whose

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• UK, US: /huːz/
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• homophone: who's
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• homophone: whos
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• CMU ARPABET: HH UW1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English whos, from Old English hwæs, from Proto-Germanic *hwes, genitive case of *hwaz (“who”) *hwat (“what”).

220 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Southern Altai: кемдийи (kemdiyi) — of whom (interrogative)
• Southern Altai: кемниҥ (kemniŋ) — of whom (interrogative)
• Arabic: لِمَن (liman) — of whom (interrogative)
• Belarusian: чый (čyj) — of whom (interrogative)
• Bulgarian: чий (čij) — of whom (interrogative)
• Catalan: de qui — of whom (interrogative)
• Chickasaw: kata — of whom (interrogative)
• Chinese Mandarin: 誰的 /谁的 (shuí de, shéi de) — of whom (interrogative)
• Czech: čí — of whom (interrogative)
• Danish: hvis — of whom (interrogative)
• Dutch: van wie — of whom (interrogative)
• Dutch: wiens — of whom (interrogative)
• Dutch: wier — of whom (interrogative)
• Esperanto: kies — of whom (interrogative)
• Estonian: kelle — of whom (interrogative)
• Finnish: kenen — of whom (interrogative)
• French: à qui — of whom (interrogative)
• Galician: de quen — of whom (interrogative)
• Georgian: ვისი (visi) — of whom (interrogative)
• German: wessen — of whom (interrogative)
• Greek: ποιανού (poianoú) — of whom (interrogative)
• Greek: ποιανής (poianís) — of whom (interrogative)
• Greek: ποιανών (poianón) — of whom (interrogative)
• Greek: τίνος (tínos) — of whom (interrogative)
• Ancient Greek: τινῶν (tinôn) — of whom (interrogative)
• Ancient Greek: τίνος (tínos) — of whom (interrogative)
• Ancient Greek: τοῦ (toû) — of whom (interrogative)
• Hebrew: שֶׁל מִי (shel mi) — of whom (interrogative)
• Hindi: किस का (kis kā) — of whom (interrogative)
• Hindi: किसका (kiskā) — of whom (interrogative)
• Ido: di qua — of whom (interrogative)
• Indonesian: punya siapa — of whom (interrogative)
• Irish: cé — of whom (interrogative)
• Irish: leis — of whom (interrogative)
• Italian: di chi — of whom (interrogative)
• Japanese: 誰の — of whom (interrogative)
• Japanese: どなたの (donata no) — of whom (interrogative)
• Kazakh: كىمنىڭ — of whom (interrogative)
• Kazakh: кімнің (kımnıñ) — of whom (interrogative)
• Korean: 누구의 (nuguui) — of whom (interrogative)
• Korean: 누구 것 (nugu geot) — of whom (interrogative)
• Kyrgyz: кимдики (kimdiki) — of whom (interrogative)
• Kyrgyz: кимдин (kimdin) — of whom (interrogative)
• Latin: cuius — of whom (interrogative)
• Latin: quorum — of whom (interrogative)
• Latin: quarum — of whom (interrogative)
• Macedonian: чиј (čij) — of whom (interrogative)
• Malay: milik siapa — of whom (interrogative)
• Malay: kepunyaan siapa — of whom (interrogative)
• Malayalam: ആരുടെ (āruṭe) — of whom (interrogative)
• Mazanderani: کنی (kënê, këni) — of whom (interrogative)
• Classical Mongolian: ᠬᠡᠨ ᠦ (ken-ü) — of whom (interrogative)
• Mongolian: хэний (xenii) — of whom (interrogative)
• Mongolian: ᠬᠡᠨ ᠦ (ken-ü) — of whom (interrogative)
• Navajo: háí bi- — of whom (interrogative)
• Norwegian Bokmål: hvem sin — of whom (interrogative)
• Norwegian Bokmål: hvems — of whom (interrogative)
• Norwegian Bokmål: hvis — of whom (interrogative)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kven sin — of whom (interrogative)
• Church Slavic: чии (čii) — of whom (interrogative)
• Old English: hwæs — of whom (interrogative)
• Polish: czyj — of whom (interrogative)
• Portuguese: de quem — of whom (interrogative)
• Russian: чей (čej) — of whom (interrogative)
• Russian: че́йный (čéjnyj) — of whom (interrogative)
• Serbo-Croatian: чѝјӣ — of whom (interrogative)
• Serbo-Croatian: čìjī — of whom (interrogative)
• Slovak: čí — of whom (interrogative)
• Slovene: čigáv — of whom (interrogative)
• Lower Sorbian: ceji — of whom (interrogative)
