whose
Part of speech: det
pron
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English whos, from Old English hwæs, from Proto-Germanic *hwes, genitive case of *hwaz (“who”) *hwat (“what”).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's.
pos: det
tags: interrogative
examples: Whose (wallet) is this?
We should buy a house. ~ With whose money?
For whose benefit are you acting.?
gloss: Of whom, belonging to whom.
pos: det
tags: relative
examples: This is the man whose dog caused the accident.
Venus, whose sister is Serena, won the latest championship.
I dedicate this award to my parents, without whose help I wouldn't have made it this far.
The victim was a youngster, both of whose eyes were missing.
It is Marconi whose name is associated with the development of radio.
The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.[…]Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?
gloss: Of which, belonging to which.
pos: det
tags: relative
examples: We saw several houses whose roofs were falling off.
gloss: That or those of whom or belonging to whom.
pos: pron
tags: interrogative
examples: Several people have lost their suitcases. Whose have you found?
He asked whose the umbrella was.
gloss: That or those of whom or belonging to whom.
pos: pron
tags: relative
examples: This car is blocking the way, but Mr Smith, whose it is, will be here shortly.
For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
If he starts it on another man's lands, and kills it there, it belongs to the owner of the land; but if he start game on one man's lands, and pursue it to those of another, and kill it there, it is neither the property of the man on whose lands it is started, nor of him on whose it is killed, but belongs to the killer.
The notes on authors are extremely brilliant and incisive, not always in good perspective and sometimes freaky in their wit, as, for instance, the reference to Mrs. Holmes, of whose books it is said, "The secret of their long popularity has never been divulged by their readers," and Mrs. Harris, of whose it is said, "To a lively mind they should be conducive of profound sleep," which, whatever its faults, is by no means true of "Rutledge."
Derived words: whose foot the shoe is on
whose ox is gored
you and whose army
Translations:
lang: Southern Altai
word: кемдийи
roman: kemdiyi
lang: Southern Altai
word: кемниҥ
roman: kemniŋ
lang: Arabic
word: لِمَن
roman: liman
lang: Belarusian
word: чый
roman: čyj
lang: Bulgarian
word: чий
roman: čij
lang: Catalan
word: de qui
lang: Chickasaw
word: kata
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 誰的 /谁的
roman: shuí de, shéi de
lang: Czech
word: čí
lang: Danish
word: hvis
lang: Dutch
word: van wie
lang: Dutch
word: wiens
lang: Dutch
word: wier
lang: Esperanto
word: kies
lang: Estonian
word: kelle
lang: Finnish
word: kenen
lang: French
word: à qui
lang: Galician
word: de quen
lang: Georgian
word: ვისი
roman: visi
lang: German
word: wessen
lang: Greek
word: ποιανού
roman: poianoú
lang: Greek
word: ποιανής
roman: poianís
lang: Greek
word: ποιανών (poianón)
lang: Greek
word: τίνος (tínos)
lang: Ancient Greek
word: τινῶν (tinôn)
lang: Ancient Greek
word: τίνος (tínos)
lang: Ancient Greek
word: τοῦ (toû)
lang: Hebrew
word: שֶׁל מִי
roman: shel mi
lang: Hindi
word: किस का
roman: kis kā
lang: Hindi
word: किसका
roman: kiskā
lang: Ido
word: di qua
lang: Indonesian
word: punya siapa
lang: Irish
word: cé
lang: Irish
word: leis
lang: Italian
word: di chi
lang: Japanese
word: 誰の
lang: Japanese
word: どなたの
roman: donata no
lang: Kazakh
word: كىمنىڭ
lang: Kazakh
word: кімнің
roman: kımnıñ
lang: Korean
word: 누구의
roman: nuguui
lang: Korean
word: 누구 것
roman: nugu geot
lang: Kyrgyz
word: кимдики
roman: kimdiki
lang: Kyrgyz
word: кимдин
roman: kimdin
lang: Latin
word: cuius
lang: Latin
word: quorum
lang: Latin
word: quarum
lang: Macedonian
word: чиј
roman: čij
lang: Malay
word: milik siapa
lang: Malay
word: kepunyaan siapa
lang: Malayalam
word: ആരുടെ
roman: āruṭe
lang: Mazanderani
word: کنی
roman: kënê, këni
lang: Classical Mongolian
word: ᠬᠡᠨ ᠦ
roman: ken-ü
lang: Mongolian
word: хэний
roman: xenii
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠬᠡᠨ ᠦ
roman: ken-ü
lang: Navajo
word: háí bi-
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: hvem sin
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: hvems
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: hvis
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kven sin
lang: Church Slavic
word: чии
roman: čii
lang: Old English
