So to speak in Hebrew is כִּבְיָכוֹל (kivyakhól).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
כִּבְיָכוֹל
kivyakhól
adverb
In English
so to speak
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for so to speak as an adverb.
in a manner of speaking
- כִּבְיָכוֹלכביכולkivyakhólIn the Hebrew dictionary
This is more about the Hebrew word כִּבְיָכוֹל.
- Written with vowel points
- כִּבְיָכוֹל
- Written without vowel points
- כביכול
- Said
- kivyakhól
- Its meanings in English
- so to speak, as it were, so to speak, apparently, seemingly, hypothetically, allegedly
The Hebrew dictionary's page for כביכול, with its synonyms and rhymes
These English words share a Hebrew word with so to speak.
These words come before and after so to speak in the list.
These are the questions people ask about so to speak in Hebrew.
How do you say so to speak in Hebrew?
so to speak in Hebrew is כִּבְיָכוֹל, said kivyakhól. Without vowel points it is written כביכול.
What else does כביכול mean in English?
Besides so to speak, כביכול can mean as it were, so to speak, apparently, seemingly, hypothetically, and allegedly.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry so to speak and its entries for the Hebrew words, read on 5 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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