whichsoever
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- whichsoe’er (poetic)
Etymology edit
From Middle English which-so-ever.[1] By surface analysis, which + so + ever.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌwɪtʃsəʊˈɛvə/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): (wine–whine merger) /ˌwɪt͡ʃsoʊˈɛvɚ/, (without wine–whine merger) /ˌʍɪt͡ʃsoʊˈɛvɚ/
(wine–whine merged)Audio (US) (file)
Determiner edit
whichsoever (formal or archaic)
- Emphatic form of whichever.
Pronoun edit
whichsoever (formal or archaic)
- Emphatic form of whichever.
References edit
- ^ “whichsoˈever, pron.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)