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Alternative forms

(obsolete) bycause, (dialectal) becos
(slang) 'cause, cos, cuz, coz, 'cos, 'cuz, 'coz, b/c, bc, bcos, bcoz, bcs, bcz, bcus
(logic) ∵

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi

Proto-Germanic *bi

Proto-West Germanic *bī

Old English bī

Middle English by

Proto-Italic *kaussā

Old Latin caussa

Latin causabor.

Old French causebor.

Middle English cause

Middle English bi cause

English because

From Middle English Category:English terms inherited from Middle English#BECAUSE Category:English terms derived from Middle English#BECAUSE bi cause, from bi (“by”) + cause, modelled on Old French Category:English terms derived from Old French#BECAUSE par cause.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation)
- (weak form) IPA^(key): /bɪkəz/Category:English 2-syllable words#BECAUSE Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BECAUSE
- (strong form) IPA^(key): /bɪˈkɒz/, /bɪˈkʌz/, (dated) /bɪˈkɔːz/, /bɪˈkɔːs/Category:English 2-syllable words#BECAUSE Category:English 2-syllable words#BECAUSE Category:English 2-syllable words#BECAUSE Category:English 2-syllable words#BECAUSE Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BECAUSE
- (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): [bɪˈkɵz]Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BECAUSE
  - Audio (London): (file)
    Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#BECAUSE
(General American)
- (weak form) IPA^(key): /bɪkəz/Category:English 2-syllable words#BECAUSE Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BECAUSE
- (strong form) IPA^(key): /biˈkɔz/, /biˈkʌz/, /bəˈkɔz/, /bəˈkʌz/, /bɪˈkɔz/, /bɪˈkʌz/Category:English 2-syllable words#BECAUSECategory:English 2-syllable words#BECAUSECategory:English 2-syllable words#BECAUSECategory:English 2-syllable words#BECAUSECategory:English 2-syllable words#BECAUSECategory:English 2-syllable words#BECAUSECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BECAUSE
  - Audio: (file)
    Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#BECAUSE
(father-bother merger)
- (weak form) IPA^(key): /bɪkəz/Category:English 2-syllable words#BECAUSE Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BECAUSE
- (strong form) IPA^(key): /bɪˈkɑz/Category:English 2-syllable words#BECAUSE Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BECAUSE
(General Australian)
- (weak form) IPA^(key): /bəˈkoːz/Category:English 2-syllable words#BECAUSE Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BECAUSE
- (strong form) IPA^(key): /biːˈkoːz/Category:English 2-syllable words#BECAUSE Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BECAUSE
(dialectal)
- (weak form) IPA^(key): /bɪkəz/Category:English 2-syllable words#BECAUSE Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BECAUSE
- (strong form, obsolete) IPA^(key): /bɪˈkeɪz/Category:English 2-syllable words#BECAUSE Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BECAUSE
Hyphenation: be‧cause
Rhymes: -ɒz, -ʌz, -ɔːz, -ɔːs Category:Rhymes:English/ɒz#BECAUSE Category:Rhymes:English/ɒz/2 syllables#BECAUSE Category:Rhymes:English/ʌz#BECAUSE Category:Rhymes:English/ʌz/2 syllables#BECAUSE Category:Rhymes:English/ɔːz#BECAUSE Category:Rhymes:English/ɔːz/2 syllables#BECAUSE Category:Rhymes:English/ɔːs#BECAUSE Category:Rhymes:English/ɔːs/2 syllables#BECAUSE

Conjunction

becauseCategory:English lemmas#BECAUSE Category:English conjunctions#BECAUSE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#BECAUSE Category:Pages with entries#BECAUSE Category:Pages with 2 entries#BECAUSE

By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
I hid myself because I was afraid.Category:English terms with usage examples#BECAUSE
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
  I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.
  Category:English terms with quotations#BECAUSE
- 2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
  In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
  Category:English terms with quotations#BECAUSE
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
  “Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It's absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain.
  Category:English terms with quotations#BECAUSE
As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.
It must be broken, because I pressed the button and nothing happened.Category:English terms with usage examples#BECAUSE

I don't think he is a nice person, because he yells at people for no reason.Category:English terms with usage examples#BECAUSE
(obsolete Category:English terms with obsolete senses#BECAUSE) So that, in order that. [15th–17th c.]
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 3, member 2:
  Simon […] set the house on fire where he was born, because nobody should point at it.
  Category:English terms with quotations#BECAUSE

Synonyms

(for the reason that): therefore, since, for, for that, on account of (southern slang), forthy, for sake, forwhy (obsolete), as, inasmuch as, sith (obsolete), ∵ (mathematics symbol); see also Thesaurus:because

Derived terms

Translations

by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that — see also due to,‎ as a result of

Category:Entries with translation boxes#BECAUSE

Abkhaz: избанзар (izbanzar)Category:Terms with Abkhaz translations#BECAUSE
Afrikaans: omdat (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#BECAUSE, aangesien (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#BECAUSE
Albanian: sepse (sq)Category:Terms with Albanian translations#BECAUSE, se (sq)Category:Terms with Albanian translations#BECAUSE (geg)
American Sign Language: OpenB@Sfhead Y@FromSfheadCategory:American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts#BECAUSE Category:Terms with American Sign Language translations#BECAUSE
Arabic: لِأَنَّ (liʔanna)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BECAUSE
Egyptian Arabic: علشان (ʕalašān)Category:Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations#BECAUSE, عشان (ʕašān)Category:Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations#BECAUSE

