English

rank|never|shall|most|102|where|those|own|old

Etymology
OE. hwær.

Pronunciation
a|RP enPR|hw��, IPA|/���/, SAMPA|/WE@/
a|US enPR|hw�r, IPA|/��ɻ/, SAMPA|/WEr/
audio|en-us-where.ogg|Audio (US)

Homophones
ware i|in accents with the wine-whine merger
wear i|in accents with the wine-whine merger

Conjunction
en-conj

1. While on the contrary; although; whereas.

#:Where Susy has trouble coloring inside the lines, Johnny has already mastered shading.

Translations
trans-top|the place in/at which; the place from which
Albanian: ku
Arabic: ARchar|ا�� (�éina)
:Egyptian: ARchar|��� (feen)
:Lebanese/Syrian: ARchar|��� (wayn)
Basque: non
Belarusian: дзе (dze)
Catalan: on
Chinese: �� (n�li), �� (n� ér=n�r)
Crimean Tatar: kayerge
Croatian: gdje
Czech: kde; odkud
Danish: hvor
Dutch: waar; waarvan, waarvandaan
Esperanto: kie
French: où, là où
German: wo; woher
Greek: ��ο� (οpu)
Hebrew: ��פ� (eyfó), ���� (heykhan)
Hungarian: hol
Ido: ube
Indonesian: ke mana, di mana
Italian: dove
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Japanese: �� (��, doko)
Kurdish: cihê
Persian: FAchar|کجا (kojaa)
Polish: gdzie; sk�d
Portuguese: onde (1), de onde (2)
Romanian: unde
Russian: где (gde); о�к�да (otkúda)
Scots: whaur
Slovene: kje
Spanish: donde; dónde
Swedish: där, var
Thai: THchar|�ี��ห� (têe n�i)
Turkish: nerede
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trans-top|the place to which
Arabic: ARchar|ا�� ا�� (�íla �éina)
Chinese: �� (n�li), �� (n� ér=n�r)
Czech: kam
Danish: hvor
Dutch: waartoe, waarheen
French: vers où
German: wohin
Greek: ο�οίο (opio)
Hebrew: ��� (la�án)
Hungarian: hova
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Polish: dok�d
Portuguese: aonde
Russian: к�да (kudá)
Scots: whaur
Spanish: adonde
Swedish: vart, dit
Turkish: nereye
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trans-top|the situation in which
Czech: kde
German: wo
trans-mid
Portuguese: em que
Scots: whaur
Spanish: donde
Swedish: var
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Adverb
en-adv|-

1. (used interrogatively, in either a direct or indirect question) At what place; to what place; what place.

#:Where are you?
#:Where are you going?
#:Where did you come from?

1. In what situation.

#:Where would we be without our parents?

Translations
trans-top|at what place; to what place; from what place
Arabic, Egyptian: ARchar|���� (mineen)
Crimean Tatar: kayda, kayerde
Czech: kde
Dutch: waar; waarheen; waarvan, waarvandaan
Esperanto: kie
Finnish: missä; mistä; mihin
French: où
German: wo; wohin; woher
Greek: �ο� (opu)
Hebrew: ���� (mei-ayin)
Indonesian: ke mana, di mana
Italian: dove#Italian|dove
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Japanese: �� (��, doko), ���� (d� naru)
Kurdish: kû, KUchar|ک��
Latin: ubi
Navajo: háadi
Norwegian: hvor
Polish: gdzie; dok�d; sk�d
Portuguese: onde; aonde; de onde
Romansch: nua
Russian: где (gde); к�да (kudá); о�к�да (otkúda)
Scots: whaur
Slovak: kde
Slovene: kje (at what place); kam (to what place); odkod (from what place)
Spanish: dónde; adónde; de dónde
Swedish: var (at what place); vart (to what place); varifrån (from what place)
Telugu: ����డ (ekkaDa)
Thai: THchar|�ี��ห� (têe n�i)
Welsh: man
Yiddish: ���ּ (vu)
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trans-top|in what situation
Czech: kde
Finnish: missä
German: wo
trans-mid
Portuguese: aonde
Scots: whaur
Tagalog: saan
Telugu: ����డ (ekkaDa)
Vietnamese: � �âu
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Pronoun
en-pron

1. The place in which.

#:He lives within five miles of where he was born.

Translations
trans-top|the place in which
Czech: kde
Dutch: waar, waarheen, waarvan, waarvandaan
Esperanto: kie
French: où
German: wo
Indonesian: tempat
Italian: dove#Italian|dove
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Japanese: 場� (���, basho)
Portuguese: de onde
Scots: whaur
Spanish: donde
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Noun
en-noun|-

1. The place in which something happens.

#:A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.

Translations
trans-top|the place in which something happens
Czech: kde
Dutch: waar n, waarheen n, waarvan n, waarvandaan n
Esperanto: kie
Finnish: missä
French: où m
German: Wo n
Indonesian: tempat
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Japanese: �� (��, doko)
Polish: gdzie
Portuguese: onde
Scots: whaur
Spanish: donde m
Vietnamese: � �âu
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Derived terms
rel-top3|Terms derived from where
anywhere
elsewhere
everywhere
every which where
whereabouts
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wherealong
whereas
whereby
wherefore
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wherein
whereof
whereupon
wherever
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Category:100 English basic words
Category:English homophones

ar:where
es:where
fr:where
ko:where
hy:where
io:where
it:where
kk:where
ku:where
la:where
hu:where
ja:where
pl:where
pt:where
ru:where
simple:where
fi:where
sv:where
ta:where
te:where
vi:where
tr:where
uk:where
zh:where

• 2007-12-30 15:38 - Ruakh - /* Adverb */ the sense of "from" is in the word "from", not the word "where".

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