• Spanish: de quién — of whom (interrogative)
• Spanish: cúyo — of whom (interrogative)
• Spanish: cúya — of whom (interrogative)
• Spanish: cúyos — of whom (interrogative)
• Spanish: cúyas — of whom (interrogative)
• Swedish: vems — of whom (interrogative)
• Tagalog: kanino — of whom (interrogative)
• Tamil: யாருடைய (yāruṭaiya) — of whom (interrogative)
• Turkish: kimin — of whom (interrogative)
• Tuvan: кымның (kımnıñ) — of whom (interrogative)
• Tuvan: кым (kım) — of whom (interrogative)
• Ukrainian: чий (čyj) — of whom (interrogative)
• Urdu: کس کا (kis kā) — of whom (interrogative)
• Vietnamese: của ai — of whom (interrogative)
• Volapük: kima — of whom (interrogative)
• Yakut: ким (kim) — of whom (interrogative)
• Yiddish: וועמענס (vemens) — of whom (interrogative)
• Arabic: اَلَّذِي (allaḏī) — of whom (relative)
• Arabic: اَلَّتِي (allatī) — of whom (relative)
• Arabic: اَلَّذِينَ (allaḏīna) — of whom (relative)
• Arabic: اَللَّوَاتِي (al-lawātī) — of whom (relative)
• Catalan: el subjecte del qual — of whom (relative)
• Catalan: de qui — of whom (relative)
• Czech: jehož m or n jejíž f jejichž — of whom (relative)
• Danish: hvis — of whom (relative)
• Dutch: van wie — of whom (relative)
• Dutch: wiens — of whom (relative)
• Dutch: wier — of whom (relative)
• Esperanto: kies — of whom (relative)
• Estonian: kelle — of whom (relative)
• Finnish: jonka — of whom (relative)
• French: de qui — of whom (relative)
• French: dont — of whom (relative)
• Galician: de quen — of whom (relative)
• Galician: cuxo — of whom (relative)
• Georgian: რომლის (romlis) — of whom (relative)
• German: dessen — of whom (relative)
• German: deren — of whom (relative)
• Greek: του οποίου (tou opoíou) — of whom (relative)
• Greek: της οποίας (tis opoías) — of whom (relative)
• Greek: των οποίων (ton opoíon) — of whom (relative)
• Ancient Greek: οὗ (hoû) — of whom (relative)
• Ancient Greek: ἧς (hês) — of whom (relative)
• Ancient Greek: ὧν (hôn) — of whom (relative)
• Ancient Greek: οἷν (hoîn) — of whom (relative)
• Ancient Greek: αἷν (haîn) — of whom (relative)
• Hindi: जिसका (jiskā) — of whom (relative)
• Indonesian: yang — of whom (relative)
• Indonesian: yang mana — of whom (relative)
• Italian: il cui — of whom (relative)
• Kazakh: كىمنىڭ — of whom (relative)
• Kazakh: кімнің (kımnıñ) — of whom (relative)
• Latin: cuius — of whom (relative)
• Latin: quorum — of whom (relative)
• Latin: quarum — of whom (relative)
• Classical Mongolian: ᠬᠡᠨ ᠦ (ken-ü) — of whom (relative)
• Mongolian: хэний (xenii) — of whom (relative)
• Mongolian: ᠬᠡᠨ ᠦ (ken-ü) — of whom (relative)
• Nheengatu: waá — of whom (relative)
• Norwegian: hvis — of whom (relative)
• Polish: który — of whom (relative)
• Portuguese: cujo — of whom (relative)
• Portuguese: cuja — of whom (relative)
• Romanian: cui — of whom (relative)
• Russian: чей (čej) — of whom (relative)
• Slovene: čígar — of whom (relative)
• Spanish: de quien — of whom (relative)
• Spanish: cuyo — of whom (relative)
• Spanish: cuya — of whom (relative)
• Spanish: cuyos — of whom (relative)
• Spanish: cuyas — of whom (relative)
• Swedish: vars — of whom (relative)
• Tuvan: кымның (kımnıñ) — of whom (relative)
• Tuvan: кым (kım) — of whom (relative)
• Urdu: جس کا (jis kā) — of whom (relative)
• Yakut: ким (kim) — of whom (relative)
• Czech: jehož m or n jejíž f jejichž — of which (relative)
• Danish: hvis — of which (relative)
• Dutch: waarvan — of which (relative)
• Esperanto: kies — of which (relative)
• Estonian: mille — of which (relative)
• Finnish: jonka — of which (relative)
• French: dont — of which (relative)
• French: duquel — of which (relative)
• French: de laquelle — of which (relative)
• French: desquels — of which (relative)
• French: desquelles — of which (relative)
• Galician: cuxo — of which (relative)
• Galician: cuxa — of which (relative)
• Georgian: რომლის (romlis) — of which (relative)
• German: dessen — of which (relative)
• German: deren — of which (relative)
• Hindi: जिसका (jiskā) — of which (relative)
