whose

Signification (Anglais)

Det

1. (interrogative) Of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's.
2. (relative) Of whom, belonging to whom.
3. (relative) Of which, belonging to which.

Pron

1. (interrogative) That or those of whom or belonging to whom.
2. (relative) That or those of whom or belonging to whom.

Contraction

Misspelling of who's.

Concepts

dont

duquel

de qui

desquels

desquelles

de laquelle

à qui

Synonymes

of which

which one’s

someone’s

of whom

which

relating to whom

some things

who

Traductions

cuyo

wessen

wiens

dessen

waarvan

de quién

di chi

wier

deren

van wie

wie d’r

wie z’n

ποιανού

welks

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/huːz/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: whos

Hérité de ancien anglais: hwæs

In summary

From Middle English whos, from Old English hwæs, from Proto-Germanic *hwes, genitive case of *hwaz (“who”) *hwat (“what”).

Phrases

Whose men are you ?

De quels hommes êtes-vous?

I don't care whose picture they're publishing .

Active voice is used in a clause whose subject expresses the main verb's agent .

La voix active est utilisée dans une clause dont le sujet exprime l'agent du verbe principal.

Colotenango is traditionally a Maya community whose residents speak the Mayan Mam language .

Colotenango est traditionnellement une communauté maya dont les résidents parlent la langue Mayan Mam.

The off-beat protagonist is the Crimson Tape , whose power is to make organizational charts .

Le protagoniste décalé est la bande cramoisie, dont le pouvoir est de faire des tableaux organisationnels.