whichsoever
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- whichsoe’er (poetic)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle English which-so-ever.[1] By surface analysis, which + so + ever.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌwɪtʃsəʊˈɛvə/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): (wine–whine merger) /ˌwɪt͡ʃsoʊˈɛvɚ/, (without the wine–whine merger) /ˌʍɪt͡ʃsoʊˈɛvɚ/
Audio (US, wine–whine merger): (file)
Determiner
[edit]whichsoever (formal or archaic)
- Emphatic form of whichever.
Pronoun
[edit]whichsoever (formal or archaic)
- Emphatic form of whichever.
References
[edit]- ^ “whichsoˈever, pron.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
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