why

Signification

Adv

1. For what cause, reason, or purpose.
2. For what cause, reason, or purpose.
3. For what cause, reason, or purpose.
4. For what cause, reason, or purpose.
5. For which cause, reason, or purpose.
6. The cause, reason, or purpose for which.

Noun

Reason.

Intj

An exclamation used to express pleasant or unpleasant mild surprise, indignation, or impatience.

Verb

To ask (someone) the question "why?".

Noun

A young heifer.

Noun

Alternative form of wye; the name of the Latin-script letter Y/y.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ʍaɪ/

Étymologie

From Middle English why, from Old English hwȳ (“why”), from Proto-Germanic *hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey, instrumental case of *kʷis (“who”), *kʷid (“what”).
Cognate with Old Saxon hwī (“why”), hwiu (“how; why”), Middle High German wiu (“how, why”), archaic Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hvi (“why”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvi (“why”), Swedish vi (“why”), Faroese and Icelandic hví (“why”), Latin quī (“why”), Doric Greek πεῖ (peî, “where”), Ukrainian чи (čy, “if”), Polish czy, Czech či (“or”), Serbo-Croatian či (“if”). Compare Old English þȳ (“because, since, on that account, therefore, then”, literally “by that, for that”). See thy.

Phrases

That is why I am here .

C'est pourquoi je suis ici.

Why Study Popular Culture ?

Pourquoi étudier la culture populaire?

Why else would he tell his main rival to prepare for a run ?

Sinon, pourquoi dirait-il à son principal rival de se préparer à une course?

Why don't you say something ?

Pourquoi ne dites-vous pas quelque chose?

That's why I feel that I deserve a part of what you find .

C'est pourquoi je pense que je mérite une partie de ce que vous trouvez.

That's the reason why I came in fourth .

C'est la raison pour laquelle je suis arrivé quatrième.

Why don't you fellows get your own news ?

Pourquoi ne pas obtenir vos propres nouvelles?

This is the main reason why pesto recipes often differ from each other .

C'est la principale raison pour laquelle les recettes de pesto diffèrent souvent les unes des autres.