whom

Significat (Anglès)

1. (formal, interrogative) What person or people; which person or people.
2. (formal, interrogative) What person or people; which person or people.
3. (formal, relative) Used to refer to a previously mentioned person or people.
4. (formal) The person(s) whom; whomever.
5. (formal, informal) Also used with names of collective nouns that are groups of people, especially singularly-named musical groups or sports teams.

Conceptes

qui

Sinònims

who

which

that

what

to whom

anybody

for whom

anyone

somebody

someone

Traduccions

chi

wen

quem

que

wie

quién

wem

a chi

o quê

quien

qui

o que

a quién

waaraan

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/huːm/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: whom

Heretat de anglès antic: hwām

Cognat amb escocès: wham

Cognat amb alemany: wem

Cognat amb danès: hvem

Cognat amb suec: vem

In summary

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”).

Frases

His current wife is Nancy Lange , with whom he has a daughter .