
heta
— up to the time of
Northern Kurdish:
ta
— up to the time of
Latin:
usque ad
— up to the time of
Latvian:
līdz
— up to the time of
Leonese:
ata
— up to the time of
Lithuanian:
kol
— up to the time of
Lithuanian:
iki
— up to the time of
Low German:
bit
— up to the time of
Macedonian:
до
(do)
— up to the time of
Macedonian:
сѐ до
(sè do)
— up to the time of
Malay:
sehingga
— up to the time of
Maltese:
sa
— up to the time of
Maltese:
sakemm
— up to the time of
Māori:
āpānoa
— up to the time of
Māori:
rā anō
— up to the time of
Māori:
rānō
— up to the time of
Māori:
tae noa ki
— up to the time of
Mirandese:
até
— up to the time of
Occitan:
fins
— up to the time of
Old English:
oþ
— up to the time of
Persian:
تا
(tâ)
— up to the time of
Plautdietsch:
bat (nds)
— up to the time of
Polish:
do
— up to the time of
Polish:
aż do
— up to the time of
Portuguese:
até
— up to the time of
Portuguese:
até que
— up to the time of
Punjabi:
ਤੱਕ
(takka)
— up to the time of
Romanian:
până
— up to the time of
Romanian:
până când
— up to the time of
Romanian:
până ce
— up to the time of
Russian:
до
(do)
— up to the time of
Scottish Gaelic:
gu
— up to the time of
Scottish Gaelic:
gus
— up to the time of
Serbo-Croatian:
до̏
— up to the time of
Serbo-Croatian:
dȍ
— up to the time of
Slovak:
do
— up to the time of
Slovene:
do
— up to the time of
Lower Sorbian:
do
— up to the time of
Upper Sorbian:
do
— up to the time of
Spanish:
hasta
— up to the time of
Sranan Tongo:
te kon miti
— up to the time of
Swahili:
mpaka
— up to the time of
Swedish:
tills
— up to the time of
Tajik:
то
(to)
— up to the time of
Tocharian B:
eṃṣke
— up to the time of
Turkish:
kadar
— up to the time of
Turkish:
dek
— up to the time of
Ukrainian:
до
(do)
— up to the time of
Urdu:
... تک
(... tak)
— up to the time of
Urdu:
جب تک
(jab tak)
— up to the time of
Uyghur:
-غىچە
(-ghiche)
— up to the time of
Uyghur:
-قىچە
(-qiche)
— up to the time of
Uyghur:
-گىچە
(-giche)
— up to the time of
Uyghur:
-كىچە
(-kiche)
— up to the time of
Uyghur:
-غا قەدەر
(-gha qeder)
— up to the time of
Uyghur:
-قا قەدەر
(-qa qeder)
— up to the time of
Uyghur:
-گە قەدەر
(-ge qeder)
— up to the time of
Uyghur:
-كە قەدەر
(-ke qeder)
— up to the time of
Vietnamese:
cho đến
— up to the time of
Vietnamese:
đến
— up to the time of
Vietnamese:
cho tới
— up to the time of
Vietnamese:
tới
— up to the time of
Walloon:
diski
— up to the time of
Walloon:
disk' a
— up to the time of
Walloon:
disk' a tant ki
— up to the time of
Welsh:
tan
— up to the time of
Yiddish:
ביז
(biz)
— up to the time of
Yucatec Maya:
tak
— up to the time of
Chinese Mandarin:
在......之前
(zài...zhīqián)
— before