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Signification (Anglais)

Adv

1. To what degree or extent.
2. In what manner:
3. In what manner:
4. In what manner:
5. In what manner:
6. In what manner:
7. In what manner:
8. In what manner
9. In what state or condition.
10. Used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings in an exclamation.

Conj

1. The manner or way in which.
2. In any way in which; in whatever way; however.
3. That, the fact that.

Noun

The means by which something is accomplished.

Noun

1. An artificial barrow or tumulus; in later folklore, associated with fairies.
2. A small hill in northern England.

Intj

A greeting, used in representations of Native American speech.

Concepts

comment

comme

pourquoi

combien

de quelle manière

que

par quel moyen

dans quel but

de toute façon

à quel point

pour quelle raison

quel que soit

qu’est-ce que

quoi

si

très

Synonymes

what

in what way

why

how much

by what means

as

in what manner

like

when

which

how many

what extent

however

where

whatever

what degree

but

know

whereby

able

such as

alas

how come

means

method

whence

so

way

what for

what kind of

whatsoever

wherein

which way

yea

yep

yet

as many as

by way of

for what reason

how about

what kind

what like

which one

for what purpose

what sort

what amount

such that

by what ? whence

about

admit

anyhow

as much as

at once

by which

directly

do

extremely

from where

great

hurting

indeed

instantly

manner

some

somehow

someway

spade

that

thereby

thus

to

be sure

truly

very

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/haʊ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English how, hou, hu, hwu, from Old English hū, from Proto-West Germanic *hwō, from Proto-Germanic *hwō (“through what, how”), from the same root as hwæt (“who, what”). /hw/ > /h/ due to wh-cluster reduction in Old English; compare who, which underwent this change later, and thus is spelt wh (Middle English spelling of /hw/) but pronounced /h/ (it previously had a different vowel, hence avoided the spelling and sound change in Old English). Vowel change per Great Vowel Shift.
Akin to Scots hoo, foo (“how”), Saterland Frisian wo (“how”), West Frisian hoe (“how”), Low German ho, wo, wu (“how”), Dutch hoe (“how”), German wie (“how”), Swedish hur (“how”). See who and compare why.

Phrases

The old man knew how to read , and had already read the book .

Le vieil homme savait lire et avait déjà lu le livre.

Sometimes I wonder how there can be so many stars in the sky .

Parfois, je me demande comment il peut y avoir tellement d'étoiles dans le ciel.

Cause you know how politicians are .

Parce que vous savez à quel point les politiciens sont.

Wow , look how deep this canyon is !

Wow, regardez à quel point ce canyon est profond!

Not to know how to sign one's name .

Ne pas savoir comment signer son nom.

To forget his fear of flying , he imagined how the stewardess would look like in a bikini .

Pour oublier sa peur de voler, il a imaginé à quoi ressemblerait la hôtesse de l'air dans un bikini.

" I don't know how to find life in the desert ," the boy said .

"Je ne sais pas comment trouver la vie dans le désert", a déclaré le garçon.

Empiricists study how these skills may be learned in such a short time .

Les empiristes étudient comment ces compétences peuvent être acquises en si peu de temps.