furthermore

English

Etymology

From Middle English furthermore, forthermore, forthermar (also as forther mo), equivalent to further +‎ -more.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɜː(ɹ).ðə(ɹ).mɔː(ɹ)/
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Adverb

furthermore (not comparable)

In addition; besides; further; what's more (i.e. to denote additional information).
- 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:
  Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.
He skillfully took charge of the event, and furthermore, he stayed late after it to clean up.

Synonyms

additionally
also
moreover
what is more

Translations

In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information

Belarusian: апро́ч таго́ (apróč tahó)
Bulgarian: освен това (osven tova), нещо повече (nešto poveče)
Catalan: a més (ca), a més a més (ca), endemés (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 並且／并且 (zh), 并且 (zh) (bìngqiě), 而且 (zh) (érqiě), 還有／还有 (zh), 还有 (zh) (háiyǒu), 況且／况且 (zh), 况且 (zh) (kuàngqiě)
Danish: ydermere
Dena'ina: ki
Dutch: daarenboven (nl), bovendien (nl)
Esperanto: cetere (eo)
Finnish: lisäksi (fi)
French: de plus (fr), en plus (fr) en outre (fr), de surcroît (fr), par surcroît (fr) par ailleurs (fr), d'un autre côté (fr), d'autre part (fr), au reste (fr), du reste (fr), au surplus (fr)
Galician: ademáis, a maior abastanza, a maiores
Georgian: გარდა ამისა (garda amisa)
German: weiterhin (de), darüber hinaus (de), außerdem (de), des Weiteren (de)
Hindi: और भी (aur bhī)
Hungarian: ráadásul (hu), továbbá (hu)
Italian: inoltre (it)
Japanese: そのうえ (ja) (sonoue)
Korean: 또한 (ko) (ttohan)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سەرەڕای ئەوە‎ (sererray ewe)
Latin: amplius (la), cēterum
Malagasy: ankoatra izay, fanampin'izay
Malay: lagipun
Maori: waihoki, ka mutu, me te aha anō, whaihoki, ka mutu (an idiom)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: videre (no), dessuten (no), i tillegg, forøvrig (no)
Nynorsk: vidare, dessutan
Polish: ponadto (pl), oprócz tego (pl), poza tym (pl), w dodatku (pl), dodatkowo (pl)
Portuguese: além disso
Russian: к тому́ же (ru) (k tomú že), кро́ме того́ (ru) (króme tovó)
Scottish Gaelic: cho math ri sin
Slovak: navyše, naviac, tiež
Spanish: más (es), es más, además (es), otrosí (es) (law), por añadidura (formal), a mayor abundamiento (law)
Swahili: aidha (sw)
Swedish: därutöver (sv), dessutom (sv), vidare (sv)
Tocharian B: ṣpak
Ukrainian: крім то́го (krim tóho), більше того (bilʹše toho)
Yiddish: אַחוץ דעם‎ (akhuts dem)
Zazaki: ayê ra ki dot