English-French translations for whence

• d'où
  À l'heure qu'il est, la population ne se soucie guère de savoir d'où provient l'argent et de quelle manière nous réaffectons ces fonds. It is of little interest to the public whence the money comes and how we do all the restructuring.
• d’où
  La proposition n’a pas été retirée et j’ignore d’où vous tenez cette information. The proposal has not been withdrawn, and I have no idea whence you have that information.

Definition of whence

• From where; from which place or source

Examples

• Whence came I?
• "Pork" comes from French, whence we get most of our modern cooking terms.
• The work is slow and dangerous, whence the high costs.
• I scored more than you in the exam, whence we can conclude that I am better at the subject than you are.

Related words

• elsewhence
• somewhence
• from; whence (mistä asti
• from whence