English

Conjunction

if

1. A word that indicates a condition or choice is involved in the next phrase.
2. A programming statement that acts in a similar manner.

Usage

If condition then result.

Related terms

• iff
• if and only if
• if only
• even if

Translations

• Bulgarian: ако
• Catalan: si
• Chinese: 要是 (yàoshì), 如果 (rúguǒ)
• Czech: jestliže
• Danish: hvis , om, dersom , nærmest , snarere
• Dutch: als , indien
• Esperanto: se
• Finnish: jos (1), mikäli (1)
• French: si
• German: wenn
• Greek (Ancient): εἰ (ei)
• Hungarian: ha, vajon
• Icelandic: ef
• Ido: se
• Italian: se
• Japanese: もし (móshi), なら (nára), だったら (dáttara)
• Latin: si (1)
• Polish: jeśli
• Portuguese: se
• Romanian: dacă
• Russian: если (jésli)
• Spanish: si
• Swedish: om
• Turkish: eğer
• Vietnamese: nếo (mà) , hễ (mà)

Noun

if (ifs )

1. A theoretical condition.

   No ifs, ands, or buts.

Translations

• Bulgarian: условие (uslovie) n, предположение (predpoloženie) n, ако и но (ako i no)
• Esperanto: se
• Finnish: olettamus
• Hungarian: feltevés
• Japanese: 仮定 (かてい , kateí)
• Portuguese: hipótese f, suposição f
• Russian: условие (uslóvije) n, предположение (predpoložénije) n
• Spanish: hipótesis f, suposición f

See also

• and
• else
• false
• or
• then
• true