Etymology
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From Old French conjonction , from Latin coniūnctiō ( “ joining ” ) , from coniungere ( “ to join ” ) .
Pronunciation
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IPA (key ) : /kənˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃən/
Hyphenation: con‧junc‧tion
Rhymes: -ʌŋkʃən
Examples (grammar)
Bread, butter and cheese.
conjunction (countable and uncountable , plural conjunctions )
The act of joining , or condition of being joined.
Synonyms: connection , union
1871–1872 , George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XVIII, in Middlemarch [ … ] , volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV) , Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons , →OCLC , book I:[ … ] Dr. Minchin in return was quite sure that man was not a mere machine or a fortuitous conjunction of atoms; [ …]
1896 , Robert Louis Stevenson , Familiar Studies of Men and Books [1] :About them all there is that sort of stiff quaint unreality, that conjunction of the grotesque, and even of a certain bourgeois snugness, with passionate contortion and horror, that is so characteristic of Gothic art.
( grammar ) A word used to join other words or phrases together into sentences. The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related.
1881 , Alfred Ayres [ pseudonym; Thomas Embly Osmun] , The Verbalist [2] :A comma is placed between short members of compound sentences, connected by and , but , for , nor , or , because , whereas , that expressing purpose (so that, in order that), and other conjunctions .
Cooccurrence ; coincidence .
1843 , John Stuart Mill , A System of Logic [3] , volume 1:[ … ] the coexistence of one such phenomenon with another; or the succession of one such phenomenon to another: their conjunction , in short, so that where the one is found, we may calculate on finding both.
( astronomy ) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.
Antonym: opposition
Hyponyms: grand conjunction , great conjunction , inferior conjunction , superior conjunction , topocentric conjunction
2011 , Starf*cker [ … ] , Ev Cochrane, →ISBN , page 140 :The spectacular conjunction of Venus and Mars gave rise to a myriad of mythical interpretations.
( astrology ) An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another.
( logic ) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the ∧ (
∧
{\displaystyle \land }
) operator .
Meronyms: conjunct , logical connective
Coordinate term: disjunction
A place where multiple things meet
2001 , David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary , page 47 :Today there is a mountain called Ararat near the conjunction of the Turkish, Armenian, and Iranian borders.
( obsolete ) Sexual intercourse .
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:copulation
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Translations
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act of joining or being joined
Bulgarian: съедине́ние (bg) n ( sǎedinénie ) , свъ́рзване (bg) n ( svǎ́rzvane )
Catalan: conjunció (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 結合 / 结合 ( git3 hap6 ) ,連接 / 连接 ( lin4 zip3 )
Mandarin: 結合 / 结合 (zh) ( jiéhé ) , 連接 / 连接 (zh) ( liánjiē )
Finnish: liittäminen (fi) , yhdistäminen (fi)
Galician: conxunción (gl) f
German: Zusammenhang (de) m
Greek: σύνδεση (el) f ( sýndesi ) , σύζευξη (el) f ( sýzefxi )
Hungarian: egyesülés (hu) , egyesítés (hu) , összevonás (hu) , összekapcsolás (hu) , összekapcsolódás (hu) , kapcsolódás (hu) , kapcsolat (hu)
Interlingua: conjunction (ia)
Japanese: 結合 (ja) ( せつごう, ketsugō ) , 接合 (ja) ( せつごう, setsugō ) , 接続 (ja) ( せつぞく, setsuzoku ) , 連接 (ja) ( れんせつ, rensetsu )
Korean: 결합(結合) (ko) ( gyeolhap ) , 연접(連接) ( yeonjeop )
Macedonian: спој m ( spoj ) , врска f ( vrska )
Malay: penggabungan
Maltese: konġunzjoni (mt) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sammensetning (no) m
Polish: łączenie (pl) n , połączenie (pl) n
Portuguese: conjunção (pt) f
Romanian: unire (ro) f , legare (ro) f , conjuncție (ro) f
