Whether

//ˈwɛðə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "whether" (2 found)

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Closest matches (1)

Related words (1)

whether or not

Related word relations

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Synonyms

2 entries

if whether or not

Related terms

3 entries

either neither whethersoever

derived

4 entries

know whether one is Arthur or Martha not know whether one is coming or going not know whether to shit or go blind not know whether to spit or go blind

related to

6 entries

either neither not or whethersoever which

Translations

154 translations across 49 languages.

Ancient Greek

3 entries

εἰ conj (introducing indirect questions)
πότερα conj (introducing indirect questions)
πότερον conj (introducing indirect questions)

Arabic

4 entries

إِذَا conj (introducing indirect questions)
إِذَا مَا conj (introducing indirect questions)
هَلْ conj (introducing indirect questions)
هَلْ conj (if, whether or not)

Belarusian

1 entries

ці conj (introducing indirect questions)

Bulgarian

2 entries

дали́ conj (introducing indirect questions)
дали́ conj (if, whether or not)

Catalan

1 entries

si conj (if, whether or not)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

...不 conj (if, whether or not)
是否 conj (introducing indirect questions)
是否 conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)
還是 /还是 conj (if, whether or not)

Czech

4 entries

ať conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)
ať již conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)
zda conj (introducing indirect questions)
zda conj (if, whether or not)

Danish

4 entries

hvad enten conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)
hvorvidt conj (introducing indirect questions)
hvorvidt conj (if, whether or not)
om conj (introducing indirect questions)

Dutch

3 entries

of conj (introducing indirect questions)
of conj (if, whether or not)
of conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)

Esperanto

2 entries

ĉu conj (introducing indirect questions)
ĉu conj (if, whether or not)

Finnish

3 entries

(riippumatta siitä) ...-ko conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)
ko conj (introducing indirect questions)
pa conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)

French

4 entries

que conj (introducing indirect questions)
que conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)
si conj (introducing indirect questions)
si conj (if, whether or not)

Galician

1 entries

se conj (introducing indirect questions)

German

3 entries

ob conj (introducing indirect questions)
ob conj (if, whether or not)
ob conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 conj (if, whether or not)

Hebrew

4 entries

אם conj (introducing indirect questions)
אם conj (if, whether or not)
באם conj (if, whether or not)
האם conj (introducing indirect questions)

Hungarian

4 entries

akár conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)
e conj (introducing indirect questions)
e conj (if, whether or not)
vajon conj (introducing indirect questions)

Icelandic

3 entries

hvort conj (introducing indirect questions)
hvort conj (if, whether or not)
hvort sem conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)

Irish

4 entries

an conj (introducing indirect questions)
an conj (if, whether or not)
ar conj (introducing indirect questions)
ar conj (if, whether or not)

Italian

4 entries

indipendentemente conj (introducing indirect questions)
se conj (introducing indirect questions)
se conj (if, whether or not)
sia che ... sia che conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)

Japanese

4 entries

か conj (introducing indirect questions)
か conj (if, whether or not)
かどうか conj (introducing indirect questions)
かどうか conj (if, whether or not)

Kapampangan

4 entries

...ka alika conj (if, whether or not)
...ya aliya conj (if, whether or not)
man conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)
man aliman conj (if, whether or not)

Korean

4 entries

ᆫ지 conj (introducing indirect questions)
는지 conj (introducing indirect questions)
든지 conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)
지 conj (if, whether or not)

Latin

1 entries

utrum conj (if, whether or not)

Lithuanian

1 entries

ar conj (introducing indirect questions)

Macedonian

3 entries

дали conj (introducing indirect questions)
дали conj (if, whether or not)
дали...или не conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)

Malagasy

1 entries

raha conj (introducing indirect questions)

Māori

2 entries

ahakoa ... ahakoa conj (if, whether or not)
rānei ... rānei conj (if, whether or not)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

enten conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)
hvorvidt conj (introducing indirect questions)
hvorvidt conj (if, whether or not)
om conj (introducing indirect questions)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

anten conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)
kor vidt conj (if, whether or not)
om conj (introducing indirect questions)
om conj (if, whether or not)

Occitan

2 entries

se conj (introducing indirect questions)
si conj (introducing indirect questions)

Pashto

3 entries

چې که conj (if, whether or not)
که conj (introducing indirect questions)
که conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)

Persian

1 entries

آیا conj (introducing indirect questions)

Polish

2 entries

czy conj (introducing indirect questions)
czy ... czy conj (if, whether or not)

Portuguese

3 entries

quer conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)
se conj (introducing indirect questions)
se conj (if, whether or not)

Romanian

3 entries

dacă conj (introducing indirect questions)
dacă conj (if, whether or not)
în orice caz conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)

Russian

4 entries

и́ли conj (if, whether or not)
и́ли conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)
и́ли ... и́ли conj (if, whether or not)
ли conj (introducing indirect questions)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

co-dhiù conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

da li conj (introducing indirect questions)

Slovak

4 entries

či conj (introducing indirect questions)
či conj (if, whether or not)
či conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)
či tak či onak conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)

Slovene

1 entries

če conj (introducing indirect questions)

Spanish

4 entries

quier conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)
si conj (introducing indirect questions)
si conj (if, whether or not)
si ... o conj (introducing indirect questions)

Swedish

4 entries

huruvida conj (if, whether or not)
om conj (introducing indirect questions)
om conj (if, whether or not)
vare sig conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)

Tagalog

3 entries

kung conj (introducing indirect questions)
man conj (if, whether or not)
man conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)

Ukrainian

3 entries

котри́й з conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)
чи conj (introducing indirect questions)
чи conj (introducing adverbial clause; no matter whether or not)

Vietnamese

2 entries

có ... không conj (introducing indirect questions)
dù ... hay conj (if, whether or not)

Welsh

4 entries

a conj (introducing indirect questions)
a conj (if, whether or not)
ai conj (introducing indirect questions)
ai conj (if, whether or not)

West-Frisian

1 entries

oft conj (if, whether or not)

Zazaki

1 entries

se (diq) conj (if, whether or not)

Sample sentences

32 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It is up to you to decide whether we will go there or not.

Source: tatoeba (1524)

Baffled by Sherlock Holmes' cryptic remarks, Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.

Source: tatoeba (2002)

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.

Source: tatoeba (2285)

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or a picture or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.

Source: tatoeba (2477)

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