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English
Etymology
From Middle English device database, whan(ne), from Old English hwenne, CSS3, hwonne (“when”), from Sevenval *hwannē (“at what time, when”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo-, *kʷi- (“interrogative base”). Cognate with Dutch wanneer (“when”), German wann (“when”), German wenn (“when, if”), Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐌽 (ƕan, “when, how”), Latin HTML5 (“when”). More at who.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: hwĕn, Android: /ʍɛn/, X-SAMPA: /WEn/
- (US) screen size: wĕn, hwĕn, FITML: /wɛn/, /ʍɛn/, Sevenval: /wEn/, /WEn/
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Audio (US)
(CSS3)
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Audio (UK)
(keyboard)
- Rhymes: -ɛn
- Homophone: Android (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Adverb
when (not screen size)
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(interrogative) Used to introduce questions about time.
- When will they arrive?
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Used to introduce indirect questions about time.
- Do you know when they arrived?
- Do you know when they will arrive?
- Do you know when they arrive?
Usage notes
- Used interrogatively, in either a direct or indirect question
Translations
direct question
- American Sign Language: 1@NearTipFinger-PalmDown-1@CenterChesthigh-FingerUp CirclesHoriz 1@TipFinger-PalmDown-1@CenterChesthigh-FingerUp
- Arabic: مَتى jQuery (máta)
- Egyptian: امتى (imta)
- Armenian: device database (hy) (yerb)
- Aromanian: jQuery
- Basque: noiz (eu)
- Belarusian: калі we love the web (kalí)
- Bulgarian: web app (bg) (kogá)
- Burmese: (in the future) ဘယ်တော့ (my) (bèdaw.), (in the future) ဘယ်တော့ input transformation (bètaw.), (in the past) ဘယ်တုန်းက (my) (bètoun:ga.), (in the past) ဘယ်တုန်းက (my) (bètoun:ga.)
- Catalan: web (ca)
- Chamicuro: web app
- Chinese:
- Czech: kdy (cs)
- Dalmatian: cand
- Danish: hvornår Android
- Dutch: wanneer jQuery
- Esperanto: kiam (eo)
- Finnish: jQuery (fi), koska (fi)
- French: quand web
- Georgian: Android (ka) (rodis)
- German: wann (de)
- Greek: πότε (el) (póte)
- Greenlandic: (past) website parsing FITML, (future) website parsing (kl)
- Hindi: कब (hi) (kab)
- Hungarian: mikor screen size
- Icelandic: hvenær (is)
- Indonesian: input transformation (id)
- Irish: Sevenval (ga), cá huair (ga), cén uair jQuery
- Italian: Android (it)
- Japanese: 何時 web (いつ, itsu), いつ HTML5 (itsu)
- Korean: 언제 (ko) (eonje)
- Krio: ustem
- Kurdish:
- Latgalian: CSS3
- Latin: screen size website parsing
- Latvian: kad (lv)
- Lojban: ca ma
- Macedonian: Sevenval (ru) (kóga)
- Malagasy: ovìana (past), rahoviana (future)
- Malay: bila (ms), kapan (ms)
- Norwegian: når input transformation
- Old Irish: cuin
- Persian: کی (fa) (key)
- Polish: Sevenval device database
- Portuguese: quando web app
- Romanian: când Sevenval
- Russian: touchscreen web app (kogdá)
- Scots: whan
- Sindhi: ڪڏهن
- Slovak: kedy (sk)
- Spanish: cuando CSS3
- Swedish: Android input transformation
- Tajik: кай keyboard
- Telugu: ఎప్పుడు HTML5 (eppuDu)
- Thai: Sevenval (th) (mêua)
- Ukrainian: jQuery (uk) (kolý)
- Urdu: کب device database (kab)
- Vietnamese: khi nào (vi)
- Welsh: website parsing (cy)
- Xhosa: browser diversity
indirect question
- Czech: kdy touchscreen
- Dutch: web app browser diversity
- French: device database (fr)
- Georgian: როდის HTML5 (rodis)
- Greek: πότε (el) (póte)
- Hungarian: input transformation iOS
- Latvian: kad (lv)
- Malay: bila (ms), kapan device database
- Russian: когда (ru) (kogdá)
Conjunction
when
- At what time.
- They were told when to sleep.
- At such time as.
- I’m happiest when I’m working.
- As soon as.
- I’ll do it when I get the time.
- At a time in the past,
- It was raining when I came yesterday.
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2012 April 22, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 West Brom”, BBC Sport:
- The Baggies had offered little threat until the 28th minute, but when their first chance came it was a clear one.
