whenever

English

Etymology

From Middle English whan evere, whanne ever, whanne evere, whener, when ever; equivalent to when +‎ ever.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /wəˈnɛvɚ/, /hwəˈnɛvɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) 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. At the (single) time that, no matter when.

   Tomorrow I'll get up whenever the sun rises.

3. Every time that.

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

4. Regardless of the time that.

   Income must be reported in the period in which it is earned, whenever payment is actually received.

5. (Ireland, regional US, nonstandard) When.

   Whenever I was a child, I lived in Arkansas.

Related terms

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

 

Translations

at any time that

• Arabic: مَتَى‎ (matā), مَتَى مَا‎ (matā mā)
• Bulgarian: когато и да е (kogato i da e)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: kdykoliv (cs)
• Danish: når som helst
• Esperanto: kiam ajn
• 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)

• Japanese: いつでも (itsu demo)
• Khmer: ពេលណា (peil naa)
• Latin: quandōque, quandōcumque
• 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), кадгод
• 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)
• Bulgarian: всеки път (vseki pǎt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 每當 (zh), 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)

• Japanese: いつでも (itsu demo)
• Polish: ilekroć (pl)
• Portuguese: sempre que, toda vez que
• Russian: ка́ждый раз (káždyj raz)
• Scottish Gaelic: ge be cuin, ge be uair
• Spanish: siempre que, 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)

• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} ھەرچەند‎ (ku) (herçend)

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} quotienscumque

Adverb

whenever

1. (interrogative) When ever: emphatic form of when.

   Whenever will I find time to finish that jigsaw?

2. At any time.

   Feel free to visit whenever.

Translations

at any time

• Finnish: koska vaan

• French: n'importe quand (fr)
• Plautdietsch: wanemma
• Russian: когда́ уго́дно (kogdá ugódno)

Anagrams

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