because

Etymology
From, from + , modelled on.

Adverb

 * 1) For the reason.
 * 2) On account, for sake.
 * 1) On account, for sake.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: ,
 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: لِأَنَّ, بِسَبَب, لِأَجْلِ
 * Egyptian Arabic: علشان, عشان, لأن, بسبب
 * Gulf Arabic: ,
 * Hijazi Arabic: عشان, علشان, بسبب
 * North Levantine Arabic: لإنو, لأنو
 * South Levantine Arabic: لأنّه, عشان, علشان
 * Tunisian Arabic: في جرة
 * Armenian: քանի որ
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܸܢ ܥܸܠܲܬ, ܒܗ̇ܝ ܕ-, ܡܸܢ ܕ-
 * Bashkir: өсөн
 * Belarusian: з-за, праз
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Carpathian Rusyn: затоже
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 因為
 * Dungan: йинви
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: på grund af
 * Dutch:, , , ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, , , , , ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:, alor
 * Georgian: გამო
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἕνεκα
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Jamaican Creole: bikaaz, bikaazn
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: өйткені, себебі
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Latin: propter, ,  ,  ,
 * Latvian:, tāpēc
 * Lithuanian: nes
 * Macedonian: поради
 * Malay: ,
 * Navajo: háálá
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Old English: for
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:, بِه خاطِر,
 * Polish:, , , , ,  , , ,
 * Portuguese:, , , ,
 * Romanian:, din cauza ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: збо̏г
 * Roman: zbȍg
 * Slovak: kvôli
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, debido a, a causa de
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: dahil
 * Tamil:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: че́рез, з-за, і́з-за, завдяки́
 * Yiddish: ווײַל


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: هكذا, بلا سبب
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܵܕܟ݂ܵܐ, ܗܵܕܲܟ݂
 * Bengali:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 沒有為什麼, 沒為什麼
 * Czech: protože proto,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, syystä että, siksi että,
 * French: parce que c'est comme ça,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: γιατί έτσι,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: perché sì
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: ,
 * Malay: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish: bo tak
 * Portuguese: porque sim, porque não
 * Romanian: de-aia,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: porque sí, porque no
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: dahil
 * Tatar: чөнки
 * Turkish: öyle işte,, -dığı için

Conjunction

 * 1) By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
 * 2) As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.
 * 3)  So that, in order that.
 * 1) As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.
 * 2)  So that, in order that.
 * 1) As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.
 * 2)  So that, in order that.
 * 1)  So that, in order that.
 * 1)  So that, in order that.