Hijazi Arabic: لإن (liʔinn)Category:Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations#BECAUSE, لأن (liʔann)Category:Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations#BECAUSE, عشان (ʕašān)Category:Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations#BECAUSE

Moroccan Arabic: حيت (ḥīt)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#BECAUSE, حيتاش (ḥītāš)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#BECAUSE, على حقاش (ʕla ḥaqqāš)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#BECAUSE, لنو (linnu)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#BECAUSE

North Levantine Arabic: لأنو (leʔanno)Category:Terms with North Levantine Arabic translations#BECAUSE

South Levantine Arabic: لأنو (leʔanno)Category:Terms with South Levantine Arabic translations#BECAUSE

Tunisian Arabic: عْلَى خَاطِرْ (ʕlā xāṭer)Category:Tunisian Arabic links with redundant target parameters#BECAUSE Category:Terms with Tunisian Arabic translations#BECAUSE

Yemeni Arabic: علشان (ʕalašān)Category:Terms with Yemeni Arabic translations#BECAUSE
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܵܒܵܒ (sābāb)Category:Terms with Assyrian Neo-Aramaic translations#BECAUSE, ܡܸܛܠ (miṭṭul)Category:Terms with Assyrian Neo-Aramaic translations#BECAUSE

Hebrew script: מִטּוּל (miṭṭūl)Category:Terms with Aramaic translations#BECAUSE

Syriac: ܡܛܠ (meṭṭūl)Category:Terms with Aramaic translations#BECAUSE
Armenian: որովհետև (hy) (orovhetew)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#BECAUSE, քանզի (hy) (kʻanzi)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#BECAUSE, քանի որ (kʻani or)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#BECAUSE, զերե (hy) (zere)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#BECAUSE
Aromanian: cãCategory:Terms with Aromanian translations#BECAUSE
Asturian: porque (ast)Category:Terms with Asturian translations#BECAUSE
Azerbaijani: çünki (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#BECAUSE, ona görə kiCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#BECAUSE, ziraCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#BECAUSE (literary)
Bashkir: сөнки (sönki)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#BECAUSE
Belarusian: таму́ што (tamú što)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#BECAUSE, бо (bo)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#BECAUSE
Bengali: কারণ (bn) (karon)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#BECAUSE, কেননা (bn) (kenona)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#BECAUSE
Breton: peogwir (br)Category:Terms with Breton translations#BECAUSE, abalamour maCategory:Terms with Breton translations#BECAUSE, en abeg maCategory:Terms with Breton translations#BECAUSE, rak maCategory:Terms with Breton translations#BECAUSE
Bulgarian: защо́то (bg) (zaštóto)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BECAUSE, тъй като́ (tǎj kató)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BECAUSE, поне́же (bg) (ponéže)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BECAUSE
Burmese: လို့ (my) (lui.)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#BECAUSE
Catalan: perquè (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#BECAUSE, ja que (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#BECAUSE, car (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#BECAUSE, puix (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#BECAUSE, puix queCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#BECAUSE
Chichewa: chifukwaCategory:Terms with Chichewa translations#BECAUSE
Chinese:
Cantonese: 因為 / 因为 (jan¹ wai⁶)Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations#BECAUSE Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#BECAUSE

Hakka: 因為 / 因为 (yîn-vi)Category:Terms with Hakka translations#BECAUSE, 因爭 / 因争 (yîn-chên)Category:Terms with Hakka translations#BECAUSE

Hokkien: 因為 / 因为 (zh-min-nan) (in-ūi)Category:Terms with Hokkien translations#BECAUSE

Mandarin: 因為 / 因为 (zh) (yīnwèi)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BECAUSE, (more formal) 由於 / 由于 (zh) (yóuyú)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BECAUSE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BECAUSE, 因 (zh) (yīn)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#BECAUSE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BECAUSE
Comorian:
Maore Comorian: manaCategory:Terms with Maore Comorian translations#BECAUSE
Crimean Tatar: çünkiCategory:Terms with Crimean Tatar translations#BECAUSE
Czech: protože (cs)Category:Terms with Czech translations#BECAUSE
Danish: fordi (da)Category:Terms with Danish translations#BECAUSE, eftersomCategory:Terms with Danish translations#BECAUSE, da (da)Category:Terms with Danish translations#BECAUSE
Dutch: omdat (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#BECAUSE, aangezien (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#BECAUSE, daar (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#BECAUSE (formal), want (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#BECAUSE
Egyptian:

