Definitions For Because

Preposition

{{en-prep}} (uncommon, slang, nonstandard, especially, Internet) on account of, on account of, because of. since at least the 20th century : {{ux, en, I went to the store because hungry.}}

Derived terms

because reasons

Conjunction

{{en-con}} By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. : {{ux, en, I hid myself because I was afraid.}} As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that. : {{ux, en, It must be broken, because I pressed the button and nothing happened.}} : {{ux, en, I don't think he is a nice person, because he yells at people for no reason.}} (obsolete) So that, in order that. 15th-17th c.

Synonyms

for the reason that therefore, since, for, for that, forthy, for sake, forwhy {{q, obsolete}}, as, inasmuch as, sith {{q, obsolete}}, {{l, mul, ∵}} {{q, mathematics symbol}}; see also thesaurus:because

Translations

Abkhaz: избанзар Afrikaans: omdat, aangesien Albanian: sepse American Sign Language: OpenB@Sfhead Y@FromSfhead Arabic: لِأَنَّ : Egyptian Arabic: علشان (ʿalašān), عشان (ʿašān) : Levantine Arabic: لأنو (laʾanno) : Moroccan Arabic: حيت (ḥīt), حيتاش (ḥītāš), على حقاش (ʿla ḥaqqāš), لنو (linnu) : Tunisian Arabic: على خاطر, alt=عْلَى خَاطِرْ (ʿlā xāṭer) Aramaic: : Hebrew: מִטּוּל (miṭṭūl) : Syriac: ܡܛܠ (miṭṭūl) Armenian: որովհետև, քանզի, քանի որ Aromanian: cã Asturian: porque Azerbaijani: çünki Bashkir: сөнки Belarusian: таму́ што, бо Bengali: কারণ}}, {{t, bn, কেননা (kênôna) Breton: peogwir, abalamour ma, en abeg ma, rak ma Bulgarian: защо́то, тъй като́, поне́же Burmese: လို့ Catalan: perquè, ja que, car, puix, puix que Chichewa: chifukwa Chinese: : Cantonese: 因為}}, {{t, yue, 因为 (jan1 wai6) : Hakka: 因為}}, 因为 (yîn-vi), 因爭, {{t, hak, 因争 (yîn-chên) : Mandarin: 因為, 因为, tr=yīnwèi, {{qualifier, more formal}} 由於, 由于, tr=yóuyú : Min Nan: 因為, 因为 (in-ūi) Crimean Tatar: çünki Czech: protože Danish: fordi, eftersom, da Dutch: omdat, aangezien, daar {{qualifier, formal}} Egyptian: {{t-egy, ḏr ntt, h=Dr:r-n:*t*t}}, {{t-egy, n ntt, h=n:n:*t*t}}, {{t-egy, ḥr ntt, h=Hr:Z1-n:*t*t}}, {{t-egy, ḥr, h=Hr:Z1}} Esperanto: ĉar Estonian: kuna, seepärast, sest Ewe: elabena Faroese: tí, tí at Finnish: koska French: parce que, car, à cause que Georgian: იმიტომ რომ, რადგანაც, რადგან, გამო German: weil, denn, da Greek: διότι, επειδή, γιατί : Ancient: γάρ, ἐπεί, διότι, ὅτι, ὡς, οὕνεκα Haitian Creole: paske Hawaiian: no, no ka mea, ma, i, ma o, muli Hebrew: כִּי, tr=kí, בִּגְלַל שֶׁ־ (biglál she-) {{qualifier, with a negative consequence}} Hindi: क्योंकि Hungarian: mert Icelandic: því, af því, því að, af því að, vegna, vegna þess, vegna þess að, út af því að Ido: pro ke Indonesian: karena, sebab Interlingua: proque Interlingue: pro que, nam Irish: óir, mar, toisc go, arae : Old Irish: hóre Italian: perché Japanese: なぜなら, tr=nazenara, だって, tr=datte, {{qualifier, ...}} から, tr=kara, ので, tr=node, ために (tame ni) Kabyle: acku Kazakh: өйткені, себебі Khmer: ព្រោះ, tr=prʊəh, ពីព្រោះ, tr=pii-prʊəh Korean: (-이기) 때문에 Kumyk: неге тюгюл Kurdish: çimkî, ji ber ku : Sorani: بۆ ئەوە, چونکە Kyrgyz: анткени, себеби Ladin: ajache Lao: ເພາະ, ເນື່ອງ, ແຕ່ເນື່ອງຈາກ Latin: quia, quod, quoniam, cum, propter Latvian: jo, tāpēc, tāpēc ka, tādēļ, tādēļ ka Lithuanian: nes, todėl, kad Low German: ümdat, dor Luxembourgish: well Lü: {{t-needed, khb}} Macedonian: затоа што, бидејќи Malay: kerana, sebab, karena Maltese: minħabba, għaliex Maore Comorian: mana Maori: nā te mea, nō te mea, tā te mea, tō te mea Mon: {{t-needed, mnw}} Mongolian: яагаад гэвэл, болохоор Mwani: konta, kamana Navajo: háálá Neapolitan: pecché Norman: passequé {{qualifier, Guernsey}} Norwegian: : Bokmål: fordi, ettersom, da : Nynorsk: av di, fordi, ettersom, då Novial: pro ke Old Church Slavonic: : Cyrillic: пон҄еже Old English: for þon þe Old Polish: tegodla Pashto: ځکه چې (źëka če) Persian: زیرا, tr=zirâ, چونکه, tr=čunke, چون, tr=čun, بدلیل; برای این‌که (barâye inke) Pitjantjatjara: -nguru, -languru, panya Polish: bo, ponieważ, dlatego że, gdyż, albowiem, bowiem, abociem, carchaic, wszak Portuguese: porque, já que Romanian: pentru că, din cauză că, datorită, deoarece Romansch: perquai che, damai che Russian: потому́ что, та́к как, поско́льку, ведь, и́бо {{qualifier, literary}}, поне́же {{qualifier, archaic, rare}} Sanskrit: उपजीव्य, हि Scottish Gaelic: oir Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: је̏р, је̏рбо {{qualifier, archaic}} : Roman: jȅr, jȅrbo {{qualifier, archaic}} Slovak: pretože Slovene: ker Sorbian: : Lower Sorbian: dokulaž Spanish: porque, ya que, por cuanto Swedish: därför att, eftersom Tagalog: {{qualifier, literally}} dahil Tajik: чунки, чун, зеро Talysh: : Asalemi: چون (cun) Tatar: чөнки Thai: เพราะ Tibetan: གང་ཡིན་ཟེར་ན, ཙང, ག་རེ་ཡིན་ཟེར་ན Turkish: çünkü Turkmen: çünki, zerarly, sebäbi Ukrainian: бо, тому́, тому́ що, та́к як, оскі́льки, а́дже, внаслі́док, унаслі́док Urdu: کیونکہ (kyoṅki) Uzbek: negaki, chunki Venetian: parché Vietnamese: tại vì, vì, bởi vì Walloon: paski, ca Welsh: achos, oherwydd West Frisian: meidat, omdat, mei't, om't Wolof: ndax Yiddish: ווײַל}}, וואָרעם, וואָרן, מחמת (makhmes), {{t, yi, נאַכסאָל Zealandic: om'a Zhuang: aenvih Bengali: কেননা (kênôna) Danish: på grund af Finnish: koska, sillä Georgian: გამო German: denn Hungarian: mivel, ugyanis, minthogy Latin: quia Macedonian: бидејќи Pashto: ځکه چې (źëka če) Portuguese: porque Romanian: deoarece Russian: потому́ что Scottish Gaelic: oir Slovene: saj Spanish: ya que, por cuanto

