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annoyed’—‘why in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for annoyed’—‘why in the English»French Dictionary

annoyed [Brit əˈnɔɪd, Am əˈnɔɪd] ADJ

I.why [waɪ, Am hwaɪ] ADV Why translates as pourquoi in French, but see II. and III. below for exceptions.
As with other words such as , quand, comment etc., questions are formed by inserting est-ce que after the question word: why did you go? = pourquoi est-ce que tu y es allé? or by inverting the subject and verb after the question word, which is slightly more formal: pourquoi y es-tu allé? In spoken French the question word can be put at the end: tu y es allé pourquoi?
why occurs with certain reporting verbs such as ask, explain, know, think and wonder. For translations, see these entries.

1. why (in questions):

‘I'm annoyed’—‘why is that?’

II.why [waɪ, Am hwaɪ] CONJ

IV.why [waɪ, Am hwaɪ] INTERJ dated

See also wherefore, reason

I.wherefore [Brit ˈwɛːfɔː, Am ˈ(h)wɛrˌfɔr] ADV liter

II.wherefore [Brit ˈwɛːfɔː, Am ˈ(h)wɛrˌfɔr] CONJ archaic

III.wherefore [Brit ˈwɛːfɔː, Am ˈ(h)wɛrˌfɔr]

I.reason [Brit ˈriːz(ə)n, Am ˈrizən] N

1. reason (cause):

by reason of form

II.reason [Brit ˈriːz(ə)n, Am ˈrizən] VB trans

III.reason [Brit ˈriːz(ə)n, Am ˈrizən] VB intr

annoy [Brit əˈnɔɪ, Am əˈnɔɪ] VB trans

annoyance [Brit əˈnɔɪəns, Am əˈnɔɪəns] N

annoying [Brit əˈnɔɪɪŋ, Am əˈnɔɪɪŋ] ADJ

tannoy® [Brit ˈtanɔɪ] N Brit

I.cannon [Brit ˈkanən, Am ˈkænən] N

II.cannon [Brit ˈkanən, Am ˈkænən] VB trans Brit (in billiards)

III.cannon [Brit ˈkanən, Am ˈkænən] VB intr

cannot [Brit ˈkanɒt, kaˈnɒt, Am kəˈnɑt, ˈkænˌɑt]

cannot → can

See also can2, can1

I.can2 [Brit kan, Am kæn] N

II.can2 <pres part canning; pret, pp canned> [Brit kan, Am kæn] VB trans

can1 <prétcond could, nég au prés cannot, can't> [Brit kan, kən, Am kæn] VB mod

1. can (expressing possibility):

+ subj could be inf

I.shy [Brit ʃʌɪ, Am ʃaɪ] ADJ

II.shy [Brit ʃʌɪ, Am ʃaɪ] VB trans (throw)

annoyed’—‘why in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for annoyed’—‘why in the English»French Dictionary

cannot [ˈkænɒt, Am -ɑ:t] VB aux

cannot (can not) → can

See also can2, can1

American English

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