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Etymology
Originally two words, corresponding to by + cause, modelled on Old French par cause.

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/bɪ�k�z/, /bɪ�k�z/, SAMPA|/bI"kQz/, /bI"k@z/
(General American|US) IPA|/bɪ�k�z/, /bɪ�k�z/, /bɪ�k�z/, SAMPA|/bI"k@z/, /bI"kOz/, /bɪ"kVz/
audio|en-us-because.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�z|-�z
Hyphenation: be·cause

Adverb
en-adv|-

1. archaic For the reason (that).

#*1611: And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. � Genesis 2.iii (King James Bible)

1. On account (of).

#:I ruined my life because of you!

Conjunction
because

1. By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.

#:I hid myself because I was afraid.

Translations

Albanian: sepse
Afrikaans: omdat; aangesien
Arabic: ARchar|�أ�|�أ�� (li�ánna), ARchar|بسبب|ب�س�ب�ب (bi-sábab), ARchar|عطشا� IPAchar|(�a�š�n) (colloquial)
Aramaic:
:Syriac: ܡ�ܠ (meṬul)
:Hebrew: ��� (meṬul)
Breton: peogwir, abalamour ma, en abeg ma, rak ma
Bulgarian: за�о�о (zaštoto), ��й ка�о (t�j kato), понеже (poneže)
Catalan: perquè, ja que, car, puix, puix que
Chinese: �为 (yīnwèi), �� (yóuyú)
Czech: protože
Danish: fordi
Dutch: omdat, aangezien, daar (formal)
Esperanto: �ar
Finnish: koska, sillä, siksi
French: parce que, car, en raison Note: of these, only parce que is common in spoken French.
Frisian: meidat, omdat
German: weil, denn, da
Greek: δι��ι (ðioti), ε�ειδή (epiðí), για�ί (yiatí)
Hebrew: �� (ki); ���� (biglál)
Hungarian: mert
mid
Icelandic: vegna þess
Indonesian: karena, sebab
Italian: perché
Japanese: ���� (názenara), ��� (datte)
Korean: -�기 �문� (-igi ttaemune)
Kurdish: çimkî, ji ber ku, KUchar|ب� ئ�����, KUchar|���ک��
Latin: quia, quod, quoniam, cum, propter
Malay: karena, sebab
Old English: þæs
Pitjantjatjara: -nguru, -languru, panya
Polish: bo, ponieważ, z powodu, dlatego że, gdyż
Portuguese: porque, já que
Romanian: pentru c�, din cauz� c�, datorit�
Russian: по�ом� ��о (potomú što), �ак как (ták kak), по�кол�к� (poskól�ku), вед� (ved�), ибо (íbo)
Slovak: pretože
Slovene: ker
Spanish: porque, ya que
Swedish: därför att, eftersom
Turkish: çünkü
Ukrainian: бо (bo), �ом� (tomu), �ом� �о (tomu š�o), �ак �к (tak jak), о�кiл�ки (oskil�ky), адже (adže), вна�лiдок (vnaslidok), �на�лiдок (unaslidok)
Vietnamese: tại vì, vì, b�i vì

Synonyms
top2
therefore
since
for
mid2
as
inasmuch as
� (mathematics symbol)

Related terms
why
because of (prepositional phrase)
'cos

Category:200 English basic words
Category:English conjunctions

ar:because
zh-min-nan:because
de:because
et:because
el:because
es:because
fr:because
gl:because
hy:because
io:because
kk:because
ku:because
hu:because
ja:because
pl:because
pt:because
ru:because
simple:because
fi:because
sv:because
ta:because
te:because
vi:because
tr:because
uk:because
zh:because

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