almost; nearly
eş: beinah
köken: From Middle High German bīnāhe, bīnāch. Analysable as bei (“by, near”) + nah (“near, close”). Compare Dutch bijna.
more or less (approximately)
almost
eş: por poco
köken: Semi-learned borrowing from Latin quasi. Doublet of cuasi. The two were originally in a complementary distribution that depended on stress.
aile: casi casi, de casi no se muere nadie, los casis no cuentan
🔊 Casi casi que me parece que ocurriese ayer mismo.
Rusça 🔊 о́коло , почти́ , почти́ что , приблизи́тельно , чуть не /t͡ɕʉtʲ nʲɪ/ nearly (almost, but not quite), virtually
eş: возможно, едва не, едва ли не, чуть ли не, почти что, практически
🔊 чуть не пла́ча
🔊 Он чуть не подпры́гнул от восто́рга.
🔊 И как мне отвеча́ют на мою́ пра́вду, на моё че́стное отноше́ние? В меня́ чуть не броса́ют камня́ми и е́здят на мне верхо́м.
Arapça 🔊 تَقْرِيبًا , عَلَى وَشْك , كَادَ
Azerice 🔊 az qala , az qaldı /ˈɑzɡɑɫɑ/ almost
🔊 Mən az qala yıxılmışdım.
almost, nearly
köken: Borrowed from Arabic قَرِيب (qarīb).
almost · soon
eş: bijkans, haast, nagenoeg, schier, vrijwel
köken: From Middle Dutch bina. Equivalent to a univerbation of bij + na. Compare German beinahe.
practically (in practice; in effect) · practically (almost entirely) · practically (in a practical manner)
köken: From prático + -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.
完全にではないが、それに近い程度に。
eş: おおかた, ほぼ, ほぼほぼ
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.
almost, nearly, practically
köken: Literally, “without little”.
🔊 bez mała dwadzieścia lat
🔊 w każdym bez mała mieszkaniu
nearly, about
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian تقریباً (taqrīban), from Arabic تَقْرِيبًا (taqrīban).
🔊 मैंने तक़रीबन तीन बजे लंच किया।
inessive singular of käytäntö
nearly (almost, but not quite)
Rumence 🔊 aproape , era să /a.ˈpro̯a.pe/ 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.
near (used with -hoz/-hez/-höz) · nearly (almost a given amount or result)
çekim: çoğul közelek
zıt: messze, távol
köken: Lexicalization of köz (“gap”) + -l (ablative suffix).
aile: közeledik, közeleg, közeli, közelít, közelről, közelség, Közel-Kelet, közelmúlt
almost, nearly · scarcely, hardly, barely
köken: Possibly from the same root as patior (“to suffer”); this may be Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-(i)- (“to hurt”) (this is supported by Pokorny), but its standard reconstruction as *peh₁-(i)- (or *peh₁y-) creates phonetic problems for the Latin. Neri (2007), following Vine, derives it Proto-Indo-European *p(e)-ai-ni- (“not entirely; from whom has been taken away; who takes away”), from *pe- (“away”) +…
aile: paenīnsula, paenultimus, paenumbra
Danca 🔊 nærved , næsten , være lige ved at /nɛstən/ definite singular of næste
Norveççe 🔊 bortimot , i det store og det hele , mer eller mindre , nesten , praktisk talt , så godt som