"what for" meaning in Anglais

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Adverb

Audio: En-au-what for.ogg
  1. Pourquoi, dans quel but, pour quoi faire. Tags: familiar
    Sense id: fr-what_for-en-adv-sZu7YpxW Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Termes familiers en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: why, how come [familiar]

Noun

Audio: En-au-what for.ogg
  1. Pourquoi. Tags: familiar
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: why, how come [familiar]

Download JSONL data for what for meaning in Anglais (2.7kB)

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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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    "What for est un synonyme de why, mais il est plus fort et sous-entend que l'interlocuteur pourrait ne pas avoir de raison valable."
  ],
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        {
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        {
          "text": "Tell me what for."
        },
        {
          "text": "You say you want it done, but I still don't know what for."
        },
        {
          "text": "Do it now! -- What for?"
        },
        {
          "text": "I don't know what they're doing all this for."
        }
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      "word": "how come"
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          "text": "I don't know what they're doing all this for."
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