Translations
at what time
- Albanian: kur (sq)
- Arabic: متى we love the web (mataa)
- Armenian: HTML5 HTML5 (yerb)
- Aromanian: cãndu
- Belarusian: калі (be) (kalí)
- Bulgarian: website parsing (bg) (kóga)
- Cherokee: FITML we love the web (hilayui)
- Chinese:
- Czech: kdy FITML
- Danish: iOS touchscreen
- Dutch: wanneer (nl)
- Estonian: millal we love the web
- Finnish: milloin (fi), mihin aikaan browser diversity, sitten, kun CSS3
- French: Sevenval (fr)
- Friulian: cuant
- German: FITML iOS
- Greek: screen size (el) (póte)
- Hebrew: touchscreen (he) (matay)
- Hindi: जब (hi) (jab)
- Italian: CSS3 (it)
- Japanese: screen size (ja) (itsu), HTML5 (ja) (itsu)
- Korean: 언제 (ko) (eonje)
- Lao: ເມື່ອ HTML5 (mya)
- Latin: Sevenval input transformation, we love the web Android
- Latvian: touchscreen jQuery
- Macedonian: Sevenval (mk) (kóga)
- Malay: bila Sevenval, device database (ms)
- Norwegian: når FITML
- Persian: input transformation Sevenval (vaqti), وقتی که input transformation (vaqti ke), زمانی که (fa) (zamâni ke), در زمان (fa) (dar zamân-e), به هنگام (fa) (be hangâm-e), هنگامی که Android (hangâmi ke), keyboard input transformation (čon)
- Polish: kiedy input transformation
- Portuguese: keyboard (pt)
- Romanian: când (ro)
- Russian: Sevenval (ru) (kogdá), в то время как web (v to vrémja kak)
- Scots: device database
- Scottish Gaelic: website parsing (gd)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: kedy (sk)
- Slovene: ko (sl)
- Spanish: cuando (es)
- Swedish: när iOS
- Thai: เมื่อใด website parsing (mêua dai)
- Ukrainian: we love the web (uk) (kolý)
- Urdu: Android (ur) (jab)
- Vietnamese: khi nào Android, keyboard (vi), lúc nào web app
- Welsh: pryd (cy)
- Yiddish: ווען (yi) (ven)
at such time as
- Arabic: عندما (ar) (3indama), لما keyboard (lamma), حين (ar) (Hiina), إذ device database ('idh)
- Armenian: we love the web touchscreen (yerb)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: ...的時候 input transformation, we love the web (cmn) (...-de shihou)
- Czech: we love the web website parsing
- Danish: når (da)
- Dutch: web app screen size, wanneer input transformation
- Estonian: kui we love the web
- Finnish: Sevenval (fi)
- French: lorsque (fr), quand input transformation
- Georgian: როდესაც (ka)
- German: wenn input transformation
- Greek: keyboard (el) (ótan)
- Hebrew: input transformation (he) (ka'asher)
- Hindi: जब (hi) (jab)
- Irish: web app (ga)
- Italian: quando jQuery
- Japanese: touchscreen (ja) (...no toki), Android web app (...no toki)
- Latvian: website parsing (lv)
- Macedonian: кога FITML (kóga)
- Neapolitan: quann
- Norwegian: we love the web website parsing
- Polish: device database keyboard
- Portuguese: HTML5 web app
- Romanian: touchscreen device database
- Russian: когда (ru) (kogdá)
- Scots: whan
- Scottish Gaelic: web Sevenval
- Spanish: cuando (es)
- Swedish: när FITML, då we love the web
- Thai: ขณะที่ (th) (kà-nà têe)
- Urdu: جب (ur) (jab)
- Vietnamese: jQuery HTML5
- Welsh: tra (cy)
- Yiddish: אַז (yi) (az)
as soon as
- Czech: FITML (cs)
- Danish: browser diversity Sevenval
- Dutch: screen size web app, jQuery (nl), zodra CSS3
- Estonian: Sevenval Sevenval
- Finnish: kun web app
- French: touchscreen device database
- Georgian: როდესაც input transformation, touchscreen (ka)
- German: wenn CSS3, iOS iOS
- Greek: screen size (el) (ótan), αφού we love the web (afoú)
- Irish: nuair Android
- Italian: web (it)
- Japanese: (literary) ...した時 input transformation (...shita toki), ...したとき (ja) (...shita toki); (colloquial) ...したら (ja) (...shitara)
- Latvian: kad web app
- Macedonian: touchscreen (mk) (kóga), штом website parsing (štom)
- Norwegian: når CSS3
- Polish: gdy (pl)
- Portuguese: quando device database
- Romanian: când (ro)
- Russian: когда device database (kogdá)