Synonyms

 * ,, , , , , , , ,  ,  ; see also Thesaurus:because

Translations

 * Abkhaz: избанзар
 * Afrikaans: ,
 * Albanian:
 * American Sign Language: OpenB@Sfhead Y@FromSfhead
 * Arabic: لِأَنَّ
 * Egyptian Arabic: علشان, عشان
 * Hijazi Arabic: لإن, لأن, عشان
 * Moroccan Arabic: حيت, حيتاش, على حقاش, لنو
 * North Levantine Arabic: لأنو
 * South Levantine Arabic: لأنو
 * Tunisian Arabic: على خاطر
 * Yemeni Arabic: علشان
 * Aramaic:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܵܒܵܒ, ܡܸܛܠ
 * Hebrew: מִטּוּל
 * Syriac: ܡܛܠ
 * Armenian:, , քանի որ
 * Aromanian: cã
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani:, ona görə ki
 * Bashkir: сөнки
 * Belarusian: таму́ што, бо
 * Bengali: ,
 * Breton:, abalamour ma, en abeg ma, rak ma
 * Bulgarian:, тъй като́,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:, , , , puix que
 * Chichewa: chifukwa
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 因為
 * Hakka: 因為, 因爭
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Crimean Tatar: çünki
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, eftersom,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Egyptian:, , ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:, seepärast,
 * Ewe: elabena
 * Faroese: tí, tí at
 * Finnish:, siksi että
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian: იმიტომ, რომ, რადგანაც, რადგან, გამო
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: γάρ, ἐπεί, διότι, ὅτι, ὡς, οὕνεκα, διό
 * Haitian Creole: paske
 * Hawaiian: no, no ka mea, ma, i, ma o, muli
 * Hebrew:, בִּגְלַל שֶׁ־
 * Hindi: क्योंकि
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:, af því, , , , vegna þess, vegna þess að, út af því að
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua: proque
 * Irish: óir,, toisc go, arae, de bhrí go
 * Old Irish: hóre
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,  , , ために
 * Kabyle: acku
 * Kashubian: bò
 * Kazakh: өйткені, себебі
 * Khmer: ,
 * Konkani: ಇತ್ಯಮ್ಹಳೆರಿ
 * Korean:, (-이기) 때문에
 * Kumyk: неге тюгюл
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: بۆ ئەوە, چونکە
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Ladin: ajache
 * Lao: ເພາະ, ເນື່ອງ, ແຕ່ເນື່ອງຈາກ, ເພາະວ່າ
 * Latin:, , , , prō eō quod, proptereā quod
 * Latvian:, tāpēc, tāpēc ka, tādēļ, tādēļ ka
 * Lithuanian: nes, todėl, kad
 * Livonian: sīest, sīestõ
 * Low German: ümdat,
 * Lü:
 * Luxembourgish: well
 * Macedonian: затоа што, бидејќи
 * Malay:, ,
 * Maltese: minħabba, għaliex
 * Manchu: ᠣᡶᡳ, ᠰᡝᠮᡝ
 * Maore Comorian: mana
 * Maori: nā te mea, nō te mea, tā te mea, tō te mea
 * Mari:
 * Eastern Mari: потомушто
 * Mbyá Guaraní: mba'e ta
 * Mon:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: яагаад гэвэл, болохоор
 * Mwani: konta, kamana
 * Navajo: háálá
 * Neapolitan: pecché
 * Nepali: किनकि
 * Norman: passequé
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, ,
 * Nynorsk: av di, fordi, ettersom, då
 * Occitan: perque
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: пон҄еже
 * Old English: for þon þe
 * Old Polish: tegodla
 * Pashto: ځکه چې
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:, , , , بَرایِ این‌کِه
 * Pitjantjatjara: -nguru, -languru, panya
 * Polish:, , , , , , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romani: kaj
 * Romanian: pentru că, din cauză că, ,
 * Romansch: perquai che, damai che
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: oir, air sgàth, air sàilleabh, a chionn, air àrainn, ri linn, airson, thoradh, do bhrìgh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: је̏р, је̏рбо
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: pretože
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: dokulaž
 * Spanish:, , por cuanto
 * Sranan Tongo: bikasi
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: dahil
 * Tajik:, чун, зеро
 * Talysh:
 * Asalemi: چون
 * Tatar: чөнки
 * Thai:, เพราะว่า
 * Tibetan: གང་ཡིན་ཟེར་ན, ཙང, ག་རེ་ཡིན་ཟེར་ན
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: çünki,, sebäbi
 * Ukrainian:, тому́, тому́ що, та́к як, оскі́льки, , внаслі́док, унаслі́док
 * Urdu: کْیون٘کِہ
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Venetian:
 * Vietnamese: tại vì, ,
 * Walloon: ,
 * Welsh:, oherwydd
 * West Frisian: meidat, omdat, mei't,
 * Wolof:
 * Yiddish: ווײַל, וואָרעם, וואָרן, מחמת, נאַכסאָל
 * Zealandic: om'a
 * Zhuang: aenvih


 * Bengali:
 * Danish: på grund af
 * Finnish:, , siksi että
 * Georgian: გამო
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Latin:, , quippe quī, quandoquidem, prō eō quod
 * Macedonian: бидејќи
 * Mari:
 * Eastern Mari: потомушто
 * Old English: for þon þe
 * Pashto: ځکه چې
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: oir
 * Slovene: saj
 * Spanish:, por cuanto

Preposition

 * 1)  On account of, because of.

Etymology
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