Russian: сою́з (ru) m ( sojúz ) , связь (ru) f ( svjazʹ )
Spanish: conjunción (es) f , unión (es) f
grammar: word used to join words or phrases
Albanian: lidhëz (sq) f
Arabic: حَرْف عَطْف m ( ḥarf ʕaṭf )
Aragonese: conchunción f
Armenian: շաղկապ (hy) ( šaġkap )
Asturian: conxunción (ast) f
Azerbaijani: bağlayıcı (az)
Bashkir: теркәүес ( terkəwes )
Belarusian: злу́чнік m ( zlúčnik )
Breton: stagell (br) f
Bulgarian: съю́з (bg) m ( sǎjúz )
Burmese: သမ္ဗန္ဓ (my) ( sambandha. )
Catalan: conjunció (ca) f
Chechen: хуттург ( xutturg )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 連接詞 / 连接词 ( lin4 zip3 ci4 ) , 連詞 / 连词 ( lin4 ci4 )
Mandarin: 連接詞 / 连接词 (zh) ( liánjiēcí ) , 連詞 / 连词 (zh) ( liáncí )
Czech: spojka (cs) f
Danish: bindeord (da) n , konjunktion (da) c
Dutch: voegwoord (nl) n , conjunctie (nl) f
Estonian: sidesõna
Faroese: sambindingarorð n
Finnish: konjunktio (fi) , sidesana (fi)
French: conjonction (fr) f
Galician: conxunción (gl) f
Georgian: კავშირი ( ḳavširi )
German: Konjunktion (de) f , Bindewort (de) n
Greek: σύνδεσμος (el) m ( sýndesmos )
Ancient: σύνδεσμος m ( súndesmos )
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: מִלַּת קִשּׁוּר (he) f ( milát kishúr )
Hindi: समुच्चय (hi) m ( samuccay )
Hungarian: kötőszó (hu)
Hunsrik: please add this translation if you can
Icelandic: samtenging (is) f
Ido: konjunciono (io)
Indonesian: kata penghubung (id) , konjungsi (id)
Interlingua: conjunction (ia)
Irish: cónasc (ga) m
Italian: congiunzione (it) f
Japanese: 接続詞 (ja) ( せつぞくし, setsuzokushi )
Kapampangan: panyuglung , panuglung , pangsuglung
Kazakh: жалғаулық ( jalğaulyq )
Khmer: ឈ្នាប់ (km) ( chnŏəp )
Korean: 접속사(接續詞) (ko) ( jeopsoksa )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: (please verify ) gihanek (ku)
Kyrgyz: байламта (ky) ( baylamta )
Lao: ສັນທານ ( san thān )
Latin: conjunctio (la) f
Latvian: saiklis (lv) m , konjunkcija f
Lithuanian: jungtukas m
Luxembourgish: Konjunktioun f
Macedonian: сврзник m ( svrznik )
Malay: kata penghubung , kata hubung (ms)
Malayalam: ഘടകം (ml) ( ghaṭakaṁ )
Maltese: konġunzjoni (mt) f
Maori: kupu honohono , tūhono
Middle English: coniunccion
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: холбоос үг (mn) ( xolboos üg )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: konjunksjon (no) m , bindeord n
Occitan: conjonccion f
Pashto: تړتوری m ( taṛtóray )
Persian:
Iranian Persian: حَرْفِ رَبْط (fa) ( harf-e rabt )
Polish: spójnik (pl) m inan
Portuguese: conjunção (pt) f
Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: conjuncție (ro) f
Russian: сою́з (ru) m ( sojúz )
Scottish Gaelic: naisgear m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ве̑знӣк m
Roman: vȇznīk (sh) m
Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
Slovak: spojka f
Slovene: veznik (sl) m
Somali: please add this translation if you can
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: konjunkcija f , zwěznik m
Upper Sorbian: wjazawka f , konjunkcija f
Spanish: conjunción (es) f
Swahili: kiunganishi
Swedish: konjunktion (sv) c , bindeord (sv) n
Tagalog: pangatnig (tl) , pangatnig (tl)
Tajik: пайвандак (tg) ( payvandak )
Tatar: теркәгеч (tt) ( terkägeç )
Telugu: సంయోజకము ( saṁyōjakamu )
Thai: สันธาน (th) ( sǎn-taan )
Turkish: bağlaç (tr) , rabıt (tr) ( dated )
Turkmen: baglanyşyk (tk)
Ukrainian: сполу́чник m ( spolúčnyk )
Urdu: حَرْفِ عَطْف m ( harf-i 'atf ) , حَرْفِ رَبْط m ( harf-i rabt )
Uyghur: باغلىغۇچى ( baghlighuchi )
Uzbek: bogʻlovchi (uz)
Vietnamese: sự liên kết , liên từ (vi) (連詞 )
Volapük: konyun (vo)
Walloon: aloyrece (wa) f ( subordination ) , adjondrece (wa) f ( coordination )
Welsh: cysylltair m , cysylltiad (cy) m
Xhosa: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: קאָניונקציע f ( konyunktsye ) , פֿאַרבינדונג-וואָרט n ( farbindung-vort )
Yoruba: ọ̀rọ̀-àsopọ̀
Zulu: please add this translation if you can
astronomy: alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth
logic: proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the and operator
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