why

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ʍaɪ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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.

Frasi

That is why I am here .

Ecco perché sono qui.

Why Study Popular Culture ?

Perché studiare la cultura popolare?

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

Perché altrimenti avrebbe detto al suo principale rivale di prepararsi per una corsa?

Why don't you say something ?

Perché non dici qualcosa?

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

Ecco perché sento di meritare una parte di ciò che trovi.

That's the reason why I came in fourth .

Questo è il motivo per cui sono arrivato quarto.

Why don't you fellows get your own news ?

Perché non i compagni non ricevete le vostre notizie?

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

Questo è il motivo principale per cui le ricette di pesto spesso differiscono l'una dall'altra.