almost; nearly
eş: beinah
köken: From Middle High German bīnāhe, bīnāch. Analysable as bei (“by, near”) + nah (“near, close”). Compare Dutch bijna.
roughly, approximately, give or take
eş: au pif, au doigt mouillé
köken: Literally, “by the ladle”, referring to the use of a ladleful as an approximate quantity.
🔊 à la grosse louche
around, about (roughly at the time)
🔊 a eso de las dos de la madrugada
🔊 A eso de las cuatro de la mañana todos nos dijimos buenas noches.
approximately
köken: From approssimato + -mente.
Rusça 🔊 гру́бо , о́коло , ориентиро́вочно , почти́ , почти́ что , приблизи́тельно
Arapça 🔊 تَقْرِيبًا , حَوَالَيْ , عَلَى وَشْك , كَادَ
almost
🔊 Mən az qala yıxılmışdım.
approximately, roughly
köken: From Arabic تَخْمِينًا (taḵmīnan), adverbial accusative of تَخْمِين (taḵmīn). Compare Turkish tahminen.
roughly, approximately
köken: From Arabic تَخْمِينًا (taḵmīnan).
almost · soon
eş: bijkans, haast, nagenoeg, schier, vrijwel
köken: From Middle Dutch bina. Equivalent to a univerbation of bij + na. Compare German beinahe.
approximately, about, circa
köken: From aproximada + -mente.
nearly, almost, near miss, close but no cigar, hair's breadth, just (used to indicate something that almost or nearly happened)
eş: στο τσακ
köken: παρά (pará, “except, despite”) + λίγο (lígo, “a little”)
🔊 Παραλίγο να τρακάρουμε.
about, nearly, roughly, approximately, around, more or less, in round numbers · not at all, not the slightest
köken: From おおよそ (ōyoso).
almost, nearly
köken: First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 거ᅀᅴ (Yale: kezuy).
🔊 손님은 거의가 오셨습니다.
🔊 내 동생은 퇴근을 하면 남은 시간의 거의를 공부를 하는 데 쓰더라.
circa, roughly, about, approximately
köken: From Latin circa.
almost, nearly, practically
köken: Literally, “without little”.
🔊 bez mała dwadzieścia lat
🔊 w każdym bez mała mieszkaniu
Ukraynaca 🔊 зо , ма́йже , прибли́зно , сливе́ approximately, roughly · (analogous to зі (zi), used before consonant custers) with, together with, along with
köken: From Proto-Slavic *sъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom.
🔊 зо мною
nearly, about
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian تقریباً (taqrīban), from Arabic تَقْرِيبًا (taqrīban).
🔊 मैंने तक़रीबन तीन बजे लंच किया।
approximately
eş: asi, zhruba, cirka, bratru, bajvoko, bajvočko
zıt: přesně
köken: From přibližný + -ě.
near, close, nearby · almost (very close to), nearly
köken: Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ad prope, composed of ad (“to, at”) + prope (“near”). Compare Aromanian aproapea.
roughly, rudely · coarsely · roughly, approximately
zıt: finoman, kulturáltan, udvariasan, tapintatosan, pontosan
köken: From durva (“rough, rude”) + -n (“-ly”, deadjectival adverb-forming suffix).
İbranice 🔊 בְּעֵרֶךְ , בְּקֵרוּב , כִּמְעַט
near, close, round about · near, close, about
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Latin circiter From circus (“circle, ring”) + -ter.
🔊 hunc locum circiter