whenever

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wəˈnɛvɚ/, /hwəˈnɛvɚ/
• IPA^(key): /wəˈnɛvə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛvə(ɹ)

Conjunction

whenever

1. At any time that.

   Visit whenever you want to.

2. Every time that.

   Whenever he has a pair of aces, his eyelids twitch.

3. (Ireland, Southern US) When.

   Whenever I was a child, I lived in Arkansas.

Related terms

• however
• howsoever
• whatever
• whatsoever
• wherever
• wheresoever
• whoever
• whomever
• whomsoever
• whosoever
• whyever
• whysoever

Translations

at any time that

• Arabic: مَتَى (matā), مَتَى مَا (matā mā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無論何時／无论何时 (zh) (wúlùn héshí), 无论何时 (zh) (wúlùn héshí), 哪會兒／哪会儿, 哪会儿 (nǎhuìr)

• Czech: kdykoliv (cs)
• Danish: når som helst
• Faroese: nær sum helst
• Finnish: milloin tahansa, koska vaan
• French: n’importe quand (fr)
• German: wenn (de), wann immer, wann auch immer
• Greek: όποτε (el) (ópote), οποτεδήποτε (el) (opotedípote)

  Ancient: ὅταν (hótan), ἐπειδάν (epeidán)

• Hungarian: akármikor (hu), bármikor (hu)
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• Japanese: いつでも (itsu demo)
• Khmer: ពេលណា (peil naa)
• Latin: quandōque
• Maori: ka + verb + ana
• Polish: kiedykolwiek (pl)
• Portuguese: quando (pt)
• Russian: когда́ бы ни (kogdá by ni)
• Scottish Gaelic: ge be cuin, ge be uair
• Serbo-Croatian: kadgod (sh)
• Spanish: cuando quiera (es)
• Swedish: närsom, när som helst (sv), närhelst (sv)
• Ukrainian: коли б не (koly b ne)

every time that

• Arabic: كُلَّمَا (kullamā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 每當／每当 (zh) (měidāng), 每当 (zh) (měidāng)

• Danish: hver gang
• Finnish: joka kerta kun, aina kun
• French: chaque fois que
• German: sooft (de), immer wenn, jedes Mal, wenn
• Hungarian: valahányszor, ahányszor (hu)
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• Japanese: いつでも (itsu demo)
• Portuguese: sempre que, toda vez que
• Russian: ка́ждый раз (káždyj raz)
• Scottish Gaelic: ge be cuin, ge be uair
• Spanish: siempre y cuando
• Swedish: närhelst (sv), varje gång, jämt när
• Ukrainian: щоразу (ščorazu)

when — see when

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} wanneer ook
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} ogni volta che
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 언제나 (ko) (eonjena)
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• Kurdish:
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} quotienscumque
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} siempre que

Adverb

whenever

1. At any time.

   Feel free to visit whenever.

Translations

at any time

• Finnish: koska vaan
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• Russian: когда́ уго́дно (kogdá ugódno)

Anagrams

• everwhen