"may the Force be with you" meaning in English

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Phrase

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Etymology: From the Star Wars film franchise, in which "the Force" is an omnipresent energy that can influence events and may be harnessed by gifted individuals. Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=may the Force be with you}} may the Force be with you
  1. (idiomatic) Used to wish someone luck with a difficult endeavor. Wikipedia link: may the Force be with you Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Star Wars Synonyms: may the force be with you Synonyms (good luck): MTFBWY, God be with you, good luck, lots of luck, lotsa luck Derived forms: may the Force be without you, may the Force not be with you, May the Fourth be with you, May the Fourth Be With You Related terms: Star Wars Day Translations (wish someone luck): mag die Mag met jou wees (Afrikaans), թող ուժը քո հետ լինի (tʿoġ užə kʿo het lini) (Armenian), Güc səninlə olsun (Azerbaijani), Indarra zurekin bedi (Basque), хай будзе з табой Сіла (xaj budzje z tabój Sila) (Belarusian), que a Força esteja com você (Brazilian Portuguese), нека Силата бъде с теб (neka Silata bǎde s teb) (Bulgarian), que la Força t'acompanyi (Catalan), 願原力與你同在 (Chinese Mandarin), 愿原力与你同在 (Chinese Mandarin), neka Sila bude s tobom (Croatian), ať tě provází Síla (Czech), necht te sila provazi (Czech), må Kraften være med dig (Danish), ކާމިޔާބީއަށް އެދެން (kāmiyābīaṣ̊ eden̊) (Dhivehi), moge de Kracht met u zijn (Dutch), ke Forto estu kun vi (Esperanto), olgu Jõud sinuga (Estonian), Kraftin veri við tær (Faroese), olkoon Voima kanssasi (Finnish), olkoon Voima kanssanne (Finnish), que la Force soit avec toi (French), que la Force soit avec vous (French), que a Forza estea contigo (Galician), დაე, ძალა იყოს შენთან (dae, ʒala iq̇os šentan) (Georgian), möge die Macht mit dir sein [singular] (German), möge die Macht mit euch sein [plural] (German), είθε η Δύναμη να είναι μαζί σου (eíthe i Dýnami na eínai mazí sou) (Greek), יהיה הכוח עמך (Hebrew), יהיה הכוח עמכם (Hebrew), az Erő legyen veled (Hungarian), meigi Krafturinn vera með þér (Icelandic), semoga anda memperoleh Kekuatan (Indonesian), go raibh an Chumhacht libh (Irish), che la Forza sia con te (Italian), フォースと共にあらんことを (Fōsu to tomo ni aran koto o) (Japanese), 포스가 함께하길 (poseuga hamkkehagil) (Korean), Vīs tēcum (Latin), Vīs tēcum sit (Latin), jā ieradīsies ar jums Spēks (Latvian), de Krach zie mit uch (Limburgish), tebūna Jėga su tavimi (Lithuanian), d'Kraaft sief mat der (Luxembourgish), нека Силата биде со тебе (neka Silata bide so tebe) (Macedonian), semoga Kuasa bersamamu (Malay), Хүч чадал тантай хамт байх болтугай (Xüč čadal tantaj xamt bajx boltugaj) (Mongolian), atsʼáhoníyééʼ nił hólǫ́ǫ doo (Navajo), må Kraften være med deg (Norwegian), må Krafta vere med deg (Norwegian Nynorsk), que la Fòrça siá amb tu (Occitan), да бѫдєтъ Сила съ тобоѭ (da bǫdetŭ Sila sŭ tobojǫ) (Old Church Slavonic), niech Moc będzie z tobą (Polish), que a Força esteja contigo (Portuguese), que a Força esteja com você [Brazil] (Portuguese), fie ca Forţa să fie cu tine (Romanian), qua la Fortzà esta con voi (Romansch), да пребу́дет с тобо́й Си́ла (da prebúdet s tobój Síla) (Russian), да пребудет тобой Сила (da prebudet toboj Sila) (Russian), सहः त्वया भवेः (sáhaḥ tváyā bháveḥ) (Sanskrit), tha an Fheachd a bhith còmhla riut (Scottish Gaelic), нека Сила буде са тобом (Serbian), nech ťa Sila sprevádza (Slovak), naj je Sila s teboj (Slovene), Xoogu ha ku la jiro (Somali), que la Fuerza te acompañe (Spanish), Na Kipawa Kiwa Nawe (Swahili), må Kraften vara med dig (Swedish), naway ang Pwersa ay suma-iyo (Tagalog), சக்தி உன்னிடம் இருக்கட்டும் (cakti uṉṉiṭam irukkaṭṭum) (Tamil), ขอพลังจงสถิตอยู่กับท่าน (Thai), Güç seninle olsun (Turkish), нехай буде з тобою Сила (nexaj bude z toboju Syla) (Ukrainian), có Thể lực lượng được với bạn (Vietnamese), byddai'r Grym gyda chi (Welsh), mei de Krêft mei dy wêze (West-Frisian)

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          "sense": "wish someone luck",
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          "sense": "wish someone luck",
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          "sense": "wish someone luck",
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          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "Indarra zurekin bedi"
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          "roman": "neka Silata bǎde s teb",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
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          "sense": "wish someone luck",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "願原力與你同在"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
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          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "ať tě provází Síla"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "necht te sila provazi"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "må Kraften være med dig"
        },
        {
          "code": "dv",
          "lang": "Dhivehi",
          "roman": "kāmiyābīaṣ̊ eden̊",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "ކާމިޔާބީއަށް އެދެން"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "moge de Kracht met u zijn"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "ke Forto estu kun vi"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "olgu Jõud sinuga"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "Kraftin veri við tær"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "olkoon Voima kanssasi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "olkoon Voima kanssanne"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "que la Force soit avec toi"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "que la Force soit avec vous"
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        {
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West-Frisian",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "mei de Krêft mei dy wêze"
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "que a Forza estea contigo"
        },
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "dae, ʒala iq̇os šentan",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "დაე, ძალა იყოს შენთან"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "möge die Macht mit dir sein"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "möge die Macht mit euch sein"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "eíthe i Dýnami na eínai mazí sou",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "είθε η Δύναμη να είναι μαζί σου"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "יהיה הכוח עמך"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "יהיה הכוח עמכם"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "az Erő legyen veled"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "meigi Krafturinn vera með þér"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "semoga anda memperoleh Kekuatan"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "go raibh an Chumhacht libh"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "che la Forza sia con te"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "Fōsu to tomo ni aran koto o",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "フォースと共にあらんことを"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "poseuga hamkkehagil",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "포스가 함께하길"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "Vīs tēcum"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "Vīs tēcum sit"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "jā ieradīsies ar jums Spēks"
