Complete Definition of "whose"

English

rank|woman|want|home|234|whose|words|given|hands

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK&General American|US) IPA|/hu�z/, SAMPA|/hu:z/

audio|en-us-whose.ogg|Audio (US)

Homophones
who's

Determiner
infl|en|determiner

  1. To whom does something/someone belong?

#: Whose wallet is this?

Translations
trans-top|to whom does something/someone belong?
Arabic: ARchar|��� (líman)
Chinese: 誰�, �� (shuí-de)
Czech: �í
Dutch: wiens, van wie
Finnish: kenen
French: dont
German: wessen
Hebrew: ש� ��
Italian: di chi
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Japanese: 誰� (���, dare no)
Korean: �구� (nugu-ui)
Portuguese: de quem
Russian: �ей (�ej)
Spanish: de quién
Swedish: vems
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Pronoun
en-pron|desc=relative pronoun

  1. Of whom.

#: The man whose dog caused the accident is standing here. ( = The man, the dog of whom caused the accident, is standing here)

  1. context|considered|_|nonstandard|_|by some Of which.

#: That�s the house whose roof is falling off. ( = That's the house the roof of which is falling off)

Translations
trans-top|of whom
Dutch: waarvan, wiens, van wie, wier
Esperanto: kies
Finnish: jonka
French: de qui m|f & p, duquel m, de laquelle f, desquels p, desquelles f|p
German: dessen m|n, deren f|p
Indonesian: yang, yang mana
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Italian: il cui
Portuguese: cujo m, cuja f
Russian: �ей (�ej)
Spanish: de quien
Swedish: vars
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trans-top|of which
Dutch: waarvan
Finnish: jonka
French: dont m|f & p, duquel m, de laquelle f, desquels p, desquelles f|p
German: dessen m|n, deren f|p
trans-mid
Italian: il cui
Russian: из ко�о��й|ко�о�ого (iz kotórovo)
Spanish: cuyo m, cuya f, cuyos p, cuyas f|p
Swedish: vars
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