jak

Pronunciation: /ˈjak/

“jak” is a Polish word. Its 8 meanings in English:

pronoun

as (in the same way or manner that; to the same degree that)
like, as if, as though (in a manner suggesting)
synonym of kiedy /gdy; when (during the time that)
synonym of jeżeli; if (supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that)
synonym of niż (“than”) (used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison)
used with a superlative; as much as, as soon as (used to say that two things are equal in amount or degree)

Inherited from Old Polish jak.

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