albowiem

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish abowiem under influence of albo.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈbɔ.vjɛm/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔvjɛm
  • Syllabification: al‧bo‧wiem

Conjunction

albowiem

  1. (literary) because, for
    Synonyms: bo, bowiem, dlatego że, gdyż, jako że, ponieważ
conjunction

References

  1. Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “albowiem”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

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