where

Signification (Anglais)

Adv

1. (interrogative, not-comparable) In, at or to what place.
2. (not-comparable) In what situation.
3. (not-comparable) In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).
4. (not-comparable) In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere.
5. (not-comparable, relative) In, at or to which.
6. (not-comparable) The place in, at or to which.
7. (informal, not-comparable) A situation or case in which.
8. (not-comparable) In a/the situation, position, case, etc. in which.

Conj

1. While on the contrary; although; whereas.
2. (informal) That.

Pron

What place.

Noun

The place in which something happens.

Concepts

où

vers où

là

ou

d'où

quoi

autre fois

autre jour

dans lequel

qui

là où

lorsque

où que

d’où

Synonymes

whither

which

when

there

whereabouts

what place

whence

what

place

which way

location

where to

where ... to

wherein

anywhere

whereabout

how

somewhere

who

which place

wherefrom

from

from where

wherever

in which place

that

nowhere

in

marks what

who type question

where is

ad loc.

from the time

a

🅰️

where at

after

at what

direction

haunt

inside

instead of

into

lit

over there

position

rather

room

since

than

thereafter

Traductions

wo

dove

donde

waar

dónde

wohin

onde

ubi

waarheen

on

nerede

πού

aonde

waarvandaan

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ʍɛə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: wher

Hérité de ancien anglais: hwǣr

In summary

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 *kʷo- (interrogative pronoun).

Phrases

Where do you come from ?

D'où viens-tu?

Where is your father ?

Où est ton père?

Where did they come from ?

D'où viennent-ils?

Where did it come from then ?

D'où vient-il?

Where did you say this man worked ?

Où avez-vous dit cet homme?

He attended the Art Center College of Design where he received his education .

Il a fréquenté le Art Center College of Design où il a reçu ses études.