Standard Lemma guide

where

adv · conj · noun · pron · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈwɛə/ wine–whine merger
  • [ˈwɛə] wine–whine merger
  • UK: wine-whine Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK: wine-whine Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈʍɛə/ without the wine–whine merger
  • [ˈʍɛə] without the wine–whine merger
  • /ˈwɜː/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
  • [ˈwɜː] Lancashire, fair–fur merger
  • British, Southern, Standard: /wɛː/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈwɛə/
  • Australian: /ˈweː/
  • Australian: [ˈweː]
  • /ˈwe̝ə/ without the cheer–chair merger
  • [ˈwe̝ə] without the cheer–chair merger
  • /ˈwɪə/ cheer–chair merger
  • [ˈwɪ̝ə] cheer–chair merger
  • /ˈwiə/ cheer–chair merger
  • [ˈwiə] cheer–chair merger
  • /ˈwɛɚ/ wine–whine merger
  • [ˈwɛɹ] ~ [ˈwɛɹ̩] wine–whine merger
  • US: wine-whine Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈʍɛɚ/ without the wine–whine merger
  • [ˈʍɛɹ] ~ [ˈʍɛɹ̩] without the wine–whine merger
  • US: non-wine-whine Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Scotland: /ˈʍeɹ/
  • Scotland: [ˈʍeɹ]
  • homophone: ware
  • homophone: wear (both wine–whine merger)
  • homophone: weir
  • homophone: we're (both cheer–chair merger, wine–whine merger)
  • homophone: whir (fair–fur merger)
  • homophone: were (fair–fur merger, wine–whine merger)
  • rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: W EH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: HH W EH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

In, at or to what place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: interrogative, not-comparable

Examples

  • Where are you?
  • He asked where I grew up.
  • Where are you going?
  • Where you going?
  • I've forgotten where I was in this book, but it was probably around chapter four.
  • I hardly knew where I was going.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: whither

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

In what situation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Where would we be without our parents?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Stay where you are.
  • Go back where you came from.
  • Let's go where it's warmer.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adv

Meaning 4

In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Please sit where you like.
  • Their job is to go where they are called.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adv

Meaning 5

In, at or to which.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, relative

Examples

  • This is the place where we first met.
  • He is looking for a house where he can have a complete office.
  • That's the place where we went on holiday.
  • Here's a picture of York, where I was born.
  • Show me an example where it happened that way.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adv

Meaning 6

The place in, at or to which.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Qualifier: fused relative

Examples

  • He lives within five miles of where he was born.
  • This is a photo of where I went on holiday.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adv

Meaning 7

A situation or case in which.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, not-comparable

Qualifier: fused relative

Examples

  • A function is where two variables are related.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adv

Meaning 8

In a/the situation, position, case, etc. in which.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • You cannot be too careful where explosives are involved.
  • Where no provision under this Act is applicable, the case shall be decided in accordance with the customary practices.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

conj

Meaning 9

While on the contrary; although; whereas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Riseshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/ Where the Joker preys on our fears of random, irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that’s been planned out with the precision of a military coup.
  • Where Susy has trouble coloring inside the lines, Johnny has already mastered shading.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

conj

Meaning 10

That.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Examples

  • I read where they caught the guy.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

The place in which something happens.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

pron

Meaning 12

What place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: interrogative

Examples

  • Where did you come from?
  • Where are you at?
  • Where are you off to?
  • Where you off to?
  • Do you know where you came from?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

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).

