why

Senso (Inglese)

Adv

1. (interrogative, not-comparable) For what cause, reason, or purpose.
2. (interrogative, not-comparable) For what cause, reason, or purpose.
3. (interrogative, not-comparable) For what cause, reason, or purpose.
4. (interrogative, not-comparable) For what cause, reason, or purpose.
5. (not-comparable, relative) For which cause, reason, or purpose.
6. (not-comparable) 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.

Concetti

perché

perche

per quale motivo

ché

per quale ragione

per che motivo perché

per che ragione

Perche

causa

sinonimi

what for

for what reason

how come

how

wherefore

what

reason

for what purpose

for what

think

🤔

which

why is that

because

cause

in what way

whereby

when

whence

where

you know

you see

for which reason

the reason why

what the hell

for what cause

by what ? whence

it has no meaning

how can one tolerate

after all

interrogative particle

blame

but

enigma

fault

for

grain

occasion

puzzle

riddle

so

somehow

well

whatever

what kind of

what’s up

Traduzioni

pourquoi

warum

por qué

waarom

weshalb

wieso

weswegen

γιατί

porqué

por que

perquè

cur

hoezo

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ʍaɪ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: why

Ereditato da inglese antico: hwȳ

Affine Old Saxon: hwī

Affine tedesco medio alto: wiu

Affine danese: -

Affine norvegese bokmål: -

Affine norvegese nynorsk: kvi

Affine svedese: vi

Affine faroese: -

Affine islandese: -

Affine latino: quī

Affine ucraino: чи

Affine polacco: czy

Affine ceco: či

Affine serbo-croato: či

Affine inglese antico: þȳ

In summary

From Middle English why, from Old English hwȳ (“why”), from Proto-Germanic *hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey, instrumental case of *kʷís (“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.

Frasi

Why would I want to do that ?

Perché dovrei farlo?

Then why are you doing it ?

Allora perché lo stai facendo?

Why Study Popular Culture ?

Perché studiare la cultura popolare?

She wanted to know why her name was not on the drawings of all the previous years .

Voleva sapere perché il suo nome non era sui disegni di tutti gli anni precedenti.

Why does the ice cream truck keep playing such a sad song “ send in the clowns”?

Perché il camion dei gelati continua a suonare una canzone così triste "Send in the Clowns"?

Why don't you say something ?

Perché non dici qualcosa?