        },
        {
          "code": "li",
          "lang": "Limburgish",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "de Krach zie mit uch"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "tebūna Jėga su tavimi"
        },
        {
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "d'Kraaft sief mat der"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "neka Silata bide so tebe",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "нека Силата биде со тебе"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "semoga Kuasa bersamamu"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "Xüč čadal tantaj xamt bajx boltugaj",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "Хүч чадал тантай хамт байх болтугай"
        },
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          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "atsʼáhoníyééʼ nił hólǫ́ǫ doo"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "må Kraften være med deg"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "må Krafta vere med deg"
        },
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          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "que la Fòrça siá amb tu"
        },
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          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
          "roman": "da bǫdetŭ Sila sŭ tobojǫ",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "да бѫдєтъ Сила съ тобоѭ"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "niech Moc będzie z tobą"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "que a Força esteja contigo"
        },
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
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            "Brazil"
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          "word": "que a Força esteja com você"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Brazilian Portuguese",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "que a Força esteja com você"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "fie ca Forţa să fie cu tine"
        },
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          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "qua la Fortzà esta con voi"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "da prebúdet s tobój Síla",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "да пребу́дет с тобо́й Си́ла"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "da prebudet toboj Sila",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "да пребудет тобой Сила"
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          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "sáhaḥ tváyā bháveḥ",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "सहः त्वया भवेः"
        },
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "tha an Fheachd a bhith còmhla riut"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Croatian",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "neka Sila bude s tobom"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbian",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "нека Сила буде са тобом"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "nech ťa Sila sprevádza"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "naj je Sila s teboj"
        },
        {
          "code": "so",
          "lang": "Somali",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "Xoogu ha ku la jiro"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "que la Fuerza te acompañe"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "Na Kipawa Kiwa Nawe"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "må Kraften vara med dig"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "naway ang Pwersa ay suma-iyo"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "cakti uṉṉiṭam irukkaṭṭum",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "சக்தி உன்னிடம் இருக்கட்டும்"
        },
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "ขอพลังจงสถิตอยู่กับท่าน"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "Güç seninle olsun"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nexaj bude z toboju Syla",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "нехай буде з тобою Сила"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "có Thể lực lượng được với bạn"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "wish someone luck",
          "word": "byddai'r Grym gyda chi"
        }
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        "may the Force be with you"
      ]
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "may the Force be without you"
    },
    {
      "word": "may the Force not be with you"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "may the Force be without you"
    },
    {
      "word": "may the Force not be with you"
    },
    {
      "word": "May the Fourth be with you"
    },
    {
      "word": "May the Fourth Be With You"
    }
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    {
      "word": "Star Wars Day"
    }
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        "Bulgarian terms with redundant script codes",
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        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrases",
        "English sentences",
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        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
        "Macedonian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mongolian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Old Church Slavonic terms with redundant script codes",
        "Russian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Thai terms with redundant script codes",
        "Ukrainian terms with redundant script codes",
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          "text": "What thoughts are you sending into the universe? Are they seeking the results you want, or are they attracting the things you don’t? The mental sharks will be drawn to you as surely as the results you desire. To be certain, be aware of the messages you are sending, and may the Force be with you, whatever you conceive it to be!",
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    {
      "sense": "good luck",
      "word": "MTFBWY"
    },
    {
      "sense": "good luck",
      "word": "God be with you"
    },
    {
      "sense": "good luck",
      "word": "good luck"
    },
    {
      "sense": "good luck",
      "word": "lots of luck"
    },
    {
      "sense": "good luck",
      "word": "lotsa luck"
    },
    {