Across languages

Translations

738 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: waar — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Albanian: ku — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Southern Altai: кайда (kayda) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • American Sign Language: 1@Side-PalmForward SmallSidetoside — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Arabic: أَيْن (ʔayna, ʔayn) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Chadian Arabic: وين (wēn) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Arabic: فين (fēn) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Arabic: وَيْن (wēn) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Arabic: فين (fēn) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Iraqi Arabic: وَيْن (wēn) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Arabic: فين (fīn) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Arabic: فاين (fāyen) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Arabic: وين (wīn) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Najdi Arabic: وَيْن (wēn) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Arabic: وَيْن (wayn, wēn) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Arabic: وَيْن (wēn) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Sudanese Arabic: وين (wēn) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Aramaic: איכא [translit?] — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܝܟܐ (aykā) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Armenian: որտեղ (orteġ) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Armenian: ուր (ur) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Old Armenian: յո (yo) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Old Armenian: ուր (ur) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Ashkun: kū̃ — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Ashkun: koňo — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Asturian: ónde — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Australian Kriol: weya — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Awadhi: कहां (kahā̃) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Azerbaijani: harada — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Azerbaijani: hanı — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Bakhtiari: کوجه (kōje) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Belarusian: дзе (dzje) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Belarusian: адку́ль (adkúlʹ) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Bengali: কোথায় (kōthaẏ) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Bengali: যেখানে (jekhane) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Bhojpuri: कहां (kahā̃) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Bulgarian: къде́ (kǎdé) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Bulgarian: откъде́ (otkǎdé) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Burmese: ဘယ် (bhai) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Burmese: ပဇာ (pa.ja) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Catalan: on — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Chamicuro: na'yeni — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Chamorro: manu — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Cherokee: ᎭᏢ (hatlv) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Chichewa: pati — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Chinese Cantonese: 哪裡 /哪裏 /哪里 (naa5 leoi5) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Chinese Cantonese: 邊度 /边度 (bin1 dou6) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Chinese Cantonese: 邊處 /边处 (bin1 syu3) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Chinese: нани (nani) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Chinese: натар (natar) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 底所 (diē-nē̤ / dē̤-nē̤) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Gan Chinese: 哪裡 /哪里 (la3 li) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Hakka Chinese: 哪仔 (nai-é) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Hakka Chinese: 哪位 (nai-vi) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Chinese: 佗位 (tó-ūi, tōe, toeh, toh-ūi) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Chinese: 佗 (toh, tah, tio̍h) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Chinese: 佗落 (tó-lo̍h) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Chinese: 佗位仔 (tá-ūi-á) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Jin Chinese: 哪裡 /哪里 (na2 le1) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哪裡 /哪裏 /哪里 (nǎlǐ, nǎli) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哪兒 /哪儿 (nǎr) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哪 (nǎ) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 何處 /何处 (héchù) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Northern Min Chinese: 呢底 (nī-di̿) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Wu Chinese: 阿裡 /阿里 (6gha-li) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Xiang Chinese: 哪裡 /哪里 (la3 li) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Chuvash: ӑҫта (ăśta) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Ngazidja Comorian: nɗa — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Ngazidja Comorian: nɗahu — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Crimean Tatar: qayda — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Crimean Tatar: qayerde — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Czech: kde — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Czech: odkud — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Danish: hvor — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Dutch: waar — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Esperanto: kie — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Esperanto: kien — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Esperanto: de kie — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Estonian: