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

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

I.possible [Brit ˈpɒsɪb(ə)l, Am ˈpɑsəb(ə)l] N

II.possible [Brit ˈpɒsɪb(ə)l, Am ˈpɑsəb(ə)l] ADJ

2. possible (that can be achieved):

II.impossible [Brit ɪmˈpɒsɪb(ə)l, Am ɪmˈpɑsəb(ə)l] ADJ

possibly [Brit ˈpɒsɪbli, Am ˈpɑsəbli] ADV

impossibly [Brit ɪmˈpɒsɪbli, Am ɪmˈpɑsəbli] ADV

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):

‘it's not possible’—‘why not?’

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

admissible [Brit ədˈmɪsɪb(ə)l, Am ədˈmɪsəb(ə)l] ADJ LAW

accessible [Brit əkˈsɛsɪb(ə)l, Am əkˈsɛsəb(ə)l] ADJ

feasible [Brit ˈfiːzɪb(ə)l, Am ˈfizəb(ə)l] ADJ

divisible [Brit dɪˈvɪzɪb(ə)l, Am dəˈvɪzəb(ə)l] ADJ

possible’—‘why in the PONS Dictionary

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

I.impossible [ɪmˈpɒsəbl, Am -ˈpɑ:sə-] ADJ a. fig

II.impossible [ɪmˈpɒsəbl, Am -ˈpɑ:sə-] N no pl

possible [ˈpɒsəbl, Am ˈpɑ:sə-] ADJ

admissible [ədˈmɪsəbl] ADJ form

plausible [ˈplɔ:zəbl, Am ˈplɑ:-] ADJ

invisible [ɪnˈvɪzəbl] ADJ a. ECON

American English

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