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English
Etymology
From Old English þæt is.
Pronunciation
Adverb
that is (not comparable)
- (conjunctive) In other words; that is to say. Used to introduce a clarification or explanation
- Synonyms: that is to say, i.e.; see also Thesaurus:in other words
The Brazilian population is multiethnic—that is, it has many ethnicities.
1981 December 27, Wade Nichols, “Victorian Imperialism”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 23, page 5:Some say history repeats itself, that time is cyclical. Others cling to the notion of progress and change over time. Apparently Nancy Walker marches to a different drummer — marches backwards, that is. Her ideas on art and society seem quaint and odd on the one hand and, on the other, petty and regressive.
Translations
in other words
- Afrikaans: dit wil sê
- Arabic: يَعْنِي (yaʕnī), أَي (ar) (ʔay)
- Aragonese: ye dicir
- Armenian: այսինքն (hy) (aysinkʻn)
- Asturian: ye dicir
- Azerbaijani: yəni (az), deməli (az), demək (az)
- Bashkir: йәғни (yəğni)
- Basque: hau da
- Belarusian: гэ́та зна́чыць (héta znáčycʹ), г.зн. (h.zn.), то́ бок (tó bok) (colloquial)
- Bulgarian: то́ест (bg) (tóest), т. е. (t. e.), си́реч (bg) (síreč)
- Catalan: és a dir (ca), ço és (ca), o sigui (hispanism)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 即係話 / 即系话 (zik1 hai6 waa6)
- Mandarin: 就是說 / 就是说 (zh) (jiùshìshuō), 換句話說 / 换句话说 (zh) (huànjùhuàshuō), 亦即 (zh) (yìjí)
- Czech: to znamená, jinými slovy, to je
- Danish: det vil sige, dvs. (da)
- Dutch: namelijk (nl), dat wil zeggen (nl), met andere woorden (nl)
- Esperanto: tio estas
- Finnish: eli (fi), nimittäin (fi), toisin sanoen; meinaan (fi) (colloquial)
- French: c’est-à-dire (fr), c-à-d (fr) (abberviation)
- Georgian: ესე იგი (ese igi), ანუ (anu)
- German: das heißt (de)
- Greek: δηλαδή (el) (diladí)
- Haitian Creole: sètadi
- Hebrew: כְּלוֹמַר (he) (k'lomár), במילים אחרות (bemilím acherót), היינו (haynu)
- Hindi: यानी (hi) (yānī)
- Hungarian: azaz (hu), illetve (hu)
- Irish: eadhon
- Italian: cioè (it), cioè a dire
- Japanese: つまり (ja) (tsumari), すなわち (ja) (sunawachi)
- Kazakh: яғни (äğni)
- Khmer: គ៖ (kɨː)
- Korean: 즉 (ko) (jeuk), 말하자면 (malhajamyeon)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: ango (ku), dêmek (ku), yenî (ku)
- Latin: vidēlicet
- Lithuanian: tai yra
- Macedonian: то ест (to est)
- Malay: yakni
- Mari:
- Eastern Mari: але (aĺe)
- Old Church Slavonic: си рѣчь (si rěčĭ)
- Old English: þæt is
- Persian: یعنی (fa) (ya'ni)
- Polish: to jest (pl), czyli (pl), to znaczy (pl)
- Portuguese: isto é (pt), ou seja (pt)
- Romanian: adică (ro)
- Russian: то́ есть (ru) (tó jestʹ), т. е. (ru) (t. je.), то́ бишь (ru) (tó bišʹ) (colloquial), ина́че говоря́ (ru) (ináče govorjá), други́ми слова́ми (drugími slovámi)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: то јест
- Roman: to jest
- Spanish: es decir (es), o sea (es)
- Swahili: yaani
- Swedish: det vill säga (sv)
- Tagalog: alalaong baga'y
- Tajik: яъне (tg) (yaʾne)
- Thai: คือ (th) (kʉʉ)
- Turkish: yani (tr), başka bir deyişle
- Ukrainian: то́бто (uk) (tóbto), це́бто (uk) (cébto), се́бто (sébto)
- Urdu: یعنی (ur) (ya'nī)
- Uzbek: yaʼni (uz)
- Vietnamese: tức là (vi), nghĩa là
- Welsh: sef
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