kus — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Even: иду (idu) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Evenki: иду (idu) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Fang (Bantu): ve — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Fiji Hindi: kahaan — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Finnish: missä — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • French: où — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Old French: ou — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • West-Frisian: wêr — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Galician: onde — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Georgian: სად (sad) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Georgian: საით (sait) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Georgian: საიდან (saidan) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐍂 (ƕar) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌴 (ƕadrē) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐌸𐍂𐍉 (ƕaþrō) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Greek: πού (poú) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Greenlandic: sumi — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Hawaiian: aia i hea — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Hebrew: אֵיפֹה (efó) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Hebrew: מֵאַיִן (me'áyin) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Hebrew: הֵיכָן (hechán) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Higaonon: hindu — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Hiligaynon: diin — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Hindi: कहाँ (kahā̃) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Hindi: किधर (kidhar) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Hungarian: hol — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Ibanag: sitaw — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Icelandic: hvar — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Ido: ube — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Indonesian: ke mana — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Indonesian: di mana — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Ingrian: kus — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Ingrian: mis — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Interlingua: ubi — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Irish: cá — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Irish: cá háit — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Irish: cén áit — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Old Irish: cía airm — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Old Irish: cairm — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Old Irish: cía dú — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Italian: dove — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Japanese: 何処 (doko) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Japanese: どこ (doko) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Japanese: どうなる (dō naru) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Kamkata-viri: kuiua — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Kamkata-viri: kora — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Kapampangan: nokarin — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Kapampangan: nukarin — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Kapampangan: anta — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Kapampangan: ante — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Kapampangan: anto — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Kazakh: қайда (qaida) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Khmer: ឯណា (ʼae naa) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Khmer: ណា (naa) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Korean: 어디 (eodi) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Korean: 하처 (hacheo) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Krio: usay — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Central Kurdish: کوێ (kwê) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Northern Kurdish: kû — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Northern Kurdish: li kû — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Kyrgyz: кайда (kayda) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Lao: ທີ່ໃດ (thī dai) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Lao: ໃສ (sai) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Lao: ຢູ່ໃສ (yū sai) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Latgalian: kur — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Latgalian: kimā — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Latin: ubi — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Latin: quo — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Latin: unde — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Latvian: kur — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Lingala: wápi — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Lithuanian: kur — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Lutuv: khaalie — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Macedonian: каде (kade) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Maguindanao: andaw — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Malagasy: aiza — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Malay: di mana — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Malay: ke mana — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Malay: dari mana — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Maltese: fejn — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Manchu: ᠶᠠᠪᠠ (yaba) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Manchu: ᠠᠪᠠ (aba) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Northern Mansi: хо̄т (hōt) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Māori: