Whence

//ʍɛns//

Synonyms for "whence" (48 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Strong matches (14)

Related words (24)

Adverb(2 words)
pursuantlysubsequently

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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has context

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related to

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Translations

112 translations across 61 languages.

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Amharic

1 entries
  • ከየት adv (from where; from which place or source)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • πόθεν adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • ὁπόθεν adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • ὅθεν adv (from where; from which place or source)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أَنَّى adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • منين adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • مِن أَيْن adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • مِن حَيْثُ adv (from where; from which place or source)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ուստի adv (from where; from which place or source)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • haradan adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • hardan adv (from where; from which place or source)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • ҡайҙан adv (from where; from which place or source)

Basque

1 entries
  • nondik adv (from where; from which place or source)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • адку́ль adv (from where; from which place or source)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • откъде́ adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • откъдето conj (conjunction)

Catalan

2 entries
  • d'on adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • des d'on adv (from where; from which place or source)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 何处 adv (from where; from which place or source)

Czech

1 entries
  • odkud adv (from where; from which place or source)

Danish

2 entries
  • hvoraf adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • hvorfra adv (from where; from which place or source)

Dutch

1 entries
  • waarvandaan adv (from where; from which place or source)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • de kie adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • el kie adv (from where; from which place or source)

Faroese

2 entries
  • hvaðani adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • hvaðani conj (conjunction)

Finnish

3 entries
  • mistä adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • josta conj (conjunction)
  • mistä conj (conjunction)

Fore

2 entries
  • forrt adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • gerrt adv (from where; from which place or source)

French

2 entries
  • d'où adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • d'où conj (conjunction)

Galician

4 entries
  • de onde adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • de aí conj (conjunction)
  • de onde conj (conjunction)
  • do cal conj (conjunction)

Georgian

2 entries
  • საიდან adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • საიდანაც adv (from where; from which place or source)

German

2 entries
  • woher adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • von daher conj (conjunction)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍈𐌰𐌸𐍂𐍉 adv (from where; from which place or source)

Greek

1 entries
  • αφού adv (from where; from which place or source)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • ક્યાંથી adv (from where; from which place or source)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מִנַּיִן adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • מֵאַיִן adv (from where; from which place or source)

Hindi

1 entries
  • जहाँ adv (from where; from which place or source)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • ahonnan adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • ahonnét adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • amelyből adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • amiből adv (from where; from which place or source)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • hvaðan adv (from where; from which place or source)

Ido

1 entries
  • deube adv (from where; from which place or source)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • kust adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • mist adv (from where; from which place or source)

Italian

4 entries
  • da dove adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • donde adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • onde adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • da cui conj (conjunction)

Japanese

1 entries
  • どこから adv (from where; from which place or source)

Korean

1 entries
  • 어디서 adv (from where; from which place or source)

Latin

1 entries
  • unde adv (from where; from which place or source)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • од каде adv (from where; from which place or source)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • എവിടെനിന്ന് adv (from where; from which place or source)

Māori

2 entries
  • nō hea adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • nō whea adv (from where; from which place or source)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • hvorav adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • hvorfra adv (from where; from which place or source)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • kor ifrå adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • kvar ifrå adv (from where; from which place or source)

Odia

1 entries
  • କେଉଁଠାରୁ adv (from where; from which place or source)

Old English

1 entries
  • hwanon adv (from where; from which place or source)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries
  • одкадз adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • одкаль adv (from where; from which place or source)

Polish

1 entries
  • skąd adv (from where; from which place or source)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • de onde adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • donde adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • de onde conj (conjunction)
  • donde conj (conjunction)

Quechua

1 entries
  • maymanta adv (from where; from which place or source)

Romanian

1 entries
  • de unde adv (from where; from which place or source)

Russian

1 entries
  • отку́да adv (from where; from which place or source)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • cò às adv (from where; from which place or source)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • odakle adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • otkud adv (from where; from which place or source)

Shor

1 entries
  • қайдаң adv (from where; from which place or source)

Slovak

1 entries
  • odkiaľ adv (from where; from which place or source)

Slovene

2 entries
  • od kod adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • od koder adv (from where; from which place or source)

Spanish

4 entries
  • de donde adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • desde donde adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • de ahí conj (conjunction)
  • de donde conj (conjunction)

Swedish

4 entries
  • vadan adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • var i från adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • varifrån adv (from where; from which place or source)
  • varför conj (conjunction)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ག་ནས adv (from where; from which place or source)

Turkish

1 entries
  • nereden adv (from where; from which place or source)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • nireden adv (from where; from which place or source)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • зві́дки adv (from where; from which place or source)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • từ đâu đến adv (from where; from which place or source)

Woiwurrung

1 entries
  • inongo adv (from where; from which place or source)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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He returned to the country whence he came.

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She has reddish hair, whence comes her nickname "Carrot".

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You must return the ring whence it came.

Source: tatoeba (1509859)

Knowest thou whence thou comest through the forest vale?

Source: tatoeba (2015911)

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