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whilst

 
(hwīlst, wīlst) pronunciation
conj. Chiefly British
While.

[Middle English whilest, alteration of whiles, whiles. See whiles.]


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Dansk (Danish)
conj. - imens, medens, så længe som
adv. - selv om

Nederlands (Dutch)
terwijl

Français (French)
conj. - bien que, quoique, tant que, pendant que, alors que, en, tout en, tandis que
adv. - pendant le temps qu, au même moment que

Deutsch (German)
conj. - während
adv. - inzwischen

Ελληνική (Greek)
conj. - ενώ, μολονότι, αν και, παρ'όλο (που)

Italiano (Italian)
mentre, quando

Português (Portuguese)
conj. - enquanto

Русский (Russian)
пока, в то время как, когда, в то же время, тогда как, хотя, несмотря на то, что, а также, кроме того, не только..., но и

Español (Spanish)
conj. - mientras, mientras que, en tanto que, (var. de while)
adv. - mientras, mientras que, en tanto que, (var. de while)

Svenska (Swedish)
conj. - medan

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
时时, 同时, 在同时

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
conj. - 時時, 同時
adv. - 在同時

한국어 (Korean)
conj. - ~하는 동안, ~라고는 하나, 게다가
adv. - 잠깐, 잠시

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 時間, と同時に, ~だが, その上
prep. - ~まで
v. - のんびりと過ごす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(حرف عطف) بينما, ما دام, بينا, في حين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
conj. - ‮בעת-, כל עוד ש-, בשעה ש-, למרות ש-, אך, ואילו-‬
adv. - ‮שבמהלכו/ה‬


 
 

 

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