while

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

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

Conj

1. During the same time that.
2. Although.
3. (Northern-England, Scotland) Until.
4. As long as.

Prep

Until.

Verb

1. (in-compounds, transitive) To pass (time) idly.
2. (transitive) To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass.
3. (archaic, intransitive) To elapse, to pass.

Verb

Alternative spelling or misspelling of wile.

Concetti

mentre

durante

intanto

laddove

tempo

⌚

tratto di tempo

finchè

momento

istante

malgrado

sopra

su

🆙

benché

però …

ma

però

quando

ciò nonostante

finché

frattanto

intanto che

ciò nonostante …

ma …

mentre …

sinonimi

when

during

as

time

⌚

whilst

whereas

moment

for

although

at the same time

period

though

meanwhile

until

instant

notwithstanding

but

even though

meantime

in spite of

hour

after

as soon as

at the time

even if

throughout

whiles

spell

despite

in

as long as

simultaneously

piece

on

🔛

and

because

under

at

till

in the meantime

still

a little while

if

since

then

however

season

patch

pending

second

2nd

Traduzioni

während

mientras

tandis que

terwijl

rato

pendant que

pendant

moment

dum

Weile

alors que

ενώ

tempo

⌚

durée

staande

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ʍaɪl/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: whyle

Ereditato da inglese antico: hwīl

Affine olandese: wijl

Affine basso tedesco: Wiel

Affine tedesco: Weile

Affine danese: hvile

Affine norvegese bokmål: hvile

Affine albanese: sillë

Affine latino: tranquillus

Affine sanscrito: चिर

Affine persiano: شاد

In summary

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).

Frasi

Some went away while I was there , and other people came .

Alcuni se ne andarono mentre ero lì e altre persone vennero.

Mary told me that she got to meet up with you while she was back in San Francisco .

Mary mi ha detto che si è incontrata con te mentre era tornata a San Francisco.

They went on smoking the pipe for a while as the sun began to set .

Continuarono a fumare la pipa per un po 'quando il sole iniziava a tramontare.

While growing up , she heard folk-country, classical , and pop music at home .

While Little Caesars owns the Pizza !

Mentre Little Caesars possiede la pizza!

While tremendously popular in his day , his plays are rarely revived .

Sebbene tremendamente popolari ai suoi tempi, le sue opere sono raramente rianimate.