(ḏr ntt)Category:Terms with Egyptian translations,

(n ntt)Category:Terms with Egyptian translations,

(ḥr ntt)Category:Terms with Egyptian translations,

(ḥr)Category:Terms with Egyptian translations
Esperanto: ĉar (eo)Category:Terms with Esperanto translations#BECAUSE
Estonian: kuna (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#BECAUSE, seepärastCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#BECAUSE, sest (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#BECAUSE
Ewe: elabenaCategory:Terms with Ewe translations#BECAUSE
Faroese: tíCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#BECAUSE, tí atCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#BECAUSE
Finnish: koska (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BECAUSE, siksi ettäCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#BECAUSE
French: parce que (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#BECAUSE, car (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#BECAUSE, à cause que (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#BECAUSE
Frisian:
West Frisian: meidatCategory:Terms with West Frisian translations#BECAUSE, omdatCategory:Terms with West Frisian translations#BECAUSE, mei'tCategory:Terms with West Frisian translations#BECAUSE, om't (fy)Category:Terms with West Frisian translations#BECAUSE
Georgian: იმიტომ, რომ (imiṭom, rom)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#BECAUSE, რადგანაც (radganac)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#BECAUSE, რადგან (radgan)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#BECAUSE, გამო (gamo)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#BECAUSE
German: weil (de)Category:Terms with German translations#BECAUSE, denn (de)Category:Terms with German translations#BECAUSE, da (de)Category:Terms with German translations#BECAUSE
Greek: διότι (el) (dióti)Category:Terms with Greek translations#BECAUSE, επειδή (el) (epeidí)Category:Terms with Greek translations#BECAUSE, γιατί (el) (giatí)Category:Terms with Greek translations#BECAUSE
Ancient Greek: γάρ (gár)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#BECAUSE, ἐπεί (epeí)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#BECAUSE, διότι (dióti)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#BECAUSE, ὅτι (hóti)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#BECAUSE, ὡς (hōs)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#BECAUSE, οὕνεκα (hoúneka)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#BECAUSE, διό (dió)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#BECAUSE
Guarani:
Mbya Guarani: mba'e taCategory:Terms with Mbya Guarani translations#BECAUSE
Haitian Creole: paskeCategory:Terms with Haitian Creole translations#BECAUSE
Hawaiian: noCategory:Terms with Hawaiian translations#BECAUSE, no ka meaCategory:Terms with Hawaiian translations#BECAUSE, maCategory:Terms with Hawaiian translations#BECAUSE, iCategory:Terms with Hawaiian translations#BECAUSE, ma oCategory:Terms with Hawaiian translations#BECAUSE, muliCategory:Terms with Hawaiian translations#BECAUSE
Hebrew: כִּי (he) (kí)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#BECAUSE, בִּגְלַל שֶׁ־ (biglál she-)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#BECAUSE (with a negative consequence)
Hindi: क्योंकि (kyõki)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#BECAUSE
Hungarian: mert (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BECAUSE, mivel (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BECAUSE
Icelandic: því (is)Category:Terms with Icelandic translations#BECAUSE, af þvíCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#BECAUSE, því að (is)Category:Terms with Icelandic translations#BECAUSE, af því að (is)Category:Terms with Icelandic translations#BECAUSE, vegna (is)Category:Terms with Icelandic translations#BECAUSE, vegna þessCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#BECAUSE, vegna þess aðCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#BECAUSE, út af því aðCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#BECAUSE
Ido: pro ke (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#BECAUSE
Indonesian: karena (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#BECAUSE, sebab (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#BECAUSE
Interlingua: proqueCategory:Terms with Interlingua translations#BECAUSE
Irish: óirCategory:Terms with Irish translations#BECAUSE, mar (ga)Category:Terms with Irish translations#BECAUSE, toisc goCategory:Terms with Irish translations#BECAUSE, araeCategory:Terms with Irish translations#BECAUSE, de bhrí goCategory:Terms with Irish translations#BECAUSE
Old Irish: hóreCategory:Terms with Old Irish translations#BECAUSE
Italian: perché (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#BECAUSE
Jamaican Creole: kaaCategory:Terms with Jamaican Creole translations#BECAUSE
Japanese: なぜなら (ja) (nazenara)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BECAUSE (at the beginning of a clause), だって (ja) (datte)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BECAUSE, (...) から (ja) (kara)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BECAUSE, ので (ja) (node)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BECAUSE, ために (tame ni)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BECAUSE
Kabyle: ɛlaxaṭerCategory:Terms with Kabyle translations#BECAUSE, ackuCategory:Terms with Kabyle translations#BECAUSE
Kaqchikel: -uma, omaCategory:Terms with Kaqchikel translations#BECAUSE
Kashubian: bòCategory:Terms with Kashubian translations#BECAUSE
Kazakh: өйткені (öitkenı)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#BECAUSE, себебі (sebebı)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#BECAUSE
Khmer: ព្រោះ (km) (prŭəh)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#BECAUSE, ពីព្រោះ (km) (pii prŭəh)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#BECAUSE
K'iche': -umal, ma xa, maCategory:Terms with K'iche' translations#BECAUSE
Konkani: ಇತ್ಯಮ್ಹಳೆರಿ (ityamhaḷeri)Category:Konkani terms with redundant transliterations#BECAUSE Category:Terms with Konkani translations#BECAUSE
Korean: 왜냐하면 (ko) (waenyahamyeon)Category:Terms with Korean translations#BECAUSE (at the beginning of a clause), (이기) 때문에 ((-igi) ttaemune)Category:Terms with Korean translations#BECAUSE
Kumyk: неге тюгюл (nege tügül)Category:Terms with Kumyk translations#BECAUSE
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بۆ ئەوە (bo ewe)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#BECAUSE, چونکە (çunke)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#BECAUSE

