Meanings
adverbsince when (not comparable)
- colloquialnot comparablerhetoricsarcasticFrom what time.
Since when do I need your permission?
1 more example
“[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps ? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic ? Does your Vehmgerichte pay such extraordinary expenses ?[…]”
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC - colloquialnot comparablerhetoricsarcastic(as an interrogative interjection) Used to indicate doubt as to the veracity of a statement.
The moon is made of green cheese. Since when?
Translations
Afrikaans van wanneer af
- van wanneer affrom what time
Czech odkdy
- odkdyfrom what time
Finnish mistä lähtien, mistä lähtien
- mistä lähtienfrom what time
- mistä lähtienUsed to indicate doubt as to the veracity of a statement
French depuis quand
- depuis quandfrom what time
German seit wann
- seit wannfrom what time
Hungarian mióta?
- mióta?from what time
Italian da quando in qua
- da quando in quaUsed to indicate doubt as to the veracity of a statement
Latin abhinc, inde
- abhincfrom what time
- indefrom what time
- posteafrom what time
Persian از کی؟, از کی تا حالا
- از کی؟ (az key?)from what time
- از کی تا حالا (az key tâ hâlâ)Used to indicate doubt as to the veracity of a statement
Polish od kiedy?, od kiedy to?
- od kiedy?from what time
- od kiedy to?from what time
Portuguese desde quando?, desde quando
- desde quando?from what time
- desde quandoUsed to indicate doubt as to the veracity of a statement
Romanian de când
- de cândfrom what time
Russian с каки́х э́то по́р?
- с каки́х э́то по́р? (s kakíx éto pór?)from what time
Spanish ¿desde cuándo?
- ¿desde cuándo?from what time
Swedish sedan när, sen när
- sedan närfrom what time
- sen närfrom what time
- sedan närUsed to indicate doubt as to the veracity of a statement
- sen närUsed to indicate doubt as to the veracity of a statement
Cite this entry
APA
since when. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/since%20when
MLA
“since when.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/since%20when. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “since when,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/since%20when.
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