which

Meaning

Det

1. What, of those mentioned or implied.
2. The/Any ... that; whichever.
3. Designates the one(s) previously mentioned.

Pron

1. What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).
2. The/Any ones that; whichever.
3. In a non-restrictive relative clause, referring to something previously mentioned.
4. In a non-restrictive relative clause, referring to something previously mentioned.
5. In a non-restrictive relative clause, referring to something previously mentioned.
6. In a restrictive relative clause, referring to a noun previously mentioned.
7. In a restrictive relative clause, referring to a noun previously mentioned.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɪt͡ʃ/

Etymology

From Middle English which, hwic, wilche, hwilch, whilk, hwilc, from Old English hwelċ (“which”), from Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz (“what kind”, literally “like what”), derived from *hwaz, equivalent to who + like. Cognates include Scots whilk (“which”), West Frisian hokker (“which”), Dutch welk (“which”), Low German welk (“which”), German welcher (“which”), Danish hvilken (“which”), Swedish vilken (“which”), Norwegian hvilken (“which”), Icelandic hvílíkur (“which”).

Sentences

It also has a airport which is used by a flying academy .

Turn out the lantern which gives us light .

Close by is Rode Hall , the gardens of which are a tourist attraction .

There they formed a band from which Reece was shortly fired .

The following tables show which tapes are used on which days of various cycles .

There are several English names under which the surah is known .

I have already described the appearance of that colossal bulk which was embedded in the ground .

Somewhat in a class by itself is the Z-pinch, which has circular field lines .