English Explanatory Dictionary

whom

English dictionary entry

Meanings

pron
  1. What person or people; which person or people.
  2. As the object of a verb.
  3. As the object of a preposition.
  4. Used to refer to a previously mentioned person or people.
  5. The person(s) whom; whomever.
  6. Also used with names of collective nouns that are groups of people, especially singularly-named musical groups or sports teams.
pron
  1. Honorific alternative letter-case form of whom, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Pronunciation

/huːm/ en-us-whom.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Whom.wav /h(w)uːm/ /h(w)ɔːm/ /hwɒm/

Word forms

whom of who whome

Etymology

From Middle English whom, wham, from Old English hwām, hwǣm, from Proto-Germanic *hwammai, dative case of *hwaz (“who, what”). Cognate with Scots wham (“whom”), German wem (“whom, to whom”), Danish hvem (“who, whom”), Swedish vem (“who, whom”).

Related words

Who Whose

Derived words

to whom it may concern to whom this may concern whom am I kidding whomever whom're who whom

Translations

Afrikaans: wie Arabic: مَنْ Armenian: ում Asturian: quién Asturian: quienes Bulgarian: кого Bulgarian: кому Catalan: qui Catalan: quins Ngazidja Comorian: nɗo Ngazidja Comorian: nɗopvi Czech: koho Czech: kterého Czech: komu Czech: kterému Danish: hvem Finnish: kenet Finnish: ketkä Finnish: kenen Finnish: keltä Finnish: keneltä Finnish: keiltä French: que French: qui German: wen German: wem Haitian Creole: kimoun Hindi: किस Hungarian: kit Hungarian: kicsodát Ido: quan Italian: chi Latin: quem Latin: quam Latin: cui Latvian: kam Macedonian: кого Macedonian: кому Mari: кӧм Middle English: whom Norwegian Bokmål: hvem Norwegian Nynorsk: kven Occitan: que Occitan: a qui Occitan: qui Polish: kogo Polish: komu Portuguese: o que Portuguese: (for nonhumans) o quê Portuguese: quem Russian: кого́ Russian: кому́ Russian: кем Russian: ком Spanish: quién Spanish: quiénes Spanish: cuyo Swedish: vem Swedish: vilka Tagalog: kanino Tamil: எவன் Tamil: எவள் Tamil: எவர் Tamil: யார் Turkish: kimi Ukrainian: кого́ Ukrainian: кому́ Ukrainian: ким Volapük: kimi Volapük: kime Welsh: pwy Esperanto: kiu Esperanto: kiuj Esperanto: kiun Esperanto: kiujn
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