Northern Kurdish: çimkî (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#BECAUSE, ji ber ku (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#BECAUSE
Kyrgyz: анткени (ky) (antkeni)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#BECAUSE, себеби (ky) (sebebi)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#BECAUSE
Ladin: ajacheCategory:Terms with Ladin translations#BECAUSE
Lao: ເພາະ (phǫ)Category:Terms with Lao translations#BECAUSE, ເນື່ອງ (nư̄ang)Category:Terms with Lao translations#BECAUSE, ແຕ່ເນື່ອງຈາກ (tǣ nư̄ang chāk)Category:Terms with Lao translations#BECAUSE, ເພາະວ່າ (phǫ wā)Category:Terms with Lao translations#BECAUSE
Latin: quia (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#BECAUSE, quod (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#BECAUSE, quoniam (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#BECAUSE, cum (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#BECAUSE, prō eō quodCategory:Terms with Latin translations#BECAUSE, proptereā quodCategory:Terms with Latin translations#BECAUSE
Latvian: jo (lv)Category:Terms with Latvian translations#BECAUSE, tāpēcCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BECAUSE, tāpēc kaCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BECAUSE, tādēļCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BECAUSE, tādēļ kaCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BECAUSE
Lithuanian: nesCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#BECAUSE, todėl, kadCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#BECAUSE
Livonian: sīestCategory:Terms with Livonian translations#BECAUSE, sīestõCategory:Terms with Livonian translations#BECAUSE
Low German: ümdatCategory:Terms with Low German translations#BECAUSE, dor (nds)Category:Terms with Low German translations#BECAUSE
Lü: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Lü#BECAUSE
Luxembourgish: wellCategory:Terms with Luxembourgish translations#BECAUSE
Macedonian: затоа што (zatoa što)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BECAUSE, бидејќи (bidejḱi)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BECAUSE
Malay: kerana (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#BECAUSE, sebab (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#BECAUSE, karena (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#BECAUSE
Maltese: minħabbaCategory:Terms with Maltese translations#BECAUSE, għaliexCategory:Terms with Maltese translations#BECAUSE
Manchu: ᠣᡶᡳ (ofi)Category:Terms with Manchu translations#BECAUSE, ᠰᡝᠮᡝ (seme)Category:Terms with Manchu translations#BECAUSE
Māori: nā te meaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BECAUSE, nō te meaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BECAUSE, tā te meaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BECAUSE, tō te meaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#BECAUSE
Mari:
Eastern Mari: потомушто (potomušto)Category:Terms with Eastern Mari translations#BECAUSE
Mon: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Mon#BECAUSE
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: яагаад гэвэл (jaagaad gevel)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#BECAUSE, болохоор (boloxoor)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#BECAUSE
Mwani: kontaCategory:Terms with Mwani translations#BECAUSE, kamanaCategory:Terms with Mwani translations#BECAUSE
Naga:
Khiamniungan Naga: jàngkōCategory:Terms with Khiamniungan Naga translations#BECAUSE
Navajo: hááláCategory:Terms with Navajo translations#BECAUSE
Neapolitan: pecchéCategory:Terms with Neapolitan translations#BECAUSE
Nepali: किनकि (kinaki)Category:Terms with Nepali translations#BECAUSE
Norman: passequéCategory:Terms with Norman translations#BECAUSE (Guernsey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fordi (no)Category:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#BECAUSE, ettersom (no)Category:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#BECAUSE, da (no)Category:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#BECAUSE

Nynorsk: av diCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#BECAUSE, fordiCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#BECAUSE, ettersomCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#BECAUSE, dåCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#BECAUSE
Nǀuu: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Nǀuu#BECAUSE
Occitan: perqueCategory:Terms with Occitan translations#BECAUSE
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: пон҄еже (ponʹježe)Category:Terms with Old Church Slavonic translations#BECAUSE
Old English: for þon þeCategory:Terms with Old English translations#BECAUSE
Pannonian Rusyn: прето же (preto že)Category:Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations#BECAUSE, бо (bo)Category:Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations#BECAUSE
Pashto: ځکه چې (źëka če)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#BECAUSE
Persian:
Iranian Persian: زیرا (fa) (zirâ)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#BECAUSE Category:Terms with Persian translations#BECAUSE, چونْکِه (čunke)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#BECAUSE Category:Terms with Persian translations#BECAUSE, چون (fa) (čun)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#BECAUSE Category:Terms with Persian translations#BECAUSE, بِدَلیل (bedalil)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#BECAUSE Category:Terms with Persian translations#BECAUSE, بَرایِ این‌کِه (barâ-ye in-ke)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#BECAUSE Category:Terms with Persian translations#BECAUSE, زیرا (fa) (zirâ)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#BECAUSE Category:Terms with Persian translations#BECAUSE (literary)
Pitjantjatjara: -nguruCategory:Terms with Pitjantjatjara translations#BECAUSE, -languruCategory:Terms with Pitjantjatjara translations#BECAUSE, panyaCategory:Terms with Pitjantjatjara translations#BECAUSE
Pohnpeian: ahkiCategory:Terms with Pohnpeian translations#BECAUSE
Polish: bo (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#BECAUSE, ponieważ (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#BECAUSE, dlatego że (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#BECAUSE, gdyż (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#BECAUSE, albowiem (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#BECAUSE, bowiem (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#BECAUSE, abociem (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#BECAUSE (archaic), wszak (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#BECAUSE
Old Polish: tegodlaCategory:Terms with Old Polish translations#BECAUSE
Portuguese: porque (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#BECAUSE, já que (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#BECAUSE
Romani: kajCategory:Terms with Romani translations#BECAUSE
Romanian: pentru căCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#BECAUSE, din cauză căCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#BECAUSE, datorită (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#BECAUSE, deoarece (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#BECAUSE
Romansh: perquai cheCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#BECAUSE, damai cheCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#BECAUSE
Russian: потому́ что (ru) (potomú što)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BECAUSE, та́к как (ru) (ták kak)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BECAUSE, поско́льку (ru) (poskólʹku)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BECAUSE, ведь (ru) (vedʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BECAUSE, и́бо (ru) (íbo)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BECAUSE (literary), поне́же (ru) (ponéže)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BECAUSE (archaic, rare)
Sanskrit: उपजीव्य (sa) (upajīvya)Category:Terms with Sanskrit translations#BECAUSE, हि (sa) (hi)Category:Terms with Sanskrit translations#BECAUSE
Scottish Gaelic: oirCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BECAUSE, air sgàthCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BECAUSE, air sàilleabhCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BECAUSE, a chionnCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BECAUSE, air àrainnCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BECAUSE, ri linnCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BECAUSE, airsonCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BECAUSE, thoradhCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BECAUSE, do bhrìghCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BECAUSE
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: је̏рCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BECAUSE, је̏рбоCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BECAUSE (archaic)

