who

Signification (Anglais)

Pron

1. What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question.
2. Introduces a relative clause having a human antecedent.
3. Introduces a relative clause having a human antecedent.
4. Whoever, he who, they who.

Noun

A person under discussion; a question of which person.

Det

whose

Concepts

qui

que

lequel

quel

qu’

quels

quelles

lesquelles

qui est-ce qui

quelle

autre jour

ce qui

10.qui

dont

laquelle

le

lequel est-ce qui

où

qu’est-ce qui

qui est-ce que

quoi

autre fois

Synonymes

which

that

what

whom

someone

which person

somebody

where

person

🧑‍🦱

any

which one

people

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

which people

pron./pron.m.,f.

with whom

it is said

those who

which one’s

what kind of person

son of Manu Vaivasvata

anybody

anyone

he

👨

here

he who

self

she

👩

something

the

them

they

those

whose

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/huː/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English who, hwo, huo, wha, hwoa, hwa, from Old English hwā (dative hwām, genitive hwæs), from Proto-West Germanic *hwaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷis.
The sound change /hw/ > /h/ (without a corresponding change in spelling) was due to wh-cluster reduction after an irregular change of /ɑː/ to /oː/ in Middle English (instead of the expected /ɔː/) and further to /uː/ regularly in Early Modern English. A similar change occurred in two. Compare how, which underwent wh-reduction earlier (in Old English), and thus is spelt with h.
Compare Scots wha, West Frisian wa, Dutch wie, Low German we, German wer, Danish hvem, Norwegian Bokmål hvem, Norwegian Nynorsk kven, Icelandic hver.

Phrases

Despite this she would bring back home people who needed help .

Malgré cela, elle ramènerait des gens à la maison qui avaient besoin d'aide.

I have to find a man who knows that universal language .

Je dois trouver un homme qui connaît cette langue universelle.

The town was named by a soldier who served under Napoleon Bonaparte .

La ville a été nommée par un soldat qui a servi sous Napoléon Bonaparte.

This is about animals with snouts who dance to music .

Il s'agit d'animaux avec des museaux qui dansent sur la musique.

Jim Broadbent had a twin sister who died at birth .

Jim Broadbent avait une sœur jumelle décédée à la naissance.

This enrages the farmers , who decide to hunt them down and kill them .

Cela enrage les agriculteurs, qui décident de les traquer et de les tuer.

They are room staff who perform the work of admission and control , and seller-speaker.

Ce sont du personnel de chambre qui effectue le travail d'admission et de contrôle, et le vendeur.

These were often produced by printers who specialised in them .

Ceux-ci étaient souvent produits par des imprimantes qui se sont spécialisées en eux.