word-for-word

See also: word for word

English

Adjective

word-for-word (not comparable) (used before a noun)

Using exactly the same words (as were originally used).
His essay was a word-for-word copy of one on the Internet.

Synonyms

exact, verbatim

Translations

Using exactly the same words as were originally used

Bashkir: һүҙмә-һүҙ (hüðmä-hüð)
Bulgarian: дословен m (doslòven), дословна (bg) f (doslòvna), дословно (bg) n (doslòvno), дословни (bg) m pl or f pl or n pl (doslòvni)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 逐字 (zh) (zhúzì), 逐字逐句 (zh) (zhúzìzhújù)
Esperanto: laŭvorta
Finnish: sanasta sanaan
French: mot à mot (fr), mot pour mot (fr)
German: wortwörtlich (de)

Greek: λέξη προς λέξη (léxi pros léxi), επί λέξει (epí léxei), κατά λέξη (katá léxi)
Icelandic: orðréttur (is) m, orðrétt f or n
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ordrett

Nynorsk: ordrett
Polish: dosłowny (pl)
Russian: досло́вный (ru) (doslóvnyj)
Spanish: al pie de la palabra

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