Summary
English to French: more detail...
- as it were:
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Wiktionary:
- as it were → pour ainsi dire
- as it were → en quelque sorte, pour ainsi dire
English
Detailed Translations for as it were from English to French
as it were:
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as it were
Translation Matrix for as it were:
| Adverb | Related Translations | Other Translations |
| - | so to speak | |
| Modifier | Related Translations | Other Translations |
| pour ainsi dire | as it were | almost; forthwith; meaning; nearly; practically; so to say; so to speak; virtually; well-nigh |
Synonyms for "as it were":
Related Definitions for "as it were":
Wiktionary Translations for as it were:
as it were
Cross Translation:
adverb
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to indicate a word or statement is not exact
- as it were → pour ainsi dire
Cross Translation:
| From | To | Via |
|---|---|---|
| • as it were | → en quelque sorte; pour ainsi dire | ↔ gewissermaßen — in einem gewissen Sinn |
| • as it were | → pour ainsi dire | ↔ sozusagen — Einleitung eines bildlich (metaphorisch) gemeinten Ausdrucks: gewissermaßen |