• Indonesian: yang — of which (relative)
• Indonesian: yang mana — of which (relative)
• Interlingua: cuje — of which (relative)
• Italian: il cui — of which (relative)
• Latin: cuius — of which (relative)
• Latin: quorum — of which (relative)
• Latin: quarum — of which (relative)
• Nheengatu: waá — of which (relative)
• Norwegian: hvis — of which (relative)
• Polish: który — of which (relative)
• Portuguese: cujo — of which (relative)
• Portuguese: cuja — of which (relative)
• Portuguese: cujos — of which (relative)
• Portuguese: cujas — of which (relative)
• Russian: кото́рого (kotórovo) — of which (relative)
• Russian: чей (čej) — of which (relative)
• Spanish: cuyo — of which (relative)
• Spanish: cuya — of which (relative)
• Spanish: cuyos — of which (relative)
• Spanish: cuyas — of which (relative)
• Swedish: vars — of which (relative)
• Urdu: جس کا (jis kā) — of which (relative)
• French: à qui? — (interrogative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• German: wem gehört/gehören? — (interrogative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• German: wessen — (interrogative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Hungarian: kié? — (interrogative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Kazakh: كىمدىكى — (interrogative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Kazakh: кімдікі (kımdıkı) — (interrogative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Latin: cuius — (interrogative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Manchu: ᠸᡝᡳ᠌ᠩᡤᡝ (weingge) — (interrogative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Classical Mongolian: ᠬᠡᠨ᠋ᠡᠶᠢᠬᠢ (keneyiki) — (interrogative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Mongolian: хэнийх (xeniix) — (interrogative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Mongolian: ᠬᠡᠨ ᠦ ᠬᠢ (ken-ü-ki) — (interrogative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Spanish: de quién — (interrogative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Spanish: cúyo — (interrogative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Spanish: cúya — (interrogative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Spanish: cúyos — (interrogative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Spanish: cúyas — (interrogative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Turkish: kiminki — (interrogative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Tuvan: кымныы (kımnıı) — (interrogative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Yakut: кимиэнэ (kimiene) — (interrogative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Hungarian: akié — (relative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Kazakh: كىمدىكى — (relative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Kazakh: кімдікі (kımdıkı) — (relative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Latin: cuius — (relative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Manchu: ᠸᡝᡳ᠌ᠩᡤᡝ (weingge) — (relative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Classical Mongolian: ᠬᠡᠨ᠋ᠡᠶᠢᠬᠢ (keneyiki) — (relative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Mongolian: хэнийх (xeniix) — (relative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Mongolian: ᠬᠡᠨ ᠦ ᠬᠢ (ken-ü-ki) — (relative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Portuguese: cujo — (relative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Spanish: de quien — (relative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Spanish: cuyo — (relative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Spanish: cuya — (relative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Spanish: cuyos — (relative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Spanish: cuyas — (relative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Tuvan: кымныы (kımnıı) — (relative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom
• Yakut: кимиэнэ (kimiene) — (relative) that or those of whom or belonging to whom