both

English

Alternative forms

• bothe (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English boþe, from Old Norse báðir

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: bōth, IPA: /bəʊθ/, X-SAMPA: /b@UT/
• (US) enPR: bōth, IPA: /boʊθ/, X-SAMPA: /boUT/
  • (some accents) enPR: bōlth, IPA: /boʊlθ/, X-SAMPA: /boUlT/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -əʊθ

Determiner

both

1. Each of the two; one and the other.

   "Did you want this one or that one?" "Give me both."

   Both children are such dolls.

2. (obsolete) Each of more than two.

   Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound. — Goldsmith.

   He prayeth well who loveth well both man and bird and beast. — Coleridge.

Translations

each of two; one and the other

• Arabic: كل (ar) (kull)

  Egyptian Arabic: الاتنين (letneen)

• Bulgarian: и двамата (bg) (i dvamata) m, и двете (bg) (i dvete) f
• Catalan: ambdós (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ...都 (cmn) (...dōu), 雙方 (cmn), 双方 (cmn) (shuāngfāng), 倆 (cmn), 俩 (cmn) (liǎ), 兩 (cmn), 两 (cmn) (liǎng)

• Czech: oba (cs)
• Danish: begge (da)
• Dutch: beide, allebei, allebeide, alletwee
• Esperanto: ambaŭ (eo)
• Estonian: mõlemad (et) pl
• Faroese: báðir (fo) m pl, báðar (fo) f pl, bæði (fo) n pl
• Finnish: molemmat (fi) pl, kumpikin (fi) sg
• French: tous les deux (fr) pl
• Georgian: ორივე (ka) (orive)
• German: beide (de)
• Hebrew: שני (he) m pl
• Hindi: दोनों (hi) (donõ)
• Hungarian: mindkét (hu)
• Icelandic: bæði (is); báðir (is) m pl, báðar (is) f pl, bæði (is) n pl
• Ido: ambe
• Indonesian: keduanya (id)
• Interlingua: ambe
• Italian: entrambi, tutti e due m, tutte le due f, ambedue
• Japanese: 両方 (ja) (ryōhō), 両- (ja) (ryō), (of two people only) どちらも (ja) (dochira mo), 双方 (ja) (sōhō)

• Korean: 둘 다 (ko) (dul da)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: هه‌ردو

• Latin: ambō m, ambae f, ambō n
• Latvian: abi (lv)
• Macedonian: обата (mk) (óbata) m, двата (mk) (dváta) m
• Malay: kedua-dua (ms)
• Norwegian: begge (no), båe (no)
• Pashto: دواړه (ps) (dwâṛa)
• Persian: هر دو (fa) (har do), هردو (fa) (hardo)
• Polish: oboje (pl)
• Portuguese: ambos (pt)
• Romanian: ambii m, ambele f, amândoi (ro)
• Russian: оба (ru) (óba)
• Scots: baith
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̏ба (sh) m

  Roman: ȍba (sh) m

• Slovak: obidva (sk)
• Slovene: oba m, obe f
• Spanish: ambos, los dos
• Swedish: båda (sv), bägge (sv), ömse (sv)
• Telugu: రెండూ, ఇద్దరూ (reMDoo, iddaroo)
• Thai: ทั้งสอง (th) (táng sŏng)
• Urdu: دونوں (ur) (donõ)
• Vietnamese: cả hai (vi)
• West Frisian: beide, allebeide

Conjunction

both

1. including both (used with and)

   Both you and I are students

Translations

both...and...

• Arabic: كلا... و... (ar) (kilaa... wa...)
• Catalan: tant ... com ...
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 既……又…… (jì... yòu...), 又……又…… (yòu... yòu...)

• Danish: både...og... (da)
• Dutch: zowel ... als ...
• Finnish: sekä ... että (fi)
• German: sowohl ... als auch (de)
• Greek: και... και... (el) (ke... ke)
• Japanese: …でもあり…でもある (...demo ari...demo aru), …でも…でも (...demo ...demo)
• Latin: et...et... ^(la)

• Macedonian: и... и... (mk) (i... i...)
• Norwegian: både ... og ... (no)
• Persian: هم...هم (fa)
• Polish: zarówno ..., jak i ... (pl)
• Portuguese: ambos ... e ... (pt)
• Russian: и... и... (i... i...)
• Scottish Gaelic: an dà chuid... agus... (gd)
• Serbian: оба (sr) (oba) m, обе (sr) (obe) f
• Spanish: tanto... como... (es)
• Swedish: både (sv)
• Turkish: hem... hem... (tr)

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

See also

various semantically related terms

2 2nd couple double dual

neither pair second twice two

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: thing · set · told · #197: both · having · look · heard

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish both, from Proto-Celtic *butā (compare Middle Welsh bot (“dwelling”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to be”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [bˠɔh], [bˠɔ]

Noun

both f

1. hut

Declension

Declension of both

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative both bothanna Vocative a bhoth a bhothanna Genitive botha bothanna Dative both bothanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhoth na bothanna Genitive na botha na mbothanna Dative leis an mboth don bhoth leis na bothanna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
both	bhoth	mboth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old Irish

Verb

·both

1. preterite passive conjunct of at·tá