Latin: jȅr (sh)Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BECAUSE, jȅrbo (sh)Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BECAUSE (archaic)
Slovak: pretožeCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#BECAUSE
Slovene: ker (sl)Category:Terms with Slovene translations#BECAUSE
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dokulažCategory:Terms with Lower Sorbian translations#BECAUSE
Spanish: porque (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#BECAUSE, ya que (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#BECAUSE, por cuantoCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BECAUSE, pues (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#BECAUSE, ca (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#BECAUSE, car (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#BECAUSE
Sranan Tongo: bikasiCategory:Terms with Sranan Tongo translations#BECAUSE
Swahili: kwa sababu (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#BECAUSE
Swedish: därför att (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#BECAUSE, eftersom (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#BECAUSE
Tagalog: (literally) dahilCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#BECAUSE
Tajik: чунки (tg) (čunk-i)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#BECAUSE, чун (čun)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#BECAUSE, зеро (zero)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#BECAUSE
Talysh:
Asalemi: چون (cun)Category:Terms with Talysh translations#BECAUSE
Tatar: чөнки (çönki)Category:Terms with Tatar translations#BECAUSE
Thai: เพราะ (th) (prɔ́)Category:Terms with Thai translations#BECAUSE, เพราะว่า (prɔ́-wâa)Category:Terms with Thai translations#BECAUSE
Tibetan: གང་ཡིན་ཟེར་ན (gang yin zer na)Category:Terms with Tibetan translations#BECAUSE, ཙང (tsang)Category:Terms with Tibetan translations#BECAUSE, ག་རེ་ཡིན་ཟེར་ན (ga re yin zer na)Category:Terms with Tibetan translations#BECAUSE
Turkish: çünkü (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#BECAUSE, zira (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#BECAUSE
Ottoman Turkish: چونكه (çunki)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#BECAUSE, زیرا (zira)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#BECAUSE
Turkmen: çünkiCategory:Terms with Turkmen translations#BECAUSE, zerarly (tk)Category:Terms with Turkmen translations#BECAUSE, sebäbiCategory:Terms with Turkmen translations#BECAUSE
Ukrainian: бо (uk) (bo)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BECAUSE, тому́ (uk) (tomú)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BECAUSE, тому́ що (tomú ščo)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BECAUSE, та́к як (ták jak)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BECAUSE, оскі́льки (oskílʹky)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BECAUSE, а́дже (uk) (ádže)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BECAUSE, внаслі́док (vnaslídok)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BECAUSE, унаслі́док (unaslídok)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BECAUSE
Urdu: کْیون٘کِہ (kyoṅki)Category:Urdu terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#BECAUSE Category:Terms with Urdu translations#BECAUSE, چونکہ (cūṅki)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#BECAUSE
Uyghur: چۈنكى (chünki)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#BECAUSE
Uzbek: negaki (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#BECAUSE, chunki (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#BECAUSE
Venetan: parché (vec)Category:Terms with Venetan translations#BECAUSE
Vietnamese: tại vìCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BECAUSE, vì (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BECAUSE, bởi vì (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#BECAUSE
Walloon: paski (wa)Category:Terms with Walloon translations#BECAUSE, ca (wa)Category:Terms with Walloon translations#BECAUSE
Welsh: achos (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#BECAUSE, oherwyddCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#BECAUSE
Wolof: ndax (wo)Category:Terms with Wolof translations#BECAUSE
Yiddish: ווײַל (vayl)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#BECAUSE, וואָרעם (vorem)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#BECAUSE, וואָרן (vorn)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#BECAUSE, מחמת (makhmes)Category:Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#BECAUSE Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#BECAUSE, נאַכסאָל (nakhsol)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#BECAUSE
Zealandic: om'aCategory:Terms with Zealandic translations#BECAUSE
Zhuang: aenvihCategory:Terms with Zhuang translations#BECAUSE

as known because; as inferred because; as determined because

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Bengali: কেননা (bn) (kenona)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#BECAUSE
Danish: på grund afCategory:Terms with Danish translations#BECAUSE
Finnish: koska (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BECAUSE, sillä (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BECAUSE, siksi ettäCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#BECAUSE
Georgian: გამო (gamo)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#BECAUSE
German: denn (de)Category:Terms with German translations#BECAUSE
Hungarian: mivel (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BECAUSE, ugyanis (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BECAUSE, minthogy (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BECAUSE
Latin: quoniam (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#BECAUSE, cum (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#BECAUSE, quippe quīCategory:Terms with Latin translations#BECAUSE, quandoquidemCategory:Terms with Latin translations#BECAUSE, prō eō quodCategory:Terms with Latin translations#BECAUSE
Macedonian: бидејќи (bidejḱi)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BECAUSE
Mari:
Eastern Mari: потомушто (potomušto)Category:Terms with Eastern Mari translations#BECAUSE
Old English: for þon þeCategory:Terms with Old English translations#BECAUSE
Pashto: ځکه چې (źëka če)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#BECAUSE
Portuguese: porque (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#BECAUSE
Romanian: deoarece (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#BECAUSE
Russian: потому́ что (ru) (potomú što)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BECAUSE
Scottish Gaelic: oirCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#BECAUSE
Slovene: sajCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#BECAUSE
Spanish: ya que (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#BECAUSE, por cuantoCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BECAUSE