hea — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Marathi: कुठे (kuṭhe) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Mauritian Creole: kot — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Mizo: khawnge — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Mongolian: хаашаа (xaašaa) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Mongolian: хаана (xaana) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Nahuatl: can — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Classical Nahuatl: cān — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Navajo: háadi — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Navajo: háájí — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hvor — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kor — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvar — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Occitan: ont — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Old East Slavic: къдѣ (kŭdě) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Ossetian: кӕм (kæm) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Pangasinan: iner — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Pashto: چېرې — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Persian: کُجَا (kujā) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Dari: کُجَا (kujā) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Iranian Persian: کُجا (kojâ) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Iranian Persian: کو (ku) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Pipil: kan — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Pipil: can — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Polish: gdzie — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Polish: skąd — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Portuguese: onde — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Quechua: may — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Réunion Creole French: ousa — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Romani: kaj — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Romanian: unde — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Romansh: nua — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Russian: где (gde) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Russian: отку́да (otkúda) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Sanskrit: कू (kū́) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Sanskrit: कुत्र (kútra) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Scots: whaur — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Scottish Gaelic: càite — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Scottish Gaelic: cà — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Serbo-Croatian: где̏ — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Serbo-Croatian: гдје̏ — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Serbo-Croatian: gdȅ — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Serbo-Croatian: gdjȅ — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Shor: қайда (qayda) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Sinhalese: කෝ (kō) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Sinhalese: කොහිද (kohida) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Slovak: kde — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Slovak: odkiaľ — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Lower Sorbian: źo — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Spanish: dónde — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Sundanese: timanten — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Swahili: wapi — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Swedish: var — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Sylheti: ꠇꠥꠘꠣꠘꠧ (kunano) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Tagalog: saan — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Tajik: куҷо (kujo) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Talysh: کیا (kiâ) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Tamil: எங்கே (eṅkē) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Tashelhit: ⵎⴰⵏⵉ (mani) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Tatar: кайда (qayda) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Telugu: ఎక్కడ (ekkaḍa) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Thai: ที่ไหน (tîi-nǎi) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Tooro: nkaha — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Tooro: aha — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Tumbuka: nkhuni — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Turkish: nerede — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Turkish: hani — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Ottoman Turkish: نرده (nerede) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Turkmen: nirede — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Ukrainian: де (de) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Ukrainian: зві́дки (zvídky) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Urdu: کَہاں (kahā̃) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Urdu: کِدَھر (kidhar) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Uyghur: نەدە (nede) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Uyghur: قەيەردە (qeyerde) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Uzbek: qayerda — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Uzbek: qayda — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Vietnamese: ở đâu — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Waigali: kiv — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Waray-Waray: ha-in — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Welsh: man — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Welsh: ble — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Welsh: lle — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Woiwurrung: mela — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Yaghnobi: ку (ku) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Yakut: ханна (qanna) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Yiddish: וווּ (vu) — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Yucatec Maya: tuʼux — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Zealandic: waer — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Zhuang: gizlawz — at what place; to what place; from what place
