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1 skądże
Ⅰ pron. where from?; whence? przest., książk.- skądże wracacie? where have you come from?- skądże mam wiedzieć? how (on earth) would a. should I know?- skądże zdobyłeś te pieniądze? where did you get this money from?Ⅱ inter. not at all!, why, no!- „nie przeszkadzam?” – „ależ skądże” a. „skądże znowu” ‘am I disturbing you?’ – ‘not at all!’ a. ‘but of course not!’* * *pron* * *adv.where from, whence; skądże przyjeżdżasz? where are you coming from?; skądże miałbym to wiedzieć? where should I know it from?particleskądże znowu! but of course not!The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > skądże
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2 skąd
Ⅰ pron. 1. (w pytaniu) where from?; whence? przest., książk.- skąd masz ten zegarek? where did you get this watch (from)?- „skąd jesteście?” – „z Krakowa” ‘where are you from?’ – ‘Cracow’- skąd przychodzicie? where have you come from?- ciekawe, skąd (ona) ma te informacje I wonder where she got that information (from)- nie wiesz, skąd dzwonił? do you know where he was phoning from?- skąd wiesz? how do you know?- skąd ci to przyszło do głowy? what gave you that idea?- skąd ta pewność? what makes you so sure?- pojawił się nie wiadomo skąd he appeared out of a. from nowhere2. (względny) miejsce, skąd wyruszyliśmy the place we set off from- odłóż nożyczki tam, skąd je wziąłeś put the scissors back where you found themⅡ inter. not at all!, why, no!- „powiedziałeś mu?” – „ależ skąd” a. „skąd znowu” ‘did you tell him?’ – ‘of course not!’* * *pronwhere... from* * *adv.where from; skąd jedziesz? where are you coming from?; powiedz, skąd to wiesz tell me where you know that from?; zanieś to tam, skąd to wziąłeś take it to where you got it from. – partykuła ależ skąd! not at all!The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > skąd
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from whence — from whence, from hence 1. Although widely disapproved of on the grounds that from is redundant, from whence has a long and distinguished history of use in questions • (From whence these Murmurs, and this change of mind Dryden, 1697) and in… … Modern English usage
from whence — phrasal from what place, source, or cause < no one could tell me from whence the gold had come Graham Greene > … New Collegiate Dictionary
from whence — Although this phrase has been widely used in previous centuries (even in the King James version of the Bible), it is wordy. Omit from or whence or just say where: Where did that boot come from? … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
from hence — from whence, from hence 1. Although widely disapproved of on the grounds that from is redundant, from whence has a long and distinguished history of use in questions • (From whence these Murmurs, and this change of mind Dryden, 1697) and in… … Modern English usage
Whence — Whence, adv. [OE. whennes, whens (with adverbial s, properly a genitive ending; see { wards}), also whenne, whanene, AS. hwanan, hwanon, hwonan, hwanone; akin to D. when. See {When}, and cf. {Hence}, {Thence}.] [1913 Webster] 1. From what place;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
whence — (also from whence) ► ADVERB formal or archaic 1) from what place or source? 2) from which; from where. 3) to the place from which. 4) as a consequence of which. USAGE Whence means ‘from what place’, as in who are you and whence come you? Strictly … English terms dictionary
whence — [ wens, hwens ] adverb, conjunction 1. ) LITERARY used for introducing the result of a fact that has just been stated: The work is slow and dangerous, whence the high costs. 2. ) an old or literary word meaning from where : He arrived at the… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
whence — whence, whither Both words have centuries of history behind them and were once routine in their respective meanings ‘from which place’ and ‘to which place’, but in current use they are regarded as archaic or at least highly formal, although they… … Modern English usage
whence — /hwens, wens/ adv. 1. from what place?: Whence comest thou? 2. from what source, origin, or cause?: Whence has he wisdom? conj. 3. from what place, source, cause, etc.: He told whence he came. [1250 1300; ME whennes, whannes, equiv. to whanne (by … Universalium
whence — [[t](h)wɛns, wɛns[/t]] adv. 1) from what place?: Whence comest thou?[/ex] 2) from what source, origin, or cause?: Whence has he wisdom?[/ex] 3) from what place, source, cause, etc.: He told whence he came[/ex] • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME whennes,… … From formal English to slang
whence — adv. & conj. formal adv. from what place? (whence did they come?). conj. 1 to the place from which (return whence you came). 2 (often prec. by place etc.) from which (the source whence these errors arise). 3 and thence (whence it follows that).… … Useful english dictionary
