хоч-не-хоч

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xɔt͡ʃ nɛ ˈxɔt͡ʃ]

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Adverb

хоч-не-хо́ч • (xoč-ne-xóč)

1. (colloquial) like it or not, whether one likes it or not, willy-nilly, nolens volens

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “хоч-не-хоч”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “хоч-не-хоч”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “хоч-не-хоч”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “хоч-не-хоч”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)