adv
Meaning 1
With which; with what.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wherewith
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /wɛəˈwɪð/
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US: /ʍɛɚˈwɪð/ without the wine–whine merger
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US: /ʍɛɚˈwɪθ/ without the wine–whine merger
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/wɛɚˈwɪð/ US, wine–whine merger
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/wɛɚˈwɪθ/ US, wine–whine merger
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rhymes with -ɪð
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rhymes with (US) -ɪθ
noun
Meaning 2
Something with which; the means by which.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wherewithal
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English wherwith. By surface analysis, where + with.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: যার মাধ্যমে (jar maddhome) — with which
- Bulgarian: с помощта на който (s pomoštta na kojto) — with which
- Czech: čímž — with which
- Dutch: waarmee — with which
- Finnish: millä — with which
- French: avec quoi — with which
- German: womit — with which
- Italian: con cui — with which
- Italian: con il quale/col quale — with which
- Italian: con la quale — with which
- Italian: con i quali/coi quali — with which
- Italian: con le quali — with which
- Norwegian: hvormed — with which
- Polish: za pomocą czego — with which
- Portuguese: com que — with which
- Swedish: varmed — with which
Real reading context