as well as

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əz ˈwɛl æz/, /əz ˈwɛl əz/, (colloquial) /əˈzwɛlz/

• Audio (Mid-Atlantic US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛləz, -ɛlz

Conjunction

as well as

1. And, in addition.

   The moon as well as the stars was shining down on them.

   She has to sing as well as play the piano.

   Smoking is unhealthy, as well as making you smell bad.

   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as,‎ well.

   As well as I recollect, he was about six feet tall.

   She sings as well as she plays the piano.

   • [1877], Anna Sewell, “My Breaking In”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part I, page 19:

     [I]n time I got used to every thing, and could do my work as well as my mother.

Translations

and in addition

• Catalan: i també, així com (ca), i a més
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 以及 (zh) (yǐjí)

• Danish: samt (da)
• Dutch: alsmede (nl), evenals (nl)
• Esperanto: same kiel
• Finnish: samoin kuin, sekä (fi)
• French: ainsi que (fr), de même que (fr)
• German: sowie (de)
• Greek: καθώς και (kathós kai)
• Hebrew: הֵן X הֵן Y (he) (hen X hen Y), כְּמוֹ כֵן (kmo chen)
• Hungarian: valamint (hu)
• Italian: e anche, oltre a, nonché (it)
• Japanese: ...のほかに (ja) (... no hoka ni)
• Latin: atque (la)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: samt (no)

  Nynorsk: og dessutan

• Polish: oraz (pl)
• Portuguese: assim como (pt)
• Romanian: precum și
• Russian: а та́кже (ru) (a tákže), заодно́ (ru) (zaodnó), к тому́ же (ru) (k tomú že)
• Serbo-Croatian: kao i
• Spanish: así como
• Swedish: samt (sv)
• Thai: รวมไปถึง (ruam pai thung)
• Turkish: yanısıra (tr)
• Ukrainian: тако́ж (uk) (takóž), до то́го ж (do tóho ž)
• Vietnamese: cũng như

too; likewise; in addition

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 也 (zh) (yě)

• Finnish: samoin kuin
• Hungarian: (to the degree [that…]) amennyire (hu), (to the same degree [as…]) ugyanannyira (hu), ugyanúgy (hu), éppúgy (hu)… (+ mint (hu))
• Italian: come pure,, così come
• Russian: кро́ме того́ (ru) (króme tovó), к тому́ же (ru) (k tomú že)
• Turkish: ilaveten (tr)
• Ukrainian: на дода́чу (na dodáču)

Preposition

as well as

1. In addition to; further to.

   As well as the obvious financial benefits, the merger will allow us some breathing room with regards to R&D.

Translations

in addition to

• Arabic: بِالْإِضَافَة إِلَى (bi-l-ʔiḍāfa ʔilā)

  Egyptian Arabic: بالإضافة لـ (be-l-ʔḍāfa le-)

• Catalan: a més (ca), a més a més (ca) (most usually with reduplication)
• Dutch: naast (nl)
• Finnish: lisäksi (fi)
• French: en plus de (fr)
• Hindi: ... के अलावा (hi) (... ke alāvā)
• Hungarian: mellett (hu), felül (hu), kívül (hu)
• Polish: jak i, jak również
• Portuguese: assim como (pt)
• Romanian: pe lângă
• Russian: в дополне́ние к (v dopolnénije k) (+ dative)
• Spanish: así como
• Turkish: yanı sıra (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} nonché (it)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} non solum...sed etiam
• Mongolian: ^{(please verify)} түүнчлэн (tüünčlen), ^{(please verify)} бас...als (bas...als)
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} i (sk), ^{(please verify)} aj (sk), ^{(please verify)} ako aj
• Volapük: ^{(please verify)} asä (vo)

Anagrams

• sea walls, seawalls