word: hwæs
lang: Polish
word: czyj
lang: Portuguese
word: de quem
lang: Russian
word: чей
roman: čej
lang: Russian
word: че́йный
roman: čéjnyj
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: чѝјӣ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: čìjī
lang: Slovak
word: čí
lang: Slovene
word: čigáv
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: ceji
lang: Spanish
word: de quién
lang: Spanish
word: cúyo
lang: Spanish
word: cúya
lang: Spanish
word: cúyos
lang: Spanish
word: cúyas
lang: Swedish
word: vems
lang: Tagalog
word: kanino
lang: Tamil
word: யாருடைய
roman: yāruṭaiya
lang: Turkish
word: kimin
lang: Tuvan
word: кымның
roman: kımnıñ
lang: Tuvan
word: кым
roman: kım
lang: Ukrainian
word: чий
roman: čyj
lang: Urdu
word: کس کا
roman: kis kā
lang: Vietnamese
word: của ai
lang: Volapük
word: kima
lang: Yakut
word: ким
roman: kim
lang: Yiddish
word: וועמענס
roman: vemens
lang: Arabic
word: اَلَّذِي
roman: allaḏī
lang: Arabic
word: اَلَّتِي
roman: allatī
lang: Arabic
word: اَلَّذِينَ
roman: allaḏīna
lang: Arabic
word: اَللَّوَاتِي
roman: al-lawātī
lang: Catalan
word: el subjecte del qual
lang: Catalan
word: de qui
lang: Czech
word: jehož m or n jejíž f jejichž
lang: Danish
word: hvis
lang: Dutch
word: van wie
lang: Dutch
word: wiens
lang: Dutch
word: wier
lang: Esperanto
word: kies
lang: Estonian
word: kelle
lang: Finnish
word: jonka
lang: French
word: de qui
lang: French
word: dont
lang: Galician
word: de quen
lang: Galician
word: cuxo
lang: Georgian
word: რომლის
roman: romlis
lang: German
word: dessen
lang: German
word: deren
lang: Greek
word: του οποίου
roman: tou opoíou
lang: Greek
word: της οποίας
roman: tis opoías
lang: Greek
word: των οποίων (ton opoíon)
lang: Ancient Greek
word: οὗ (hoû)
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἧς
roman: hês
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ὧν (hôn)
lang: Ancient Greek
word: οἷν (hoîn)
lang: Ancient Greek
word: αἷν
roman: haîn
lang: Hindi
word: जिसका
roman: jiskā
lang: Indonesian
word: yang
lang: Indonesian
word: yang mana
lang: Italian
word: il cui
lang: Kazakh
word: كىمنىڭ
lang: Kazakh
word: кімнің
roman: kımnıñ
lang: Latin
word: cuius
lang: Latin
word: quorum
lang: Latin
word: quarum
lang: Classical Mongolian
word: ᠬᠡᠨ ᠦ
roman: ken-ü
lang: Mongolian
word: хэний
roman: xenii
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠬᠡᠨ ᠦ
roman: ken-ü
lang: Nheengatu
word: waá
lang: Norwegian
word: hvis
lang: Polish
word: który
lang: Portuguese
word: cujo
lang: Portuguese
word: cuja
lang: Romanian
word: cui
lang: Russian
word: чей
roman: čej
lang: Slovene
word: čígar
lang: Spanish
word: de quien
lang: Spanish
word: cuyo
lang: Spanish
word: cuya
lang: Spanish
word: cuyos
lang: Spanish
word: cuyas
lang: Swedish
word: vars
lang: Tuvan
word: кымның
roman: kımnıñ
lang: Tuvan
word: кым
roman: kım
lang: Urdu
word: جس کا
roman: jis kā
lang: Yakut
word: ким
roman: kim
lang: Czech
word: jehož m or n jejíž f jejichž
lang: Danish
word: hvis
lang: Dutch
word: waarvan
lang: Esperanto
word: kies
lang: Estonian
word: mille
lang: Finnish
word: jonka
lang: French
word: dont
lang: French
word: duquel
lang: French
word: de laquelle
lang: French
word: desquels
lang: French
word: desquelles
lang: Galician
word: cuxo
lang: Galician
word: cuxa
lang: Georgian
word: რომლის
roman: romlis
lang: German
word: dessen
lang: German
word: deren
lang: Hindi
word: जिसका
roman: jiskā
lang: Indonesian
word: yang
lang: Indonesian
word: yang mana
lang: Interlingua
word: cuje
lang: Italian
word: il cui
lang: Latin
word: cuius
lang: Latin
word: quorum
lang: Latin
word: quarum
lang: Nheengatu
word: waá
lang: Norwegian
word: hvis
lang: Polish
word: który
lang: Portuguese
word: cujo
lang: Portuguese
word: cuja
lang: Portuguese
word: cujos
lang: Portuguese
word: cujas
lang: Russian
word: кото́рого
roman: kotórovo
lang: Russian
word: чей
roman: čej
lang: Spanish
word: cuyo
lang: Spanish
word: cuya
lang: Spanish
word: cuyos
lang: Spanish
word: cuyas
lang: Swedish
word: vars
lang: Urdu
word: جس کا
roman: jis kā
lang: French
word: à qui?
lang: German
word: wem gehört/gehören?
lang: Hungarian
word: kié?
lang: Kazakh
word: كىمدىكى
lang: Kazakh
word: кімдікі
roman: kımdıkı
lang: Manchu
word: ᠸᡝᡳ᠌ᠩᡤᡝ
roman: weingge
lang: Classical Mongolian
word: ᠬᠡᠨ᠋ᠡᠶᠢᠬᠢ
roman: keneyiki
lang: Mongolian
word: хэнийх
roman: xeniix
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠬᠡᠨ ᠦ ᠬᠢ
roman: ken-ü-ki
lang: Turkish
word: kiminki
lang: Tuvan
word: кымныы
roman: kımnıı
lang: Yakut
word: кимиэнэ
roman: kimiene
lang: Hungarian
word: akié