namely

Etymology
From, , , equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1) Specifically; that is to say.
 * 2)   Especially, above all.
 * 1)   Especially, above all.
 * 1)   Especially, above all.
 * 1)   Especially, above all.

Usage notes
A synonymous expression is the use of colon—":", as in "There are three ways to do it: the right way, the wrong way."

Since this is considered a dependent clause, a comma should follow the expression and either a semicolon or a comma should precede it, depending on the strength of the break in continuity. "Namely" can thus almost be considered a conjunction.

Synonyms

 * ,, , , , ; see also Thesaurus:specifically or Thesaurus:in other words

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Armenian: այն է
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, jmenovitě,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian: სახელდობრ, კერძოდ
 * German: und zwar,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Icelandic: nefnilega
 * Interlingua: a saper
 * Irish: eadhon
 * Italian:, , ovverosia
 * Japanese: 即ち,
 * Latin:, vidēlicet,
 * Maori: arā
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: leia-se,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: eadhan
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: на̀име, поимѐнце̄, поимѐнице̄
 * Roman:, ,
 * Spanish:, a saber, nombradamente
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: а са́ме,
 * Venetian: cioè
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: sef