English
Pronunciation
Adverb
what is more (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) used to introduce a statement which builds on the preceding statement, but expresses a stronger sentiment.
- Synonyms: furthermore, moreover, in addition, more to the point
- I've done it wrong, and what's more, I don't care.
2018, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, The Ugly Five, London: Alison Green Books, published 2017, →ISBN:“I'm the lappet-faced vulture. I'm ugly and bald.
No wonder that everyone looks so appalled.
I have flaps on my face that are wrinkled and pink,
My beak is gigantic and, what's more, I stink.
Translations
- Arabic: عِلَاوَة عَلَى ذٰلِكَ (ʕilāwa ʕalā ḏālika)
- Catalan: a més a més (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 更何況 / 更何况 (gang3 ho4 fong3)
- Mandarin: 並且 / 并且 (zh) (bìngqiě), 而且 (zh) (érqiě), 還有 / 还有 (zh) (háiyǒu), 況且 / 况且 (zh) (kuàngqiě)
- Finnish: kaiken lisäksi, lisäksi (fi)
- French: de plus (fr), en plus (fr) en outre (fr), de surcroît (fr), par ailleurs (fr), d'un autre côté (fr), d'autre part (fr), au reste (fr), du reste (fr), qui plus est (fr)
- German: außerdem (de)
- Icelandic: meira að segja
- Japanese: その上に (そのうえに, sono ue ni), さらに (ja) (sara ni)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: ya baştir
- Māori: me te aha anō
- Polish: co więcej (pl), w dodatku (pl), ponadto (pl)
- Portuguese: aliás (pt)
- Russian: к тому́ же (ru) (k tomú že), кро́ме того́ (ru) (króme tovó), бо́лее того́ (bóleje tovó)
- Spanish: es más (es), además (es), lo que es más
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