whatever

Etymology
From. .

Pronunciation


The in  may be flapped in certain dialects, despite the fact that it precedes a stressed vowel, due to the morpheme boundary between  and.

Determiner

 * 1)  What ever;
 * Good heavens! Whatever time is it?!
 * 1) Regardless of the ... that; for any ... that.
 * 2) Any ... that; of no matter what type or kind that.
 * 3) Any; of no matter what type or kind.
 * I must obtain it at whatever cost.
 * 1) Any; of no matter what type or kind.
 * I must obtain it at whatever cost.
 * 1) Any; of no matter what type or kind.
 * I must obtain it at whatever cost.
 * 1) Any; of no matter what type or kind.
 * I must obtain it at whatever cost.
 * I must obtain it at whatever cost.

Translations

 * Arabic:, أَيَّمَا, مَهْمَا
 * Catalan: qualsevol
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 不管怎樣
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: welke ... ook,
 * Finnish:
 * French:, , , ,
 * German: Jacke wie Hose
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: ὅ,τι
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Irish: cibé, pé
 * Italian:, , , come vuoi,
 * Korean: 무엇이든, 도대체 무엇이, 것은 무엇이든지
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ھەرچی
 * Latin:, quidquid
 * Malagasy: aleo ho any
 * Maori: ahatanga
 * Norman: n'împorte tchi
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: qualquer que seja
 * Russian: како́й бы ни,, како́й бы то ни́ бы́ло
 * Scottish Gaelic: ge be
 * Serbo-Croatian: koji god
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: vad som helst
 * Ukrainian:
 * Walloon: po tolmine ké


 * Arabic: أَيّ شَيْء
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 無論什麼, 無論何事
 * Czech:
 * Danish: hvad end, alt hvad,
 * Dutch: maakt niet uit, het zal wel
 * Finnish:, mikä ikinä
 * French:
 * German: was immer, was auch immer
 * Greek:
 * Italian: qualsiasi cosa
 * Japanese: 何でも, 何事も, 何...も
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: qualquer coisa que
 * Russian: всё, что ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ge be dè
 * Spanish: lo que sea que, cualquier cosa que
 * Swedish: vad som helst
 * Turkish: her ne, her neyse
 * Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎐𐎎
 * Ukrainian: щоб не (ста́лося), щоб не (було́)


 * Interlingua:

Pronoun

 * 1)  What ever;
 * 2) Regardless of anything that.
 * 3)  Anything that; all that.
 * 4)  Anything; thing(s) of unspecified kind, or no matter what kind;.
 * 1)  Anything that; all that.
 * 2)  Anything; thing(s) of unspecified kind, or no matter what kind;.
 * 1)  Anything that; all that.
 * 2)  Anything; thing(s) of unspecified kind, or no matter what kind;.
 * 1)  Anything; thing(s) of unspecified kind, or no matter what kind;.
 * 1)  Anything; thing(s) of unspecified kind, or no matter what kind;.
 * 1)  Anything; thing(s) of unspecified kind, or no matter what kind;.
 * 1)  Anything; thing(s) of unspecified kind, or no matter what kind;.

Translations

 * Arabic: مَهْمَا
 * Egyptian Arabic: مهما
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 不管什麼 ,
 * Classical Nahuatl: tlein
 * Danish:, (det er) ligegyldigt
 * Esperanto: kio ajn
 * Finnish:, mikä ikinä
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Latin: quidquid,
 * Maori: ahatanga
 * Norman: n'împorte tchi
 * Plautdietsch: wautemma
 * Portuguese: qualquer coisa
 * Russian: что уго́дно
 * Scottish Gaelic: ge be dè
 * Slovene: karkoli
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: což
 * Spanish: no importa, da igual,
 * Swedish: vad som helst
 * Ukrainian: що завго́дно

Adverb

 * 1)  At all; in any way; whatsoever.
 * There is no point whatever in going on with this discussion.
 * 1)  In what way; to what extent.
 * Whatever does it matter now?
 * 1)  In what way; to what extent.
 * Whatever does it matter now?
 * 1)  In what way; to what extent.
 * Whatever does it matter now?
 * Whatever does it matter now?

Usage notes

 * May appear rude or discourteous. Can be used to end an argument without conceding the point, implying that the issue is not worth discussing or indicating a general sense of apathy toward the subject.

Translations

 * Arabic: طُز
 * Catalan: el que tu diguis
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 好吧
 * Czech: pro mě za mě
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: miten vain, ihan miten vain, joopa joo, ,
 * French:, , qu'importe
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: שיהיה, מה שתגיד, מה שתגידי
 * Hungarian: bánom is én!,, , ahogy akarod, , , nekem nyolc, egyre megy,
 * Indonesian: bodo amat,, ,
 * Italian: vabbè
 * Japanese: どうでもいい！, 勝手にしろ, ご勝手に！
 * Macedonian: н́ејсе
 * Maori: kāti
 * Norwegian: samma det!,
 * Polish: oj tam, jeden pies
 * Portuguese:, que seja, tanto faz como tanto fez, ,
 * Romanian: mă rog
 * Russian:, ну и ла́дно, какая разница, ,
 * Slovene: karkoli
 * Spanish: como sea,, no importa, da igual, lo que tú digas, lo dicho, me la suda, , ,
 * Swedish: jaja,
 * Tagalog: wala akong paki
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yiddish: מילא

Adjective

 * 1)  Unexceptional or unimportant; blah.

Noun

 * 1)  Something whose exact kind or nature is unimportant; a thingy.