whence
Pronunciation
[change]- enPR: hwĕns, IPA (key): /ʍɛns/, SAMPA: /Wens/
- (in accents with the wine-whine merger) enPR: wĕns, IPA (key): /wɛns/, SAMPA: /wens/
Audio (US) (file)
Preposition
[change]Preposition |
- (old, no longer used) from where
- Whence did you come?
- It grows naturally in the West Indies, whence the Mr. Miller sent me the seeds.
- This is the stone whence he pulled the sword.
- Tell me the town whence they came.