while
Betekenis (Engels)
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- An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.
- An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.
- An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.
Concepten
Synoniemen
a little while
during the time
during a period
quite a time
very short time
coincident with
performed in this condition
point of time
tho’
a fair amount of time
laze away
by the time that
at the time that
during the time that
during that time
at the moment when
after that
for a while
for some time
in accordance with
period of time
at the time of
short period
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ʍaɪl/
Etymologie (Engels)
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).
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