English Explanatory Dictionary

whose

English dictionary entry

Meanings

det
  1. Of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's.
  2. Of whom, belonging to whom.
  3. Of which, belonging to which.
pron
  1. That or those of whom or belonging to whom.
contraction
  1. Misspelling of who's.
det
  1. Honorific alternative letter-case form of whose, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Pronunciation

/huːz/ en-us-whose.ogg

Word forms

whose

Etymology

From Middle English whos, from Old English hwæs, from Proto-Germanic *hwes, genitive case of *hwaz (“who”) *hwat (“what”).

Related words

Who Whom

Derived words

whose foot the shoe is on whose ox is gored you and whose army

Translations

Southern Altai: кемдийи Southern Altai: кемниҥ Arabic: لِمَن Arabic: اَلَّذِي Arabic: اَلَّتِي Arabic: اَلَّذِينَ Arabic: اَللَّوَاتِي Belarusian: чый Bulgarian: чий Catalan: de qui Catalan: el subjecte del qual Chickasaw: kata Chinese Mandarin: 誰的 /谁的 Czech: čí Czech: jehož m or n jejíž f jejichž Danish: hvis Dutch: van wie Dutch: wiens Dutch: wier Dutch: waarvan Esperanto: kies Estonian: kelle Estonian: mille Finnish: kenen Finnish: jonka French: à qui French: de qui French: dont French: duquel French: de laquelle French: desquels French: desquelles Galician: de quen Galician: cuxo Galician: cuxa Georgian: ვისი Georgian: რომლის German: wessen German: dessen German: deren Greek: ποιανού Greek: ποιανής Greek: ποιανών (poianón) Greek: τίνος (tínos) Greek: του οποίου Greek: της οποίας Greek: των οποίων (ton opoíon) Ancient Greek: τινῶν (tinôn) Ancient Greek: τίνος (tínos) Ancient Greek: τοῦ (toû) Ancient Greek: οὗ (hoû) Ancient Greek: ἧς Ancient Greek: ὧν (hôn) Ancient Greek: οἷν (hoîn) Ancient Greek: αἷν Hebrew: שֶׁל מִי Hindi: किस का Hindi: किसका Hindi: जिसका Ido: di qua Indonesian: punya siapa Indonesian: yang Indonesian: yang mana Irish: cé Irish: leis Italian: di chi Italian: il cui Japanese: 誰の Japanese: どなたの Kazakh: كىمنىڭ Kazakh: кімнің Korean: 누구의 Korean: 누구 것 Kyrgyz: кимдики Kyrgyz: кимдин Latin: cuius Latin: quorum Latin: quarum Macedonian: чиј Malay: milik siapa Malay: kepunyaan siapa Malayalam: ആരുടെ Mazanderani: کنی Classical Mongolian: ᠬᠡᠨ ᠦ Mongolian: хэний Mongolian: ᠬᠡᠨ ᠦ Navajo: háí bi- Norwegian Bokmål: hvem sin Norwegian Bokmål: hvems Norwegian Bokmål: hvis Norwegian Nynorsk: kven sin Church Slavic: чии French: à qui? German: wem gehört/gehören? German: wessen Hungarian: kié? Hungarian: akié Kazakh: كىمدىكى Kazakh: кімдікі Latin: cuius Manchu: ᠸᡝᡳ᠌ᠩᡤᡝ Classical Mongolian: ᠬᠡᠨ᠋ᠡᠶᠢᠬᠢ Mongolian: хэнийх Mongolian: ᠬᠡᠨ ᠦ ᠬᠢ Spanish: de quién Spanish: cúyo Spanish: cúya Spanish: cúyos Spanish: cúyas Spanish: de quien Spanish: cuyo Spanish: cuya Spanish: cuyos Spanish: cuyas Turkish: kiminki Tuvan: кымныы Yakut: кимиэнэ Portuguese: cujo
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