"כאילו" meaning in Hebrew

See כאילו in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /keˈ(ʔ)i.lu/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew], /ˈki.lu/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Forms: כְּאִלּוּ [canonical], k'ílu [romanization]
Etymology: כְּ־ (k'-, “as”) + אילו \ אִלּוּ ('ílu, “if”) Etymology templates: {{prefix|he|כְּ|אילו|alt2=אילו \ אִלּוּ|t1=as|t2=if|tr1=k'|tr2='ílu}} כְּ־ (k'-, “as”) + אילו \ אִלּוּ ('ílu, “if”) Head templates: {{he-adv|dwv=כְּאִלּוּ|tr=k'ílu}} כאילו / כְּאִלּוּ • (k'ílu)
  1. As if; supposedly, seemingly (but not truly).
    Sense id: en-כאילו-he-adv-6KUFmhug
  2. Used as a filler word. Synonyms: יעני
    Sense id: en-כאילו-he-adv-NHLXDqpg Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew terms prefixed with כ־, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 0 94 0 0 2 4 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms prefixed with כ־: 3 48 0 0 18 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 93 0 0 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 94 0 0 3 3

Conjunction

IPA: /keˈ(ʔ)i.lu/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew], /ˈki.lu/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] Forms: כְּאִלּוּ [canonical], k'ílu [romanization]
Etymology: כְּ־ (k'-, “as”) + אילו \ אִלּוּ ('ílu, “if”) Etymology templates: {{prefix|he|כְּ|אילו|alt2=אילו \ אִלּוּ|t1=as|t2=if|tr1=k'|tr2='ílu}} כְּ־ (k'-, “as”) + אילו \ אִלּוּ ('ílu, “if”) Head templates: {{he-con|dwv=כְּאִלּוּ|tr=k'ílu}} כאילו / כְּאִלּוּ • (k'ílu)
  1. as if, as though
    Sense id: en-כאילו-he-conj-NfEdAeOw
  2. (colloquial) like, kind of Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-כאילו-he-conj-IMC57-Q-
  3. (colloquial) really! Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-כאילו-he-conj-HU~zDO2R
  4. (colloquial) meaning/ I mean Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-כאילו-he-conj-dTVUhZgg
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "כְּ",
        "3": "אילו",
        "alt2": "אילו \\ אִלּוּ",
        "t1": "as",
        "t2": "if",
        "tr1": "k'",
        "tr2": "'ílu"
      },
      "expansion": "כְּ־ (k'-, “as”) + אילו \\ אִלּוּ ('ílu, “if”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "כְּ־ (k'-, “as”) + אילו \\ אִלּוּ ('ílu, “if”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "כְּאִלּוּ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "k'ílu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "dwv": "כְּאִלּוּ",
        "tr": "k'ílu"
      },
      "expansion": "כאילו / כְּאִלּוּ • (k'ílu)",
      "name": "he-con"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "as if, as though"
      ],
      "id": "en-כאילו-he-conj-NfEdAeOw",
      "links": [
        [
          "as if",
          "as if"
        ],
        [
          "as though",
          "as though"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "like, kind of"
      ],
      "id": "en-כאילו-he-conj-IMC57-Q-",
      "links": [
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ],
        [
          "kind of",
          "kind of"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) like, kind of"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "really!"
      ],
      "id": "en-כאילו-he-conj-HU~zDO2R",
      "links": [
        [
          "really",
          "really"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) really!"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "meaning/ I mean"
      ],
      "id": "en-כאילו-he-conj-dTVUhZgg",
      "links": [
        [
          "meaning",
          "meaning"
        ],
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) meaning/ I mean"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/keˈ(ʔ)i.lu/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈki.lu/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "כאילו"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "כְּ",
        "3": "אילו",
        "alt2": "אילו \\ אִלּוּ",
        "t1": "as",
        "t2": "if",
        "tr1": "k'",
        "tr2": "'ílu"
      },
      "expansion": "כְּ־ (k'-, “as”) + אילו \\ אִלּוּ ('ílu, “if”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "כְּ־ (k'-, “as”) + אילו \\ אִלּוּ ('ílu, “if”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "כְּאִלּוּ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "k'ílu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "dwv": "כְּאִלּוּ",
        "tr": "k'ílu"
      },
      "expansion": "כאילו / כְּאִלּוּ • (k'ílu)",
      "name": "he-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2021 December 6, Eithan Orkibi, “ועידת יסוד? בחירות פנימיות? מפלגות-הכאילו של לפיד וסער”, (v'idát y'sód? b'khirót p'nimiyót? mifl'gót-hak'ílu shél lapíd v'sá'ar, “Foundational conference? Internal elections? The as-if-parties of Lapid and Saar”), Haaretz."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "As if; supposedly, seemingly (but not truly)."