  • Arabic: أَيْنَ (ʔayna) — at or in what place
  • Arabic: فين (fēn) — at or in what place
  • Arabic: فين (fīn) — at or in what place
  • Arabic: فاين (fāyen) — at or in what place
  • Arabic: وين (wīn) — at or in what place
  • Arabic: وَيْن (wayn, wēn) — at or in what place
  • Bashkir: ҡайҙа (qayźa) — at or in what place
  • Basque: non — at or in what place
  • Belarusian: дзе (dzje) — at or in what place
  • Chechen: мичара (mičara) — at or in what place
  • Chichewa: kuti — at or in what place
  • Czech: kde — at or in what place
  • Danish: hvor — at or in what place
  • Dutch: waar — at or in what place
  • Esperanto: kie — at or in what place
  • Faroese: hvar — at or in what place
  • Finnish: missä — at or in what place
  • French: où — at or in what place
  • Galician: onde — at or in what place
  • Georgian: სად (sad) — at or in what place
  • German: wo — at or in what place
  • Ancient Greek: ποῦ (poû) — at or in what place
  • Ancient Greek: πόθι (póthi) — at or in what place
  • Hebrew: אֵיפֹה — at or in what place
  • Hindi: किधर (kidhar) — at or in what place
  • Hungarian: hol — at or in what place
  • Hungarian: merre — at or in what place
  • Icelandic: hvar — at or in what place
  • Ingrian: kus — at or in what place
  • Ingrian: mis — at or in what place
  • Northern Kurdish: li kû — at or in what place
  • Latin: ubi — at or in what place
  • Latin: ubinam — at or in what place
  • Lithuanian: kur — at or in what place
  • Mirandese: adonde — at or in what place
  • Mòcheno: bou — at or in what place
  • Nahuatl: can — at or in what place
  • Ojibwe: aaniindi — at or in what place
  • Old English: hwǣr — at or in what place
  • Old Norse: hvar — at or in what place
  • Polish: gdzie — at or in what place
  • Portuguese: onde — at or in what place
  • Quechua: maypi — at or in what place
  • Russian: где (gde) — at or in what place
  • Sindhi: ڪِٿي (kithé) — at or in what place
  • Slovak: kde — at or in what place
  • Slovene: kjé — at or in what place
  • Spanish: dónde — at or in what place
  • Swedish: var — at or in what place
  • Tibetan: ག་པར (ga par) — at or in what place
  • Turkish: nerede — at or in what place
  • Ukrainian: де (de) — at or in what place
  • Walloon: wice — at or in what place
  • Albanian: ku — at or in which place
  • Southern Altai: кайда (kayda) — at or in which place
  • Amharic: የት (yät) — at or in which place
  • Arabic: حَيْث (ḥayṯ) — at or in which place
  • Armenian: որտեղ (orteł) — at or in which place
  • Aromanian: iu — at or in which place
  • Assamese: ক’ত (köt) — at or in which place
  • Asturian: onde — at or in which place
  • Asturian: au — at or in which place
  • Azerbaijani: hara — at or in which place
  • Azerbaijani: harada — at or in which place
  • Bashkir: ҡайҙа (qayźa) — at or in which place
  • Basque: non — at or in which place
  • Belarusian: дзе (dzje) — at or in which place
  • Belarusian: куды́ (kudý) — at or in which place
  • Belarusian: адку́ль (adkúlʹ) — at or in which place
  • Bengali: কোথায় (kōthaẏ) — at or in which place
  • Bengali: কই (kôi) — at or in which place
  • Bhojpuri: कहाँ (kahā̃) — at or in which place
  • Central Bikol: sain — at or in which place
  • Central Bikol: hain — at or in which place
  • Central Bikol: nasain — at or in which place
  • Bulgarian: къде́ (kǎdé) — at or in which place
  • Bulgarian: откъде́ (otkǎdé) — at or in which place
  • Burmese: ဘယ်အရပ်မှာ (bhaia.raphma) — at or in which place
  • Burmese: ပဇာ (pa.ja) — at or in which place
  • Carpathian Rusyn: де (de) — at or in which place
  • Catalan: on — at or in which place
  • Chichewa: pati — at or in which place
  • Chickasaw: katiyakta — at or in which place
  • Chinese Cantonese: 邊度 /边度 (bin1 dou6) — at or in which place
  • Chinese Cantonese: 邊處 /边处 — at or in which place
  • Chinese: нани (nani) — at or in which place
  • Chinese: натар (natar) — at or in which place
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 底所 (diē-nē̤, dē̤-nē̤) — at or in which place
  • Hakka Chinese: 哪仔 (nai-é) — at or in which place
  • Hakka Chinese: 哪位 (nai-vi) — at or in which place
  • Chinese: 佗位 (tó-ūi) — at or in which place
  • Jin Chinese: 哪裡 /哪里 (na2 le1) — at or in which place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哪裡 /哪里 (nǎli) — at or in which place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哪兒 /哪儿 (nǎr) — at or in which place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 那裡 /那里 (nàli) — at or in which place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 那兒 /那儿 (nàr) — at or in which place
  • Wu Chinese: 啥地方 — at or in which place
  • Wu Chinese: 阿裡 /阿里 (6gha-li) — at or in which place
  • Xiang Chinese: 哪裡 /哪里 (la3 li) — at or in which place
  • Chinook Jargon: qha — at or in which place
  • Chinook Jargon: kah — at or in which place
  • West Circassian: тыдэ (tədɛ) — at or in which place
  • Crimean Tatar: qayerge — at or in which place
  • Czech: kde — at or in which place
  • Czech: odkud — at or in which place
  • Dalmatian: jo — at or in which place
  • Danish: hvor — at or in which place
  • Dutch: waar — at or in which place
  • Dutch: waarvan — at or in which place
  • Dutch: waarvandaan — at or in which place
  • Esperanto: kie — at or in which place
  • Estonian: kus — at or in which place
  • Faroese: hvar — at or in which place
  • Faroese: har — at or in which place
  • Finnish: jossa — at or in which place
  • Finnish: missä — at or in which place