Adverb

because (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#BECAUSE Category:English adverbs#BECAUSE Category:English uncomparable adverbs#BECAUSE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#BECAUSE Category:Pages with entries#BECAUSE Category:Pages with 2 entries#BECAUSE

On account, for sake [with of].
My life is ruined because of you!Category:English terms with usage examples#BECAUSE
(obsolete Category:English terms with obsolete senses#BECAUSE) For the reason [with that].
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 2:3:
  And God blessed the seuenth day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his worke, which God created and made.
  Category:English terms with quotations#BECAUSE

Derived terms

Translations

on account (of) — see because of,‎ due to

for the reason (that) — see because

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: "on account"

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Afrikaans: want (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#BECAUSE
Albanian: sepse (sq)Category:Terms with Albanian translations#BECAUSE, ngaqë (sq)Category:Terms with Albanian translations#BECAUSE
Arabic: لِأَنَّ (liʔanna)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BECAUSE, بِسَبَب (bisabab)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BECAUSE, لِأَجْلِ (liʔajli)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BECAUSE
Egyptian Arabic: علشان (ʕalašān)Category:Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations#BECAUSE, عشان (ʕašān)Category:Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations#BECAUSE, لأن (liʔinn)Category:Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations#BECAUSE, بسبب (bisábab)Category:Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations#BECAUSE

Gulf Arabic: عشان (ar) (ʕašān)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BECAUSE, علشان (ar) (ʕalašān)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BECAUSE

Hijazi Arabic: عشان (ʕašān)Category:Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations#BECAUSE, علشان (ʕalašān)Category:Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations#BECAUSE, بسبب (bisabab)Category:Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations#BECAUSE

North Levantine Arabic: لإنو (laʾinno)Category:Terms with North Levantine Arabic translations#BECAUSE, لأنو (leʾanno)Category:Terms with North Levantine Arabic translations#BECAUSE

South Levantine Arabic: لأنّه (liʔanno)Category:Terms with South Levantine Arabic translations#BECAUSE, عشان (ʕašān)Category:Terms with South Levantine Arabic translations#BECAUSE, علشان (ʕalašān)Category:Terms with South Levantine Arabic translations#BECAUSE

Tunisian Arabic: فِي جُرّةْ (fī jurrit)Category:Tunisian Arabic links with redundant target parameters#BECAUSE Category:Terms with Tunisian Arabic translations#BECAUSE
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܸܢ ܥܸܠܲܬ (min ˁillat)Category:Terms with Assyrian Neo-Aramaic translations#BECAUSE, ܒܗ̇ܝ ܕ- (b-ay d-)Category:Terms with Assyrian Neo-Aramaic translations#BECAUSE, ܡܸܢ ܕ- (min d-)Category:Terms with Assyrian Neo-Aramaic translations#BECAUSE
Armenian: քանի որ (kʻani or)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#BECAUSE
Bashkir: өсөн (ösön)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#BECAUSE
Belarusian: з-за (z-za)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#BECAUSE, праз (praz)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#BECAUSE
Bengali: জন্য (bn) (jonno)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#BECAUSE
Bulgarian: защо́то (bg) (zaštóto)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BECAUSE, поради́ (bg) (poradí)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#BECAUSE
Carpathian Rusyn: затоже (zatože)Category:Terms with Carpathian Rusyn translations#BECAUSE
Catalan: perquè (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#BECAUSE
Chinese:
Cantonese: 因為 / 因为 (jan¹ wai⁶)Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations#BECAUSE Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#BECAUSE

Dungan: йинви (yinvi)Category:Terms with Dungan translations#BECAUSE

Hokkien: 因為 / 因为 (zh-min-nan) (in-ūi)Category:Terms with Hokkien translations#BECAUSE

