worthwhile

See also: worth while

English

Alternative forms

worth while
worthwile (archaic)

Etymology

worth +‎ while

Pronunciation

(UK, in accents with the wine-whine merger) IPA^(key): /wɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/
(UK, in accents without the merger) IPA^(key): /wɜː(ɹ)θˈʍaɪl/

Adjective

worthwhile (comparative more worthwhile, superlative most worthwhile)

Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.
Doing volunteer work to help others is truly worthwhile.

Related terms

worth one’s while

Translations

good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on

Chinese:
Mandarin: 值得做的
Dutch: de moeite lonend, de moeite waard, waardevol (nl)
Esperanto: inda (eo)
Finnish: vaivan arvoinen
French: de valeur, valant la peine
German: lohnend (de), wertvoll (de)
Interlingua: de valor, que vale le pena

Italian: che vale la pena
Maori: whaihua
Norwegian: umaken verd
Portuguese: vantajoso (pt)
Russian: сто́ящий (ru) (stójaščij)
Scottish Gaelic: fiach
Spanish: de valor, que vale la pena, que merece la pena, que compensa el esfuerzo
Turkish: değer (tr), faydalı (tr), yararlı (tr)

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Korean: ^{(please verify)} 값지다 (gapjida)
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} verdifull

Swahili: ^{(please verify)} dhamana (sw)

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