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English
Pronunciation
Adverb
what is more (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) furthermore, or in addition, moreover.
- Synonyms: furthermore, moreover, in addition
- I've done it wrong, and what's more, I don't care.
Usage notes
The phrase is somewhat formal.
Translations
furthermore
- Arabic: عِلَاوَة عَلَى ذٰلِكَ (ʕilāwa ʕalā ḏālika)
- Catalan: a més a més (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 更何況／更何况 (gang3 ho4 fong3)
- Mandarin: 並且／并且 (zh) (bìngqiě), 而且 (zh) (érqiě), 還有／还有 (zh) (háiyǒu), 況且／况且 (zh) (kuàngqiě)
- Finnish: kaiken lisäksi, lisäksi (fi)
- French: de plus (fr), en plus (fr) en outre (fr), de surcroît (fr), par surcroît (fr), par ailleurs (fr), d’un autre côté (fr), d’autre part (fr), au reste (fr), du reste (fr), qui plus est (fr)
- German: außerdem (de), überdies (de), darüber hinaus (de)
- Icelandic: meira að segja
- Japanese: その上に (そのうえに, sono ue ni), さらに (ja) (sara ni)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: ya baştir
- Maori: me te aha anō
- Polish: co więcej (pl), w dodatku (pl), nadto (pl), ponadto (pl)
- Portuguese: aliás (pt)
- Russian: к тому́ же (ru) (k tomú že), кро́ме того́ (ru) (króme tovó), бо́лее того́ (bóleje tovó)
- Spanish: es más
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