that is

English

Etymology

From Old English þæt is.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

that is (not comparable)

(conjunctive) In other words; that is to say. Used to introduce a clarification or explanation
Synonyms: that is to say, i.e.; see also Thesaurus:in other words

The Brazilian population is multiethnic—that is, it has many ethnicities.

Translations

in other words

Afrikaans: dit wil sê
Arabic: يَعْنِي (yaʕnī), أَي (ar) (ʔay)
Aragonese: ye dicir
Armenian: այսինքն (hy) (aysinkʻn)
Asturian: ye dicir
Azerbaijani: yəni (az), deməli (az), demək (az)
Bashkir: йәғни (yəğni)
Basque: hau da
Belarusian: гэ́та зна́чыць (héta znáčycʹ), г.зн. (h.zn.), то́ бок (tó bok) (colloquial)
Bulgarian: то́ест (bg) (tóest), т. е. (t. e.), си́реч (bg) (síreč)
Catalan: és a dir (ca), o sia (ca), o sigui
Chinese:
Cantonese: 即係話／即系话 (zik¹ hai⁶ waa⁶)

Mandarin: 就是說／就是说 (zh) (jiùshìshuō), 換句話說／换句话说 (zh) (huànjùhuàshuō), 亦即 (zh) (yìjí)
Czech: to znamená, jinými slovy, to je
Danish: det vil sige, dvs. (da)
Dutch: namelijk (nl), dat wil zeggen, met andere woorden (nl)
Esperanto: tio estas
Finnish: eli (fi), nimittäin (fi), toisin sanoen; meinaan (fi) (colloquial)
French: c’est-à-dire (fr), c-à-d (fr) (abberviation)
Georgian: ესე იგი (ese igi), ანუ (anu)
German: das heißt
Greek: δηλαδή (el) (diladí)
Haitian Creole: sètadi
Hebrew: כְּלוֹמַר (he) (k'lomár), במילים אחרות (bemilím acherót), היינו (haynu)
Hindi: यानी (hi) (yānī)
Hungarian: azaz (hu), illetve (hu)
Irish: eadhon
Italian: cioè (it), cioè a dire
Japanese: つまり (ja) (tsumari), すなわち (ja) (sunawachi)
Kazakh: яғни (äğni)
Khmer: គ៖ (kɨː)
Korean: 즉 (ko) (jeuk), 말하자면 (malhajamyeon)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: ango (ku), dêmek (ku), yenî (ku)
Latin: vidēlicet
Lithuanian: tai yra
Macedonian: то ест (to est)
Malay: yakni
Old Church Slavonic: си рѣчь (si rěčĭ)
Old English: þæt is
Persian: یعنی (fa) (ya'ni)
Polish: to jest (pl), czyli (pl), to znaczy (pl)
Portuguese: isto é (pt), ou seja (pt)
Romanian: adică (ro)
Russian: то́ есть (ru) (tó jestʹ), т. е. (ru) (t. je.), то́ бишь (ru) (tó bišʹ) (colloquial), ина́че говоря́ (ru) (ináče govorjá), други́ми слова́ми (drugími slovámi)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: то јест

Roman: to jest
Spanish: es decir (es), o sea (es)
Swahili: yaani
Swedish: det vill säga (sv)
Tagalog: alalaong baga'y
Tajik: яъне (tg) (yaʾne)
Thai: คือ (th) (kʉʉ)
Turkish: yani (tr), başka bir deyişle
Ukrainian: то́бто (uk) (tóbto), це́бто (uk) (cébto), се́бто (sébto)
Urdu: یعنی (ur) (ya'nī)
Uzbek: yaʼni (uz)
Vietnamese: tức là (vi), nghĩa là
Welsh: sef

Anagrams

Hiatts, hattis, staith

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