whichsoever

whichsoever

English

Alternative forms

• whichsoe’er (poetic)

Etymology

which + soever [1]

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌwɪtʃsəʊˈɛvə/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): (wine–whine merger) /ˌwɪtʃsoʊˈɛvɚ/, (without wine–whine merger) /ˌʍɪtʃsoʊˈɛvɚ/

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Pronoun

whichsoever

1. emphatic form of whichever

References

1. “whichsoˈever, pron.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)