whose

Meaning

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.

Concepts

whose

of which

which one’s

of whom

someone’s

which

relating to whom

who

some things

Pronounced as (IPA)

/huːz/

Etymology

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

Sentences

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

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