      "word": "may the force be with you"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "mag die Mag met jou wees"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʿoġ užə kʿo het lini",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "թող ուժը քո հետ լինի"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "Güc səninlə olsun"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "Indarra zurekin bedi"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "xaj budzje z tabój Sila",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "хай будзе з табой Сіла"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neka Silata bǎde s teb",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "нека Силата бъде с теб"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "que la Força t'acompanyi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "願原力與你同在"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "愿原力与你同在"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "ať tě provází Síla"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "necht te sila provazi"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "må Kraften være med dig"
    },
    {
      "code": "dv",
      "lang": "Dhivehi",
      "roman": "kāmiyābīaṣ̊ eden̊",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "ކާމިޔާބީއަށް އެދެން"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "moge de Kracht met u zijn"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "ke Forto estu kun vi"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "olgu Jõud sinuga"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "Kraftin veri við tær"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "olkoon Voima kanssasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "olkoon Voima kanssanne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "que la Force soit avec toi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "que la Force soit avec vous"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West-Frisian",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "mei de Krêft mei dy wêze"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "que a Forza estea contigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dae, ʒala iq̇os šentan",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "დაე, ძალა იყოს შენთან"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "möge die Macht mit dir sein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "möge die Macht mit euch sein"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "eíthe i Dýnami na eínai mazí sou",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "είθε η Δύναμη να είναι μαζί σου"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "יהיה הכוח עמך"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "יהיה הכוח עמכם"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "az Erő legyen veled"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "meigi Krafturinn vera með þér"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "semoga anda memperoleh Kekuatan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "go raibh an Chumhacht libh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "che la Forza sia con te"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Fōsu to tomo ni aran koto o",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "フォースと共にあらんことを"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "poseuga hamkkehagil",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "포스가 함께하길"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "Vīs tēcum"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "Vīs tēcum sit"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "jā ieradīsies ar jums Spēks"
    },
    {
      "code": "li",
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "de Krach zie mit uch"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "tebūna Jėga su tavimi"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "d'Kraaft sief mat der"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "neka Silata bide so tebe",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "нека Силата биде со тебе"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "semoga Kuasa bersamamu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "Xüč čadal tantaj xamt bajx boltugaj",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "Хүч чадал тантай хамт байх болтугай"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "atsʼáhoníyééʼ nił hólǫ́ǫ doo"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "må Kraften være med deg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "må Krafta vere med deg"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "que la Fòrça siá amb tu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
      "roman": "da bǫdetŭ Sila sŭ tobojǫ",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "да бѫдєтъ Сила съ тобоѭ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "niech Moc będzie z tobą"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "que a Força esteja contigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "que a Força esteja com você"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Brazilian Portuguese",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "que a Força esteja com você"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "fie ca Forţa să fie cu tine"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "qua la Fortzà esta con voi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "da prebúdet s tobój Síla",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "да пребу́дет с тобо́й Си́ла"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "da prebudet toboj Sila",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "да пребудет тобой Сила"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "sáhaḥ tváyā bháveḥ",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "सहः त्वया भवेः"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "tha an Fheachd a bhith còmhla riut"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Croatian",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "neka Sila bude s tobom"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbian",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "нека Сила буде са тобом"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "nech ťa Sila sprevádza"
    },
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "naj je Sila s teboj"
    },
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      "code": "so",
      "lang": "Somali",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "Xoogu ha ku la jiro"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "que la Fuerza te acompañe"
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      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "Na Kipawa Kiwa Nawe"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "må Kraften vara med dig"
    },
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "naway ang Pwersa ay suma-iyo"
    },
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      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "cakti uṉṉiṭam irukkaṭṭum",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "சக்தி உன்னிடம் இருக்கட்டும்"
    },
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "ขอพลังจงสถิตอยู่กับท่าน"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "Güç seninle olsun"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nexaj bude z toboju Syla",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "нехай буде з тобою Сила"
    },
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "có Thể lực lượng được với bạn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "wish someone luck",
      "word": "byddai'r Grym gyda chi"
    }
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.