  • Finnish: siellä missä — at or in which place
  • French: où — at or in which place
  • French: d'où — at or in which place
  • Friulian: dulà — at or in which place
  • Galician: onde — at or in which place
  • Georgian: სადაც (sadac) — at or in which place
  • Georgian: საიდანაც (saidanac) — at or in which place
  • German: wo — at or in which place
  • German: woher — at or in which place
  • Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐍂 (ƕar) — at or in which place
  • Greek: όπου (ópou) — at or in which place
  • Ancient Greek: ἔνθα (éntha) — at or in which place
  • Ancient Greek: ἵνα (hína) — at or in which place
  • Greenlandic: sumi — at or in which place
  • Hebrew: אֵיפֹה (eyfó) — at or in which place
  • Hebrew: הֵיכָן (heykhan) — at or in which place
  • Hindi: कहाँ (kahā̃) — at or in which place
  • Hindi: किधर (kidhar) — at or in which place
  • Hungarian: ahol — at or in which place
  • Icelandic: þar sem — at or in which place
  • Ido: ube — at or in which place
  • Indonesian: mana — at or in which place
  • Indonesian: di mana — at or in which place
  • Indonesian: ke mana — at or in which place
  • Interlingua: ubi — at or in which place
  • Italian: dove — at or in which place
  • Japanese: どこ (doko) — at or in which place
  • Japanese: そこ (soko) — at or in which place
  • Javanese: endi — at or in which place
  • Javanese: ing ngendi — at or in which place
  • Kabuverdianu: undi — at or in which place
  • Kalmyk: альд (alʹd) — at or in which place
  • Kashubian: dze — at or in which place
  • Kazakh: қайда (qaida) — at or in which place
  • Khmer: អ៊ីណា (ʔii naa) — at or in which place
  • Korean: 어디 (eodi) — at or in which place
  • Northern Kurdish: kû der — at or in which place
  • Kyrgyz: кайда (kayda) — at or in which place
  • Lao: ທີ່ໃດ (thī dai) — at or in which place
  • Lao: ໃດ (dai) — at or in which place
  • Latgalian: kur — at or in which place
  • Latgalian: kimā — at or in which place
  • Latvian: kur — at or in which place
  • Latvian: kamī — at or in which place
  • Limburgish: wo — at or in which place
  • Lithuanian: kur — at or in which place
  • Macedonian: каде (kade) — at or in which place
  • Malay: mana — at or in which place
  • Malay: di mana — at or in which place
  • Malay: ke mana — at or in which place
  • Maltese: fejn — at or in which place
  • Manchu: ᠠᠪᠠ (aba) — at or in which place
  • Manchu: ᠠᡳ ᠪᠠ (ai ba) — at or in which place
  • Māori: hea — at or in which place
  • Māori: tea — at or in which place
  • Western Mari: кышты (kyšty) — at or in which place
  • Mirandese: adonde — at or in which place
  • Central Sierra Miwok: myn·ným — at or in which place
  • Mongolian: хаана (xaana) — at or in which place
  • Mongolian: хаашаа (xaašaa) — at or in which place
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hvor — at or in which place
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kor — at or in which place
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvar — at or in which place
  • Occitan: ont — at or in which place
  • Persian: کُجَا (kujā) — at or in which place
  • Dari: کُجَا (kujā) — at or in which place
  • Iranian Persian: کُجا (kojâ) — at or in which place
  • Polish: gdzie — at or in which place
  • Polish: skąd — at or in which place
  • Portuguese: onde — at or in which place
  • Portuguese: aonde — at or in which place
  • Romanian: unde — at or in which place
  • Romanian: de unde — at or in which place
  • Romansh: nua — at or in which place
  • Russian: где (gde) — at or in which place
  • Russian: отку́да (otkúda) — at or in which place
  • Russian: куда́ (kudá) — at or in which place
  • Sardinian: àba — at or in which place
  • Scots: whaur — at or in which place
  • Scottish Gaelic: far — at or in which place
  • Serbo-Croatian: где — at or in which place
  • Serbo-Croatian: гдје — at or in which place
  • Serbo-Croatian: gde — at or in which place
  • Serbo-Croatian: gdje — at or in which place
  • Slovak: kde — at or in which place
  • Slovak: odkiaľ — at or in which place
  • Slovene: kjé — at or in which place
  • Somali: xaggee — at or in which place
  • Lower Sorbian: źož — at or in which place
  • Spanish: donde — at or in which place
  • Spanish: dónde — at or in which place
  • Swedish: där — at or in which place
  • Swedish: var — at or in which place
  • Tagalog: kung saan — at or in which place
  • Tajik: куҷо (kujo) — at or in which place
  • Tamil: எங்கே (eṅkē) — at or in which place
  • Thai: ที่ไหน (tîi-nǎi) — at or in which place
  • Thai: ไหน (nǎi) — at or in which place
  • Tibetan: ག་པར (ga par) — at or in which place
  • Tumbuka: nkhuni — at or in which place
  • Turkish: nerede — at or in which place
  • Turkmen: nirä — at or in which place
  • Turkmen: nirede — at or in which place
  • Ukrainian: де (de) — at or in which place
  • Ukrainian: звідки́ (zvidký) — at or in which place
  • Ukrainian: куди (kudy) — at or in which place
  • Urdu: جَہاں (jahā̃) — at or in which place
  • Uzbek: qayerda — at or in which place
  • Uzbek: qayda — at or in which place
  • Vietnamese: đâu — at or in which place
  • Volapük: kö — at or in which place
  • Yiddish: וווּ (vu) — at or in which place
  • Zealandic: daer-a — at or in which place
  • Arabic: إِلَى أَيْنَ (ʔilā ʔayna) — to what place
  • Bashkir: ҡайҙа (qayźa) — to what place
  • Belarusian: куды́ (kudý) — to what place
  • Chukchi: миӈкыри (miṇkyri) — to what place
  • Czech: kam — to what place
  • Danish: hvor — to what place
  • Danish: hvorhen — to what place
  • Danish: hvort — to what place
  • Dutch: waarheen — to what place
  • Dutch: waarnaartoe — to what place
  • Esperanto: kien — to what place
  • Faroese: hvagar — to what place
  • Faroese: hvar — to what place
  • Faroese: hvar til — to what place
  • Faroese: hvørt — to what place
  • Finnish: mihin — to what place
  • Finnish: minne — to what place
  • Galician: onde — to what place
  • Galician: a onde — to what place
