The word is in the Wiktionary

25 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• why adv. (Interrogative) For what cause, reason, or purpose.
• why adv. (Relative) For which cause, reason, or purpose.
• why adv. (Fused relative) The cause, reason, or purpose for which.
• why n. Reason.
• why interj. (Dated or literary) An exclamation used to express pleasant or unpleasant mild surprise, indignation, or impatience.
• why n. (UK, dialect, archaic) A young heifer.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Cornish
  • why pron. (Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form with Traditional Graphs) you (formal or plural).

— English word, defined in German —

• why Adv. Warum.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• why bijw. Waarom.
• why voeg. Waarom.
• why tuss. Wel! Tjonge!

— English words, defined in Latin —

• why adv. Cur.
• why con. Quid.

— English words, defined in French —

• why adv. Pourquoi.
• why adv. Pour lequel, pour laquelle.
• why n. (Populaire) Pourquoi.
• why interj. Marque la surprise : eh bien !

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• why adv. Por qué.
• why conj. Porque.
• why s. Porqué.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• why adv. Por que.
• why conj. Por que, porque.
• why interj. Uai, caramba (indica surpresa).
• why s. Porquê.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• why adv. Perché (interrogativo).

36 English words from 7 English definitions

archaic cause Cornish Dated dialect exclamation express for Form formal Fused Graphs heifer impatience indignation Interrogative literary mild pleasant plural purpose reason relative Standard surprise The Traditional unpleasant used used␣to what which with Written you young

8 English words from 18 foreign definitions

caramba Cur indica Marque pour que Quid surprise

17 foreign words from 18 foreign definitions

bien eh␣bien interrogativo laquelle lequel Perché Populaire Por porque Pourquoi qué surpresa Tjonge Uai Waarom Warum Wel

55 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

why'd why'm whys why's whych whyda whyja whyle why␣me whyn't why'n't Whyos why're whyte Whyte whyyy Whyatt why␣aye whydah whydas whydja whyfor whylst Whyman why-not why␣not Whyalla Whyatts why␣come whydahs whyever whylest Whymans whyncha whyness Whysall Whytock whybeler whydunit why␣oh␣why Whysalls whydunits whydunnit whysoever whydunnits why␣on␣Earth Whyteleafe Whyvillian why␣in␣God's␣name why␣in␣the␣world +5 words

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

eff␣why␣eye

9 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

nowhy anywhy Dee␣Why forwhy for␣why somewhy that's␣why why␣oh␣why because␣is␣why

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

hwy hwy. Hwy.

14 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

hgwy hwyl hwys wahy whey why'd why'm whys why's wych wyth YHBW YHWH YWHA

10 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

hw HW Hy w/h wy WY Wy. yh yw YW

28 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

phy Phy PHY shy Shy thy Thy way Way 'way -way wey Wey wha WHA WHL who Who WHO W.H.O. W.␣H.␣O. WHP WHQ WHR WHS wht WHV wry

5 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

Hy w/h wy WY Wy.

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

wahy whey

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