Mandarin: 因為 / 因为 (zh) (yīnwèi)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BECAUSE
Czech: kvůli (cs)Category:Terms with Czech translations#BECAUSE
Esperanto: pro (eo)Category:Terms with Esperanto translations#BECAUSE
Finnish: takia (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BECAUSE, koska (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BECAUSE (slang, rare), vuoksi (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BECAUSE, tähden (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BECAUSE, johdosta (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BECAUSE, johtuen (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BECAUSE, ansiosta (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BECAUSE
French: à cause de (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#BECAUSE, parce que (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#BECAUSE, à cause que (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#BECAUSE
Galician: porque (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#BECAUSE, alorCategory:Terms with Galician translations#BECAUSE
Georgian: გამო (gamo)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#BECAUSE
Greek: εξαιτίας (el) (exaitías)Category:Terms with Greek translations#BECAUSE
Ancient Greek: ἕνεκα (héneka)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#BECAUSE
Hebrew: בִּגְלַל (he) (biglál)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#BECAUSE
Ido: nam (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#BECAUSE
Italian: perché (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#BECAUSE, poiché (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#BECAUSE, siccome (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#BECAUSE
Jamaican Creole: bikaazCategory:Terms with Jamaican Creole translations#BECAUSE, bikaaznCategory:Terms with Jamaican Creole translations#BECAUSE
Japanese: …のせいで (ja) (... no sei de)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BECAUSE, …のために (ja) (... no tame ni)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BECAUSE
Kazakh: өйткені (öitkenı)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#BECAUSE, себебі (sebebı)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#BECAUSE
Korean: ... 때문에 (ko) (... ttaemun-e)Category:Terms with Korean translations#BECAUSE
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: ji ber ku (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#BECAUSE
Latin: propterCategory:Terms with Latin translations#BECAUSE (+acc.), ob (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#BECAUSE (+acc.), ex (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#BECAUSE (+abl.), causā (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#BECAUSE (+gen.), prō (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#BECAUSE (+abl.)
Latvian: jo (lv)Category:Terms with Latvian translations#BECAUSE, tāpēcCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#BECAUSE
Lithuanian: nesCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#BECAUSE
Macedonian: поради (poradi)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#BECAUSE
Malay: kerana (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#BECAUSE, sebab (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#BECAUSE
Navajo: hááláCategory:Terms with Navajo translations#BECAUSE
Old English: forCategory:Terms with Old English translations#BECAUSE (+dative)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: بِخاطِر (bexâter)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#BECAUSE Category:Terms with Persian translations#BECAUSE, بِه خاطِر (be xâter)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#BECAUSE Category:Terms with Persian translations#BECAUSE, چون (fa) (čun)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#BECAUSE Category:Terms with Persian translations#BECAUSE
Polish: ponieważ (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#BECAUSE, bo (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#BECAUSE (informal, spoken), gdyż (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#BECAUSE, albowiem (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#BECAUSE, bowiem (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#BECAUSE, abociem (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#BECAUSE (archaic), wszak (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#BECAUSE, dlatego że (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#BECAUSE, przez (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#BECAUSE
Portuguese: porque (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#BECAUSE, pois (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#BECAUSE, que (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#BECAUSE, por causa de (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#BECAUSE, devido a (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#BECAUSE
Romanian: datorită (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#BECAUSE (positive consequence), din cauzaCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#BECAUSE (negative consequence), deoarece (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#BECAUSE
Russian: и́з-за (ru) (íz-za)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BECAUSE
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: збо̏гCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BECAUSE

Latin: zbȍgCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#BECAUSE
Slovak: kvôliCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#BECAUSE
Slovene: zaradi (sl)Category:Terms with Slovene translations#BECAUSE
Swahili: kwa sababu (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#BECAUSE
Tagalog: dahilCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#BECAUSE
Tamil: ஏனென்றால் (ta) (ēṉeṉṟāl)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#BECAUSE
Turkish: yüzünden (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#BECAUSE
Ukrainian: че́рез (čérez)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BECAUSE, з-за (z-za)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BECAUSE, і́з-за (íz-za)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BECAUSE, завдяки́ (zavdjaký)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#BECAUSE
Yiddish: ווײַל (vayl)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#BECAUSE

Interjection

becauseCategory:English lemmas#BECAUSE Category:English interjections#BECAUSE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#BECAUSE Category:Pages with entries#BECAUSE Category:Pages with 2 entries#BECAUSE

Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer to a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".

Translations

word used in place of an answer to "why"

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Afrikaans: sommer (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#BECAUSE
Arabic: هكذا (hākaḏā)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BECAUSE, بلا سبب (bilā sabab)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#BECAUSE
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܵܕܟ݂ܵܐ (hādḵā)Category:Terms with Assyrian Neo-Aramaic translations#BECAUSE, ܗܵܕܲܟ݂ (hādaḵ)Category:Terms with Assyrian Neo-Aramaic translations#BECAUSE
Bengali: কারণ (bn) (karon)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#BECAUSE
Catalan: perquè (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#BECAUSE
Chinese:
Mandarin: 沒有為什麼 / 没有为什么 (méiyǒu wéishénme)Category:Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#BECAUSE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BECAUSE, 沒為什麼 / 没为什么 (méi wéishénme)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#BECAUSE
Czech: protože protoCategory:Terms with Czech translations#BECAUSE, proto (cs)Category:Terms with Czech translations#BECAUSE
Dutch: daarom (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#BECAUSE
Finnish: koska (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BECAUSE, syystä ettäCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#BECAUSE, siksi ettäCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#BECAUSE, siksi (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#BECAUSE
French: parce que c'est comme çaCategory:Terms with French translations#BECAUSE, parce que (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#BECAUSE
German: deshalb (de)Category:Terms with German translations#BECAUSE, darum (de)Category:Terms with German translations#BECAUSE, deswegen (de)Category:Terms with German translations#BECAUSE
Greek: γιατί έτσι (giatí étsi)Category:Terms with Greek translations#BECAUSE, έτσι (el) (étsi)Category:Terms with Greek translations#BECAUSE
Hebrew: כָּכָה (he) (kácha)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#BECAUSE
Hungarian: csak (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#BECAUSE
Italian: perché sìCategory:Terms with Italian translations#BECAUSE
Japanese: どうしても (ja) (dōshitemo)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#BECAUSE
Korean: 아무튼 (ko) (amuteun)Category:Terms with Korean translations#BECAUSE, 여하튼 (ko) (yeohateun)Category:Terms with Korean translations#BECAUSE
Latin: quoniam (la)Category:Terms with Latin translations#BECAUSE
Malay: sebab (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#BECAUSE, pasal (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#BECAUSE
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fordi (no)Category:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#BECAUSE
Polish: bo takCategory:Terms with Polish translations#BECAUSE
Portuguese: porque simCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BECAUSE (positive), porque nãoCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#BECAUSE (negative)
Romanian: de-aiaCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#BECAUSE, fiindcă (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#BECAUSE
Russian: потому́ что (ru) (potomú što)Category:Terms with Russian translations#BECAUSE
Spanish: porque síCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BECAUSE (positive), porque noCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#BECAUSE (negative)
Swedish: därför (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#BECAUSE
Tagalog: dahilCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#BECAUSE
Tatar: чөнки (çönki)Category:Terms with Tatar translations#BECAUSE
Turkish: öyle işteCategory:Terms with Turkish translations#BECAUSE, işte (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#BECAUSE, -dığı içinCategory:Terms with Turkish translations#BECAUSE