  • Georgian: საით (sait) — to what place
  • Georgian: საითკენ (saitḳen) — to what place
  • German: wohin — to what place
  • Ancient Greek: ποῖ (poî) — to what place
  • Ancient Greek: ποῦ (poû) — to what place
  • Hindi: कहाँ (kahā̃) — to what place
  • Hindi: किधर (kidhar) — to what place
  • Hungarian: hova — to what place
  • Hungarian: hová — to what place
  • Hungarian: merre — to what place
  • Hungarian: merrefelé — to what place
  • Icelandic: hvert — to what place
  • Ingrian: kuhu — to what place
  • Ingrian: kunne — to what place
  • Ingrian: mihe — to what place
  • Latin: quō — to what place
  • Nahuatl: campa — to what place
  • Old English: hwæder — to what place
  • Polish: dokąd — to what place
  • Portuguese: aonde — to what place
  • Russian: куда́ (kudá) — to what place
  • Sindhi: ڪيڏانهن (kéddā̃h) — to what place
  • Slovak: kam — to what place
  • Slovene: kám — to what place
  • Spanish: adónde — to what place
  • Swedish: vart — to what place
  • Turkish: nereye — to what place
  • Ukrainian: куди́ (kudý) — to what place
  • Yiddish: וווּהין (vuhin) — to what place
  • Armenian: ուր (ur) — to which place or situation
  • Assamese: ক’ত (köt) — to which place or situation
  • Bashkir: ҡайҙа (qayźa) — to which place or situation
  • Belarusian: куды́ (kudý) — to which place or situation
  • Bengali: কোথায় (kōthaẏ) — to which place or situation
  • Bengali: কই (kôi) — to which place or situation
  • Central Bikol: kun sain — to which place or situation
  • Central Bikol: kun hain — to which place or situation
  • Central Bikol: kun nasain — to which place or situation
  • Bulgarian: накъде́ (nakǎdé) — to which place or situation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哪裡 /哪里 (nǎli) — to which place or situation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哪兒 /哪儿 (nǎr) — to which place or situation
  • Czech: kam — to which place or situation
  • Danish: hvor — to which place or situation
  • Dutch: waartoe — to which place or situation
  • Dutch: waarheen — to which place or situation
  • Finnish: sinne missä — to which place or situation
  • French: vers où — to which place or situation
  • Galician: a onde — to which place or situation
  • Galician: onde — to which place or situation
  • Georgian: საითკენაც (saitḳenac) — to which place or situation
  • Georgian: საითაც (saitac) — to which place or situation
  • Georgian: სადაც (sadac) — to which place or situation
  • German: wohin — to which place or situation
  • Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌴 (ƕadrē) — to which place or situation
  • Greek: οποίο (opoío) — to which place or situation
  • Ancient Greek: ὅποι (hópoi) — to which place or situation
  • Ancient Greek: οἷ (hoî) — to which place or situation
  • Ancient Greek: ἔνθα (éntha) — to which place or situation
  • Ancient Greek: ᾗ (hēî) — to which place or situation
  • Hebrew: לְאָן (l’án) — to which place or situation
  • Hindi: कहाँ (kahā̃) — to which place or situation
  • Hindi: किधर (kidhar) — to which place or situation
  • Hungarian: ahova — to which place or situation
  • Hungarian: ahová — to which place or situation
  • Icelandic: þangað sem — to which place or situation
  • Italian: laddove — to which place or situation
  • Japanese: どこへ (doko e) — to which place or situation
  • Korean: -으로 (-euro) — to which place or situation
  • Kyrgyz: каякка (kayakka) — to which place or situation
  • Latvian: kur — to which place or situation
  • Latvian: kurp — to which place or situation
  • Macedonian: накаде (nakade) — to which place or situation
  • Malay: ke mana — to which place or situation
  • Polish: dokąd — to which place or situation
  • Portuguese: onde — to which place or situation
  • Portuguese: aonde — to which place or situation
  • Quechua: mayman — to which place or situation
  • Romanian: încotro — to which place or situation
  • Romanian: unde — to which place or situation
  • Russian: куда́ (kudá) — to which place or situation
  • Scots: whaur — to which place or situation
  • Serbo-Croatian: куда — to which place or situation
  • Serbo-Croatian: kuda — to which place or situation
  • Slovene: kam — to which place or situation
  • Spanish: adonde — to which place or situation
  • Swedish: vart — to which place or situation
  • Swedish: dit — to which place or situation
  • Tagalog: kung saan — to which place or situation
  • Tamil: எங்கே (eṅkē) — to which place or situation
  • Turkish: nereye — to which place or situation
  • Ukrainian: куди́ (kudý) — to which place or situation
  • Urdu: جَہاں (jahā̃) — to which place or situation
  • Zealandic: daer'ean-a — to which place or situation
  • Czech: kde — in what situation
  • Danish: hvor — in what situation
  • Finnish: missä — in what situation
  • French: où — in what situation
  • Galician: onde — in what situation
  • German: wo — in what situation
  • Greek: πού (poú) — in what situation
  • Hungarian: hol — in what situation
  • Icelandic: hvar — in what situation
  • Northern Kurdish: li kû — in what situation
  • Latin: ubi — in what situation
  • Macedonian: каде (kade) — in what situation
  • Polish: gdzie — in what situation
  • Portuguese: aonde — in what situation
  • Russian: где (gde) — in what situation
  • Scots: whaur — in what situation
  • Tagalog: saan — in what situation
  • Telugu: ఎక్కడ (ekkaḍa) — in what situation
  • Vietnamese: ở đâu — in what situation
  • Walloon: wice — in what situation
  • Yiddish: וווּ (vu) — in what situation
  • Assamese: য’ত (zöt) — wherever
  • Central Bikol: dawa sain — wherever
  • Chinese Cantonese: 邊度 /边度 (bin1 dou6) — wherever
  • Chinese Cantonese: 邊處 /边处 — wherever
  • Chinese: нани (nani) — wherever
  • Chinese: натар (natar) — wherever
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 底所 (diē-nē̤, dē̤-nē̤) — wherever
  • Hakka Chinese: 哪仔 (nai-é) — wherever
  • Hakka Chinese: 哪位 (nai-vi) — wherever
