"whilst" meaning in Anglais

See whilst in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: \waɪ̯lst\, \waɪ̯lst\ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-whilst.wav
  1. Pendant que.
    Sense id: fr-whilst-en-conj-P6wKj3Fv Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Anglais du Royaume-Uni
  2. Alors, tandis que.
    Sense id: fr-whilst-en-conj-RSw3ge9- Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Anglais du Royaume-Uni
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: while
{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Conjonctions en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Dérivé de whiles avec le suffixe -t. Réanalysable en while + -st."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "notes": [
    "Principalement utilisé en anglais britannique. Rare en Amérique du Nord où whilst peut être perçu comme archaïque ou pédant."
  ],
  "pos": "conj",
  "pos_title": "Conjonction",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Anglais du Royaume-Uni",
          "orig": "anglais du Royaume-Uni",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You can sleep in this room whilst you are here.",
          "translation": "Vous pouvez dormir dans cette chambre-ci pendant que vous êtes ici."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pendant que."
      ],
      "id": "fr-whilst-en-conj-P6wKj3Fv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Anglais du Royaume-Uni",
          "orig": "anglais du Royaume-Uni",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I like cats whilst my wife prefers dogs.",
          "translation": "J’aime bien les chats alors que ma femme préfère les chiens."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alors, tandis que."
      ],
      "id": "fr-whilst-en-conj-RSw3ge9-",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\waɪ̯lst\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\waɪ̯lst\\"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-whilst.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3c/LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-whilst.wav/LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-whilst.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3c/LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-whilst.wav/LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-whilst.wav.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni (Londres)"
      ],
      "wav_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-whilst.wav"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "while"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whilst"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Conjonctions en anglais",
    "Lemmes en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Dérivé de whiles avec le suffixe -t. Réanalysable en while + -st."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "notes": [
    "Principalement utilisé en anglais britannique. Rare en Amérique du Nord où whilst peut être perçu comme archaïque ou pédant."
  ],
  "pos": "conj",
  "pos_title": "Conjonction",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais",
        "anglais du Royaume-Uni"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You can sleep in this room whilst you are here.",
          "translation": "Vous pouvez dormir dans cette chambre-ci pendant que vous êtes ici."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pendant que."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais",
        "anglais du Royaume-Uni"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I like cats whilst my wife prefers dogs.",
          "translation": "J’aime bien les chats alors que ma femme préfère les chiens."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alors, tandis que."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\waɪ̯lst\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\waɪ̯lst\\"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-whilst.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3c/LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-whilst.wav/LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-whilst.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3c/LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-whilst.wav/LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-whilst.wav.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni (Londres)"
      ],
      "wav_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-whilst.wav"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "while"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whilst"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Anglais dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-12 from the frwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (4ba5975 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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