ընդհանրապես

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From modern Old Armenian ընդհանրապէս (əndhanrapēs).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): [əndhɑnɾɑˈpɛs], (colloquial) IPA(key): [əntʰɑnɾɑˈpɛs], IPA(key): [ənˈtʰɑnɾɑpɛs]
  • Hyphenation: ընդ‧հան‧րա‧պես

Adverb

ընդհանրապես (əndhanrapes)

  1. in general, generally
    Ընդհանրապես մարդիկ չեն սիրում ձմեռը։Əndhanrapes mardik čʿen sirum jmeṙə.People generally don't like winters.
  2. always, usually
  3. altogether, on the whole
  4. at all
    Ես ընդհանրապես ոչինչ չհասկացա։Es əndhanrapes očʿinčʿ čʿhaskacʿa.I did not understand anything at all.

Usage notes

In colloquial speech Russian вообще́ (voobščé), pronounced as [vɑpʰˈʃɛ] and in very informal writing spelled as վաբշե (vabše), վապշե (vapše) or վափշե (vapʿše), is used instead.

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