whose

Signification

Det

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

Pron

1. That or those of whom or belonging to whom.
2. That or those of whom or belonging to whom.

Contraction

Misspelling of who's.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/huːz/

Étymologie

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

Phrases

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.