"both … and" meaning in English

See both … and in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

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  1. Tags: no-gloss, translation-hub Related terms: either … or, neither … nor, not only … but also Translations (Translations): καί … καί (kaí … kaí) (Ancient Greek), както …, така и (kakto …, taka i) (Bulgarian), 既……又…… (jì...yòu...) (Chinese Mandarin), både … og (Danish), såvel … som (Danish), zowel … als (Dutch), zowel … als ook (Dutch), sekä ... että (Finnish), aussi bien … que (French), sowohl … als auch (German), sowohl … wie auch (German), και … και (kai … kai) (Greek), … is, … is (Hungarian), tanto … como (Interlingua), sia … sia (Italian), sia … che (Italian), et … et (Latin), gan … gan (Latvian), kā … tā (Latvian), ir … ir (Latvian), hem … hem jî (Northern Kurdish), både ... og (Norwegian), وهم … هم (Persian), i … i (Polish), zarówno …, jak i (Polish), atât … cât și (Romanian), și … și (Romanian), как …, так и (kak …, tak i) (Russian), i … i (Slovak), aj … aj (Slovak), ako … tak aj (Slovak), ako … tak i (Slovak), tak … ako aj (Slovak), tanto …, como (Spanish), såväl … som (Swedish), både … och (Swedish), hem … hem (Turkish), hem … hem de (Turkish)
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