English Explanatory Dictionary

where

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv

In, at or to what place.
In what situation.
In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).
In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere.
In, at or to which.
The place in, at or to which.
A situation or case in which.
In a/the situation, position, case, etc. in which.

conj

While on the contrary; although; whereas.
That.

pron

What place.

noun

The place in which something happens.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɛə/ [ˈwɛə] En-uk-where.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-where.wav /ˈʍɛə/ [ˈʍɛə] /ˈwɜː/ [ˈwɜː] /ˈweː/ [ˈweː] /ˈwe̝ə/ [ˈwe̝ə] /ˈwɪə/ [ˈwɪ̝ə] /ˈwiə/ [ˈwiə] /ˈwɛɚ/ [ˈwɛɚ] ~ [ˈwɛɹ̩] en-us-where.ogg /ˈʍɛɚ/ [ˈʍɛɚ] ~ [ˈʍɛɹ̩] en-ne-where.ogg /ˈʍeɹ/ [ˈʍeɹ]

Word forms

where quhair quhar quher quhere wheres

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwaz Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Germanic *-r Proto-Germanic *hwar Proto-West Germanic *hwār Old English hwǣr Middle English wher English where From Middle English wher, from Old English hwǣr (“where”, literally “at what place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- (interrogative pronoun).

Synonyms

whither

Derived words

anywhere before one knows where one is black where it counts boldly go where no man has gone before credit where credit's due don't get your honey where you make your money don't get your meat where you get your bread don't shit where you eat drive a nail where it will go elsewhere everywhere every where every which where fools rush in where angels fear to tread where one is sitting where one sits give credit where credit is due go back to where you came from go hunting where the ducks are gold is where you find it home is where the heart is home is where you hang your hat hunt where the ducks are hunt where the ducks were know where one stands know where the bodies are buried let the chips fall where they may let the dice fall where they may let the door hit you where the good Lord split you meet someone where they are not know where to turn put one's money where one's mouth is start from where you are tell someone where to get off tell someone where to shove it there's more where that came from this is where I came in this is where we came in we are where we are whereabouts whereafter whereagainst wherealong where are the snows of yesteryear where are the toilets where are we where are we going where are you where are you from where are your parents whereas whereat where away whereby where can I find a hotel where does it hurt where does this bus go where does this train go where do I sign up where do you live

Translations

Albanian: ku Southern Altai: кайда Amharic: የት Arabic: حَيْث Armenian: որտեղ Aromanian: iu Assamese: ক’ত Asturian: onde Asturian: au Azerbaijani: hara Azerbaijani: harada Bashkir: ҡайҙа Basque: non Belarusian: дзе Belarusian: куды́ Belarusian: адку́ль Bengali: কোথায় Bengali: কই Bhojpuri: कहाँ Central Bikol: sain Central Bikol: hain Central Bikol: nasain Central Bikol: kun sain Bulgarian: къде́ Bulgarian: откъде́ Burmese: ဘယ်အရပ်မှာ Burmese: ပဇာ Carpathian Rusyn: де Catalan: on Chichewa: pati Chickasaw: katiyakta Chinese Cantonese: 邊度 /边度 Chinese Cantonese: 邊處 /边处 Chinese: нани Chinese: натар Chinese: 佗位 Eastern Min Chinese: 底所 Hakka Chinese: 哪仔 Hakka Chinese: 哪位 Jin Chinese: 哪裡 /哪里 Chinese Mandarin: 哪裡 /哪里 Chinese Mandarin: 哪兒 /哪儿 Chinese Mandarin: 那裡 /那里 Chinese Mandarin: 那兒 /那儿 Wu Chinese: 啥地方 Wu Chinese: 阿裡 /阿里 Xiang Chinese: 哪裡 /哪里 Chinook Jargon: qʰa Chinook Jargon: kah West Circassian: тыдэ Crimean Tatar: qayerge Czech: kde Czech: odkud Dalmatian: jo Danish: hvor Dutch: waar Dutch: waarvan Dutch: waarvandaan Esperanto: kie Estonian: kus Faroese: hvar Faroese: har Finnish: jossa Finnish: missä Finnish: siellä missä Finnish: mikäli

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