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English
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English hwȳ.
Pronunciation
- wī, /waɪ/, /WaI/
- Homophones: y
- hwī, /ʍaɪ/, /WaI/
Adverb
why
- for what reason.
- Why did you do that?
Synonyms
- how come
Translations
- Alabama: sáhmi
- Breton: perak
- Bulgarian: защо (1, 2)
- Catalan: per què
- Chickasaw: katimi ta
- Czech: proc
- Dutch: waarom
- Esperanto: kial
- Finnish: miksi
- French: pourquoi
- Frisian: wêrom
- German: warum , wieso
- Hebrew: למה (láma); מדוע (madu'a)
- Ido: pro quo
- Indonesian: mengapa, kenapa
- Italian: perché
- Japanese: 何故 (なぜ , naze), なんで (nande), どうして (dōshite)
- Latin: cur
- Neapolitan: pecché
- Persian: چِرا (čerā)
- Pitjantjatjara: nyaaku
- Portuguese: por que
- Romanian: de ce , pentru ce
- Spanish: por qué
- Welsh: paham
Conjunction
why
- the reason that.
- I don't know why he did that.
Translations
- Catalan: perquè
- Finnish: miksi
- French: pourquoi
- German: warum
- Italian: perché
- Latin: quid
- Portuguese: porque
- Spanish: porqué
Noun
why (plural: whys )
- the reason.
- A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.
Synonyms
Translations
- Bulgarian: причина f
- Catalan: perquè
- Dutch: waarom n
- Indonesian: mengapa, kenapa
- Italian: perché
- Japanese: 何故 (なぜ , naze), どうして (dōshite)
- Neapolitan: pecché
- Portuguese: porquê
- Romanian: pentru ce
- Spanish: porqué
Interjection
why
- Exclamation of surprise
- Why! How did you do that?
Translations
- Bulgarian: ей , хей
- Dutch: wel
Related Words
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