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Definition for: that

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English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
to in I #7: that was he his

Etymology

Old English þæt (neuter relative pronoun, definite article).

Pronunciation

  • AHD: th ăt , IPA: /ðæt/ , SAMPA: /D{t/
    • Rhymes: -æt

Conjunction

that

  1. Connecting clauses involving reported speech etc.
    He told me that the book is a good read.

Translations

  • Arabic: ان ( ’ínna )
  • Arabic, Egyptian: ان (ʔinn)
  • Bosnian: da
  • Bulgarian: че (če)
  • Czech: že
  • Dutch: dat n sg , die m/f/(n pl)
  • Esperanto: ke
  • Finnish: että
  • French: que
  • Greek: ότι
  • German: dass (new spelling) , daß (old spelling)
  • Hebrew: ...ש (še...)
  • Hungarian: hogy
  • Icelandic: að
  • Ido: ke
  • Indonesian: bahwa
  • Italian: che
  • Japanese: (not used)
  • Norwegian: at
  • Novial: ke
  • Old English: þæt
  • Persian: كِه (ke)
  • Polish: że
  • Portuguese: que
  • Romanian: că
  • Russian: что (što)
  • Serbian:
  • Cyrillic: да
  • Roman: da
  • Slovak: že
  • Sindhi: تَه
  • Spanish: que
  • Swedish: att

Usage notes

Demonstrative adjective

that ( plural: those)

  1. The (thing) being indicated (at a distance from the speaker, or previously mentioned, or at another time).
    That book is a good read.
    That battle was in 1450.

See also

Translations

  • Arabic: ذٰلِكَ (ðáːlika) m . , ذَاكَ (ðáːka) m . ; تِلْكَ (tílka) / تَاكَ (táːka) f . sg . (nonhuman pl) ; ذَانِكَ (ðáːnika) m dual , تَانِكَ (táːnika) f dual ; أولاَئِكَ (’uláː’ika) (human pl)
  • Egyptian, Arabic: دكها dukha m . , دكها dikha f . , دكهم dukhum pl .
  • Bosnian:
  • Bulgarian:
    • онзи / онази / онова / онези (onzi/onazi/onova/onezi) m/f/n/pl ;
    • оня / оная / онуй / ония (onja/onaja/onuj/onija) m/f/n/pl
  • Chinese: 那 (nà), 那个 (nàgè)
  • Czech: tamten m . , tamta f . , tamto n .
  • Dutch: dat n . , die m . / f . / pl .
  • Esperanto: tiu
  • Finnish: tuo, se sg . ; nuo, ne pl .
  • French: ça, cela
  • German: dieser m . , diese f . , dieses n . , diese pl .
  • Greek: εκείνος m . , εκείνη f . , εκείνο n . , εκοίνοι pl . , εκείνες f . pl . , εκείνα n pl
  • Hungarian: az sg . , azok pl .
  • Indonesian: itu
  • Irish: an...sin
  • Italian: quello m . , quella f .
  • Japanese: その (sonó), あの (anó)
  • Manchu: (tere)
  • Novial: ti
  • Old English: se, sēo, þæt
  • Persian: آن (ān)
  • Polish: tamten / tamta / tamto m/f/n
  • Portuguese: esse m . , essa f . , esses pl . , essas f/pl (near); aquele m . , aquela f . , aqueles pl . , aquelas f/pl (far)
  • Romanian: acela, ăla, cela m . ; aceea, aia, ceea f .
  • Russian: тот / та / то / те (tot/ta/to/te) m/f/n/pl
  • Serbian:
  • Cyrillic:
    • тај m sg , ти m . pl . , та f sg and n pl , те f . pl . , то n sg
    • такво m sg , такви m . pl . , таква f sg and n pl , такве f . pl . , такво n sg
  • Roman:
  • Sindhi: اُهو m . , اُها f .
  • Slovak: ten / tá / to m/f/n , tamten / tamtá / tamto m/f/n distant (lit., that there)
  • Slovene: tisto n . , tista f . , tisti m .
  • Spanish: ese m . , esa f . , esos pl . , esas f/pl , eso n . (near); aquel m . , aquella f . , aquellos pl . , aquellas f/pl , aquello n . , (far)
  • Swedish: den c . , den där c . , det n . , det där n .
  • Telugu: ఆ (aa)

Demonstrative pronoun

that ( plural: those )

  1. That thing.
    That was an interesting example.

Antonyms

Translations

  • Bosnian: to, ono n .
  • Bulgarian: това (tova)
  • Esperanto: tio
  • German: dieser m . , diese f . , dieses n . , diese pl .
  • Greek: αυτός m . , αυτή f . , αυτό n . , αυτοί pl . , αυτές f . pl . , αυτά n pl
  • Hungarian: az sg . , azok pl .
  • Japanese:
    • ( near ) それ (soré)
    • ( far ) あれ (aré)
  • Korean: 그것 (gugeot), 저것 (jeogeot)
  • Novial: te m . or f . or n . , tu n . , to m . , ta f . plurals add -s
  • Old English: se m . , sēo f . , þæt n .
  • Portuguese:
    • ( near ) esse m . , essa f . , esses pl . , essas f/pl
    • ( far ) aquele m . , aquela f . , aqueles pl . , aquelas f/pl
  • Russian: это (éto)
  • Serbian:
  • Cyrillic: то, оно n .
  • Latin: to, ono n .
  • Slovak: to n .
  • Sindhi: اُهو m . , اُها f .
  • Spanish:
    • ( near ) ése m . , ésa f . , ésos pl . , ésas f/pl
    • ( far ) aquél m . , aquélla f . , aquéllos pl . , aquéllas f/pl
  • Swedish: den c . , denna c . , den där c . , det n . , detta n . , det där n .
  • Telugu: అది (adi)

Relative pronoun

that

  1. Which.
    I like the song that you wrote.
    In this sense, that is prescriptively used in restrictive contexts only. For non-restrictive contexts (e.g., I like the last song on the album, which John wrote. ), which is preferred.

See also

which

Translations

  • Arabic, Egyptian: إلى (ʔilli)
  • Bosnian: koji m sg , koju f sg , koja n pl , koje m pl, f pl, and n sg
  • Bulgarian: който / която / което (kojto/kojato/koeto) m/f/n , когато (kogato)
  • Chinese: 那 (nà), 那个 (nàgè)
  • Dutch: dat
  • Esperanto: kiu
  • Finnish: joka, mikä
  • French: que
  • Greek: που (pou)
  • German: den, die, das, die (m/f/n/pl resp.)
  • Hungarian: ami, amelyik ( the later means: 'which' )
  • Indonesian: yang
  • Italian: che
  • Japanese: (not used)
  • Novial: kel
  • Old English: þe
  • Persian: كِه (ke)
  • Portuguese: que
  • Romanian: pe care
  • Russian: который / которая / которое / которые (kotóryj/kotóraja/kotóroje/kotóryje) m/f/n/pl , что (što)
  • Serbian:
  • Cyrillic: који m sg , коју f sg , која n pl , које m pl, f pl, and n sg
  • Roman: koji m sg , koju f sg , koja n pl , koje m pl, f pl, and n sg
  • Sindhi: جيڪو m . , جيڪا f .
  • Slovak: ktorý / ktorá / ktoré m/f/n , čo
  • Slovene: ki
  • Spanish: que
  • Swedish: som, vilken

Other Translations for "that"

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