while

Betekenis (Engels)

1. An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.
2. An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.
3. An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.

when

during

a little while

during the time

during a period

quite a time

very short time

coincident with

performed in this condition

whenas

point of time

tho’

a fair amount of time

laze away

by the time that

at the time that

during the time that

during that time

at the moment when

after that

for a while

for some time

in accordance with

period of time

at the time of

short period

Frekwensie

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ʍaɪl/

From Middle English whyle, from Old English hwīl, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (compare Dutch wijl, Low German Wiel, German Weile, Danish hvile (“rest”), Norwegian Bokmål hvile (“rest”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Cognate with Albanian sillë (“breakfast”), Latin tranquillus, Sanskrit चिर (cirá), Persian شاد (šâd).