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mainly:
- en particulier; surtout; principalement; notamment; avant tout; décisif; déterminant
main:
- plus important
Wiktionary:
- mainly → principalement, surtout, d’abord, tout d’abord
- mainly → principalement, surtout
- main → principal, capital

English

Detailed Translations for mainly from English to French

mainly:

mainly adv

mainly (chiefly; principally)
en particulier; surtout; principalement; notamment; avant tout
- en particulier adj
- surtout adj
- principalement adj
- notamment adj
- avant tout adj
mainly (generally)
décisif; déterminant
- décisif adj
- déterminant adj

Translation Matrix for mainly:

Adverb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	chiefly; in the main; primarily; principally
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	essentially
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
avant tout	chiefly; mainly; principally	above all; besides; especially; first of all; further; moreover; very first; what's more
décisif	generally; mainly	cardinal; central; chief; conclusive; convincing; critical; crucial; decisive; effective; elemental; essential; final; first; foremost; fundamental; indispensable; irrevocable; leading; material; paramount; principal; vital; wanted
déterminant	generally; mainly	critical; crucial; decisive; final; paramount; vital
en particulier	chiefly; mainly; principally	particularly
notamment	chiefly; mainly; principally	exceptional; extraordinary; special; wondrous
principalement	chiefly; mainly; principally
surtout	chiefly; mainly; principally	above all; besides; especially; further; moreover; particularly; what's more

Related Words for "mainly":

main

Synonyms for "mainly":

chiefly; principally; primarily; in the main

Related Definitions for "mainly":

for the most part¹
- he is mainly interested in butterflies¹

Wiktionary Translations for mainly:

mainly

adverb

chiefly; for the most part
- mainly → principalement; surtout

mainly

adverb

Principalement.
- d’abord → mainly; principally
littéraire|fr Lors du premier contact.
- tout d’abord → first of all; mainly

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- principalement; surtout → chiefly; mainly; principally; primarily; above all; especially; in particular; notably; most of all; particularly; specially

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• mainly	→ surtout	↔ vooral — voornamelijk

mainly form of main:

main adj

main (most important)
plus important
- plus important adj

Translation Matrix for main:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	briny
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	chief; independent; master; primary; principal
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
plus important	main; most important

Related Words for "main":

mainly

Synonyms for "main":

chief; primary; principal; important; of import
independent
intense
briny; body of water; water
pipe; pipage; piping

Antonyms for "main":

dependent

Related Definitions for "main":

(of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence¹
- the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb¹
most important element¹
- the main doors were of solid glass¹
of force; of the greatest possible intensity¹
- by main strength¹
a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage¹
any very large body of (salt) water¹

Wiktionary Translations for main:

main

adjective

principal
- main → principal

main

adjective

Qui est principal.
- capital → capital; main; momentous
Qui est le premier, le plus considérable, le plus remarquable en son genre.
- principal → main; principal

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