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Greek
Etymology
Univerbation of ἐφ’ ὅσον (eph’ hóson), a learned borrowing from Koine Greek ἐφ’ ὅσον (eph’ hóson, “for as long as possible”), with semantic loan from English as long as and/or semantic loan from German solange, sofern.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈfo.son/
- Hyphenation: ε‧φό‧σον
Conjunction
εφόσον • (efóson)
- as long as, provided that, provided
Εφόσον έχουν καταβληθεί τα πρόστιμα, είναι ελεύθεροι να φύγουν.- Efóson échoun katavlitheí ta próstima, eínai eléftheroi na fýgoun.
- As long as the fines are paid, they can go free.
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