      ],
      "id": "en-כאילו-he-adv-6KUFmhug",
      "links": [
        [
          "As if",
          "as if"
        ],
        [
          "supposedly",
          "supposedly"
        ],
        [
          "seemingly",
          "seemingly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 94 0 0 2 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 48 0 0 18 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms prefixed with כ־",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 93 0 0 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 94 0 0 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used as a filler word."
      ],
      "id": "en-כאילו-he-adv-NHLXDqpg",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "יעני"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/keˈ(ʔ)i.lu/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈki.lu/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "כאילו"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Hebrew adverbs",
    "Hebrew conjunctions",
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew terms prefixed with כ־",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "כְּ",
        "3": "אילו",
        "alt2": "אילו \\ אִלּוּ",
        "t1": "as",
        "t2": "if",
        "tr1": "k'",
        "tr2": "'ílu"
      },
      "expansion": "כְּ־ (k'-, “as”) + אילו \\ אִלּוּ ('ílu, “if”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "כְּ־ (k'-, “as”) + אילו \\ אִלּוּ ('ílu, “if”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "כְּאִלּוּ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "k'ílu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "dwv": "כְּאִלּוּ",
        "tr": "k'ílu"
      },
      "expansion": "כאילו / כְּאִלּוּ • (k'ílu)",
      "name": "he-con"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "as if, as though"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "as if",
          "as if"
        ],
        [
          "as though",
          "as though"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "like, kind of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ],
        [
          "kind of",
          "kind of"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) like, kind of"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "really!"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "really",
          "really"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) really!"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "meaning/ I mean"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meaning",
          "meaning"
        ],
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) meaning/ I mean"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/keˈ(ʔ)i.lu/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈki.lu/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "כאילו"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Hebrew adverbs",
    "Hebrew conjunctions",
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew terms prefixed with כ־",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "כְּ",
        "3": "אילו",
        "alt2": "אילו \\ אִלּוּ",
        "t1": "as",
        "t2": "if",
        "tr1": "k'",
        "tr2": "'ílu"
      },
      "expansion": "כְּ־ (k'-, “as”) + אילו \\ אִלּוּ ('ílu, “if”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "כְּ־ (k'-, “as”) + אילו \\ אִלּוּ ('ílu, “if”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "כְּאִלּוּ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "k'ílu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "dwv": "כְּאִלּוּ",
        "tr": "k'ílu"
      },
      "expansion": "כאילו / כְּאִלּוּ • (k'ílu)",
      "name": "he-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2021 December 6, Eithan Orkibi, “ועידת יסוד? בחירות פנימיות? מפלגות-הכאילו של לפיד וסער”, (v'idát y'sód? b'khirót p'nimiyót? mifl'gót-hak'ílu shél lapíd v'sá'ar, “Foundational conference? Internal elections? The as-if-parties of Lapid and Saar”), Haaretz."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "As if; supposedly, seemingly (but not truly)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "As if",
          "as if"
        ],
        [
          "supposedly",
          "supposedly"
        ],
        [
          "seemingly",
          "seemingly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used as a filler word."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "יעני"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/keˈ(ʔ)i.lu/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈki.lu/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "כאילו"
}

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