"als" meaning in English

See als in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Etymology: From Middle English als, variant of alse, alsa, also, from Old English eallswā, from Proto-West Germanic *allswā. More at also. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|als}} Middle English als, {{m|enm|alse}} alse, {{m|enm|alsa}} alsa, {{m|enm|also}} also, {{inh|en|ang|eallswā}} Old English eallswā, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*allswā}} Proto-West Germanic *allswā, {{m|en|also}} also Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} als (not comparable)
  1. Obsolete form of also. Tags: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Alternative form of: also
    Sense id: en-als-en-adv-~olxbhJW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} als
  1. plural of al Tags: form-of, plural Form of: al
    Sense id: en-als-en-noun-Or~ryxve Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Download JSON data for als meaning in English (1.7kB)

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