  • Chinese: 佗位 (tó-ūi) — wherever
  • Jin Chinese: 哪裡 /哪里 (na2 le1) — wherever
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哪裡 /哪里 (nǎli) — wherever
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哪兒 /哪儿 (nǎr) — wherever
  • Wu Chinese: 啥地方 — wherever
  • Wu Chinese: 阿裡 /阿里 (6gha-li) — wherever
  • Xiang Chinese: 哪裡 /哪里 (la3 li) — wherever
  • Finnish: minne — wherever
  • Finnish: sinne minne — wherever
  • French: où que — wherever
  • Galician: onde — wherever
  • Ancient Greek: ὅποι (hópoi) — wherever
  • Ancient Greek: ὅπου (hópou) — wherever
  • Hindi: जहाँ (jahā̃) — wherever
  • Hindi: जिधर (jidhar) — wherever
  • Italian: laddove — wherever
  • Japanese: とこ (toko) — wherever
  • Korean: 어디든지 (eodideunji) — wherever
  • Malay: mana-mana — wherever
  • Swedish: vartän — wherever
  • Arabic: حَيْثُ (ḥayṯu) — the place in which
  • Asturian: onde — the place in which
  • Czech: kde — the place in which
  • Danish: hvor — the place in which
  • Dutch: waar — the place in which
  • Dutch: waarheen — the place in which
  • Dutch: waarvan — the place in which
  • Dutch: waarvandaan — the place in which
  • Esperanto: kie — the place in which
  • Finnish: siellä missä — the place in which
  • Finnish: sieltä missä — the place in which
  • Finnish: sinne missä — the place in which
  • French: où — the place in which
  • West-Frisian: dêr't — the place in which
  • Galician: onde — the place in which
  • German: wo — the place in which
  • Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐍂 (ƕar) — the place in which
  • Ancient Greek: ὅπου (hópou) — the place in which
  • Ancient Greek: ἔνθα (éntha) — the place in which
  • Ancient Greek: ἵνα (hína) — the place in which
  • Ancient Greek: ᾗ (hēî) — the place in which
  • Hebrew: איפה (eifo) — the place in which
  • Hindi: जहाँ (jahā̃) — the place in which
  • Indonesian: tempat — the place in which
  • Italian: dove — the place in which
  • Japanese: 場所 (basho) — the place in which
  • Latin: ubi — the place in which
  • Latvian: kur — the place in which
  • Macedonian: каде (kade) — the place in which
  • Macedonian: каде што (kade što) — the place in which
  • Malay: dari mana — the place in which
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hvor — the place in which
  • Norwegian Bokmål: der — the place in which
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kor — the place in which
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvar — the place in which
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: der — the place in which
  • Portuguese: onde — the place in which
  • Russian: где (gde) — the place in which
  • Scots: whaur — the place in which
  • Spanish: donde — the place in which
  • Swedish: där — the place in which
  • Tagalog: kung saan — the place in which
  • Turkish: nerede — the place in which
  • Vietnamese: nơi — the place in which
  • Vietnamese: chỗ — the place in which
  • Waray-Waray: diin — the place in which
  • Central Bikol: kun sain — legal: in the situation in which
  • Czech: kde — legal: in the situation in which
  • Danish: hvor — legal: in the situation in which
  • Finnish: mikäli — legal: in the situation in which
  • German: wo — legal: in the situation in which
  • Macedonian: каде (kade) — legal: in the situation in which
  • Malay: di mana — legal: in the situation in which
  • Portuguese: onde — legal: in the situation in which
  • Romanian: unde — legal: in the situation in which
  • Scots: whaur — legal: in the situation in which
  • Spanish: donde — legal: in the situation in which
  • Swedish: var — legal: in the situation in which
  • Tagalog: kung saan — legal: in the situation in which
  • Finnish: siinä missä — while on the contrary, although, whereas
  • French: là où — while on the contrary, although, whereas
  • Galician: aínda que — while on the contrary, although, whereas
  • Hungarian: míg — while on the contrary, although, whereas
  • Korean: -지만 (-jiman) — while on the contrary, although, whereas
  • Korean: -지마는 (-jimaneun) — while on the contrary, although, whereas
  • Polish: podczas gdy — while on the contrary, although, whereas
  • Portuguese: enquanto — while on the contrary, although, whereas
  • Swedish: medan — while on the contrary, although, whereas
  • Arabic: أَيْن (ʔayn) — the place in which something happens
  • Czech: kde — the place in which something happens
  • Dutch: waar — the place in which something happens
  • Dutch: waarheen — the place in which something happens
  • Dutch: waarvan — the place in which something happens
  • Dutch: waarvandaan — the place in which something happens
  • Esperanto: kie — the place in which something happens
  • Finnish: missä — the place in which something happens
  • French: où — the place in which something happens
  • Galician: onde — the place in which something happens
  • German: Wo — the place in which something happens
  • Hindi: जिधर (jidhar) — the place in which something happens
  • Hindi: जहाँ (jahā̃) — the place in which something happens
  • Indonesian: tempat — the place in which something happens
  • Italian: dove — the place in which something happens
  • Japanese: 何処 (doko) — the place in which something happens
  • Latin: in quo loco — the place in which something happens
  • Macedonian: каде (kade) — the place in which something happens
  • Macedonian: каде што (kade što) — the place in which something happens
  • Malay: di mana — the place in which something happens
  • Polish: gdzie — the place in which something happens
  • Portuguese: onde — the place in which something happens
  • Scots: whaur — the place in which something happens
  • Spanish: donde — the place in which something happens
  • Tagalog: kinaroroonan — the place in which something happens
  • Tagalog: kung saan — the place in which something happens
  • Vietnamese: ở đâu — the place in which something happens
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