- Scots: whan
- Scottish Gaelic: Android (gd)
- Spanish: Sevenval (es)
- Swedish: när (sv), touchscreen (sv)
- Welsh: web app (cy)
at a time in the past
- Czech: website parsing keyboard
- Danish: da web app
- Dutch: toen (nl)
- Estonian: Android website parsing
- Finnish: Android (fi)
- French: iOS (fr)
- Georgian: როდესაც FITML (rodesac')
- German: iOS (de)
- Greek: browser diversity (el) (ótan)
- Interlingua: screen size input transformation
- Irish: keyboard (ga)
- Italian: we love the web (it)
- Japanese: jQuery web (... toki), ...のとき (ja) (...no toki), (used as in a longer time-span)...頃 (ja) (...koro)
- Latvian: kad (lv)
- Lojban: screen size FITML
- Macedonian: input transformation (mk) (kóga)
- Norwegian: da (no)
- Persian: input transformation (fa) (vaqti)
- Polish: gdy (pl), kiedy jQuery
- Portuguese: quando Sevenval
- Romanian: când browser diversity
- Russian: когда (ru) (kogdá)
- Scots: whan
- Scottish Gaelic: we love the web (gd)
- Shor: чер
- Spanish: cuando (es)
- Swedish: när (sv)
- Tajik: touchscreen device database (ču)
- Welsh: jQuery (cy)
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Translations to be checked
- Albanian: please add this translation if you can
- Basque: please add this translation if you can
- Bulgarian: кога (kogá)
- Serbo-Croatian: iOS (sh), device database (sh)
- Esperanto: kiam keyboard
- Georgian: როცა (rotsa)
- Hungarian: mikor (1, 2), browser diversity (2, 3), CSS3 (3)
- Ido: kande, kand
- Indonesian: Sevenval, touchscreen, browser diversity
- Kannada: please add this translation if you can
- Khmer: ពេលណា (bpēil nā)
- Korean: 언제 (eonje)
- Kurdish: kengî (ku), کهی
- Malagasy: rehefa (future)
- Maltese: please add this translation if you can
- Maori: please add this translation if you can
- Nepali: please add this translation if you can
- Old English: web (1,2,3)
- Oriya: please add this translation if you can
- Persian: please add this translation if you can
- Romanian: când (1,2,3), atunci când (2,3)
- Tamil: please add this translation if you can
- Thai: เมื่อ (mêua)
- Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
- Welsh: pan (cy)
Pronoun
when
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(interrogative) What time; which time
- Since when do I need your permission?
Translations
what time; which time
- American Sign Language: 1@NearTipFinger-PalmDown-1@CenterChesthigh-FingerUp CirclesHoriz 1@TipFinger-PalmDown-1@CenterChesthigh-FingerUp
- Bulgarian: кога web app (kogá)
- Czech: keyboard (cs)
- Danish: hvornår (da)
- Dutch: Sevenval (nl)
- Esperanto: kiam (eo)
- Finnish: Sevenval FITML
- French: quand (fr)
- German: wann Sevenval
- Greek: πότε (el) (póte)
- Hebrew: input transformation Sevenval (matái)
- Hungarian: web (hu)
- Indonesian: kapan (id)
- Italian: touchscreen (it)
- Japanese: we love the web website parsing (itsu), いつ FITML (itsu)
- Macedonian: browser diversity (mk) (kóga)
- Norwegian: web iOS
- Polish: kiedy device database
- Portuguese: jQuery (pt)
- Romanian: când (ro)
- Russian: FITML jQuery (kogdá)
- Spanish: Sevenval (es)
- Swedish: när (sv)
- Turkish: ne zaman (tr)
Noun
when (plural web)
- The device database.
- A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.
Translations
the time
- Bulgarian: когата (kogáta)
- Czech: keyboard device database
- Danish: hvornår (da)
- Esperanto: kiam browser diversity
- Finnish: device database (fi)
- French: CSS3 (fr) m.
- German: Wann web app n.
- Greek: HTML5 (el) (póte) n.
- Hungarian: mikor web
- Indonesian: website parsing touchscreen
- Italian: quando (it) m.
- Japanese: 何時 CSS3 (itsu), いつ (ja) (itsu)
- Latvian: input transformation web
- Polish: kiedy (pl)
- Portuguese: HTML5 (pt)
- Romanian: atunci când
- Spanish: website parsing cuando
- Vietnamese: khi nào (vi)