whence

whence

englanti

  1. k=en|vanha|ylätyylinen|runokieltä mistä

Esimerkkejä whence sanan käytöstä:

'Whence' came you?

'Whence' came that traveller?

Liittyvät sanat: whither

Käännökset

englanti

mistä puhekieltä From where; from which place or source.

Whence came I?

"Pork" comes from French, whence we get most of our modern cooking terms.

(quote-book)Wikisource|passage=Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
1818, (w), (w), Chapter 4:
Whence, I often asked myself, did the principle of life proceed?
(quote-book)Wikisource|passage=What greatly encouraged me, it was in an opposite direction from that whence the blind man had made his appearance and whither he had presumably returned.
1898, (w), (w), Chapter 3:
At first I could not tell what this new sound was, nor whence it came, and now it seemed a little noise close by, and now a great noise in the distance. And then it grew nearer and more defined, and in a moment I knew it was the sound of voices talking.
puhekieltä (non-gloss definition)

The work is slow and dangerous, whence the high costs.

I scored more than you in the exam, whence we can conclude that I am better at the subject than you are.

Riimisanakirja

whence rimmaa näiden kanssa:

freelance, trance

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Läheisiä sanoja

weber, wellerismi, wessi, western, whippet, whisky

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