Adverb

{{en-adv, -}} (archaic) For the reason {{qualifier, that}}. On account {{qualifier, of}}, for sake {{qualifier, of}}. : {{ux, en, My life is ruined because of you!}} (by ellipsis) {{non-gloss definition, Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".}}

Derived terms

because of just because

Translations

Albanian: sepse, ngaqë Arabic: بِسَبَب, لِأَجْلِ : Egyptian Arabic: علشان (ʿalašān, sc=Arab), عشان (ʿašān, sc=Arab) : Levantine Arabic: منشان (menšēn, sc=Arab); : Tunisian Arabic: في جرة, alt=فِي جُرّةْ (fī jurrit, sc=Arab) Armenian: քանի որ Bashkir: өсөн, sc=Cyrl Bulgarian: защото, поради Chinese: : Cantonese: 因為}}, {{t, yue, 因为 (jan1 wai6) : Dungan: йинви : Mandarin: 因為, sc=Hani, 因为, tr=yīnwèi, sc=Hani Czech: kvůli Danish: på grund af Dutch: omdat, dewijl, want, vermits, daar Esperanto: pro Finnish: takia French: à cause de, parce que, à cause que Galician: porque, alor Georgian: გამო German: wegen Greek: εξαιτίας Hebrew: בגלל (biglál) Hungarian: miatt Icelandic: vegna Ido: nam Interlingue: pro Italian: perché, imperciocchè, poiché, siccome Jamaican Creole: bikaaz, bikaazn Kurdish: : Northern Kurdish: ji ber ku Latvian: jo, tāpēc Lithuanian: nes Macedonian: поради Malay: kerana, sebab Navajo: háálá Norwegian: : Bokmål: på grunn av Old English: for Persian: به خاطر (be xâtere, sc=fa-Arab), چون, tr=čon Polish: ponieważ, bo {{qualifier, informal, spoken}}, gdyż, albowiem, bowiem, abociem {{qualifier, archaic}}, wszak, dlatego że Portuguese: porque, pois, que, por causa de, devido a Romanian: din cauză că, din cauza Russian: и́з-за Rusyn: затоже Serbo-Croatian: zbog Slovene: zaradi Spanish: porque Swedish: på grund av

Alternative forms

bycause, becos, 'cause, cos, cuz, coz, 'cos, 'cuz, 'coz, b/c, bc, bcus

Etymology

From Middle English bi cause, from bi, , by + cause, modelled on {{der, en, fro, par cause}}.