Preposition

becauseCategory:English lemmas#BECAUSE Category:English prepositions#BECAUSE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#BECAUSE Category:Pages with entries#BECAUSE Category:Pages with 2 entries#BECAUSE

(colloquial Category:English colloquialisms#BECAUSE, Internet slang Category:English internet slang#BECAUSE) On account of, because of. [from 20th c. or before]
He rejected me because revenge, I guess.
Category:English terms with usage examples#BECAUSE

It doesn't work because reasons.
Category:English terms with usage examples#BECAUSE
- 2013 November 19, Megan Garber, “English Has a New Preposition, Because Internet”, in The Atlantic‎:
  You probably know it better, however, as explanation by way of Internet—explanation that maximizes efficiency and irony in equal measure. I'm late because YouTube. You're reading this because procrastination. As the language writer Stan Carey delightfully sums it up: “‘Because’ has become a preposition, because grammar.”
  Category:English terms with quotations#BECAUSE

Derived terms

because reasons

References

Bingham, Caleb (1808), “Improprieties in Pronunciation, common among the people of New-England”, in The Child's Companion; Being a Conciſe Spelling-book […] ‎, 12th edition, Boston: Manning & Loring, →OCLC, page 74.
Grandgent, C[harles] H. (1899), “V. From Franklin to Lowell. A Century of New England Pronunciation”, in James Bright, editor, Publications of the Modern Language Association of America‎, volume 14, number 2, Baltimore: Modern Language Association of America, →DOI, →OCLC, page 237.
Hurd, Seth P. (1847), “Because”, in “False Pronunciation”, in A Grammatical Corrector; or, A Vocabulary of the Common Errors of Speech‎, Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co, →OCLC, page 78.
Glossa, volume 17 (1997), page 175: cf. Emonds 1976:175 on the analysis of Modern English because as a preposition introducing a clause

Category:English subordinating conjunctions#BECAUSE

French

(colloquial Category:French colloquialisms#BECAUSE, uncommon Category:French terms with uncommon senses#BECAUSE) synonym of parce que (“because”)
- 2010, Norbert de Roux, Mémoires fantasmées d'un canton ordinaire‎, Mon Petit Editeur, →ISBN, page 64:
  Je ne dis pas ça pour toi, à cause de ta tronche, mais because je suis hostile à toute forme de discrimination.
  I don't tell you this because of your face, but because I am against all forms of discrimination.
  Category:French terms with quotations#BECAUSE

Preposition

becauseCategory:French lemmas#BECAUSE Category:French prepositions#BECAUSE Category:French entries with incorrect language header#BECAUSE Category:Pages with entries#BECAUSE Category:Pages with 2 entries#BECAUSE

(colloquial Category:French colloquialisms#BECAUSE, uncommon Category:French terms with uncommon senses#BECAUSE) synonym of à cause de (“because of”)
La fenêtre était ouverte because la chaleur aoûtienne, si moite. ― The window was open because of the muggy August heat.Category:French terms with usage examples#BECAUSE
- 1959, Léo Malet, chapter 1, in L’envahissant cadavre de la plaine Monceau:
  "Enfin, juste comme Mariette commence à redevenir un peu nerveuse, because ce poireautage mortel, l’inspecteur Fabre, qui guettait peut-être ce moment, s’amène et lui fait signe de le suivre."
  ‘Finally, just as Mariette starts to rebecome a little nervous because of this deadly wait, interpsector Fabre, who was maybe watching at that moment, comes along and gives her hope for survival.’
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- 2020 March 4, Serge Toubiana, chapter 29, in L’amie américaine‎, Stock, →ISBN, page 221:
  Après un séjour à New York, qui lui a fait le plus grand bien, Helen se rend compte que la vie parisienne lui convient tout de même mieux, du fait de ses problèmes de santé — poids, hypertension… « En somme, quelle que soit l’alternative que je choisis, je suis désormais condamnée à la nostalgie permanente, vivace et stimulée à New York, mais because hypertension, la détente à Paris est peut-être préférable¹⁴. »
  After a trip to New York, which did the greatest good for her, Helen realises that Parisian life suits her better anyway due to her health problems: weight, hypertension… ‘In sum, whatever the alternative that I choose, I am henceforth condemned to permanent nostalgia, vivacious and stimulated at New York, but because of hypertension, maybe relaxing in Paris is preferable.’
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