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1. (pron.) whose
the one or ones belonging to what person or persons:
Whose umbrella is that?; Whosesoever books are overdue will be fined.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME whos, early ME hwās, alter. of hwas, OE hwæs, gen. of hwāwho)
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1. (determiner) whose
used to ask which person sth or sb belongs to or is connected with
Whose car is that?; Whose family is coming to the show?
2. (pronoun) whose
used to ask which person sth or sb belongs to or is connected with
Whose is that car?
3. whose
indicates that sb or sth belongs to or is connected with sb
the people whose jobs are at risk
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| Definition of 'whose' |
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1. whose
the possessive case of who or which. See Who, and Which
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Sense: belonging to which person(?)
Whose is this jacket?; Whose (jacket) is this?; Whose car did you come back in?; In whose house did this incident happen?; Tell me whose (pens) these are.
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 Afrikaans: wie se |
 Arabic: صِفَة أو ضَمير يُعَبِّر ع |
 Bulgarian: чий |
 Brazilian: cujo |
 Czech: čí |
 German: wessen |
 Danish: hvis |
 Greek: τίνος, ποιανού; |
 Spanish: de quién/quiénes |
 Estonian: kelle |
 Farsi: مال چه کسى |
 Finnish: kenen, keiden |
 French: à qui; de qui |
 Hebrew: שֶׁל מִי |
 Hindi: किसका |
 Croatian: čiji |
 Hungarian: ki(k)nek a ...?; ki(k)é? |
 Indonesian: milik siapa |
 Icelandic: hvers |
 Italian: di chi; quale |
 Japanese: だれの(もの) |
 Korean: 누구의 |
 Lithuanian: kieno |
 Latvian: kā; kura |
 Malay: siapa punya |
 Dutch: wiens, wier |
 Norwegian: hvis, hvem sin |
 Polish: czyj |
 Persian: مال چه کسى |
 Pashto: دچا |
 Portuguese: cujo |
 Romanian: al/a/ai/ale cui |
 Russian: чей |
 Slovak: čí |
 Slovenian: čigav |
 Serbian: čiji |
 Swedish: vems |
 Thai: ของใคร |
 Turkish: kimin, kimin[] |
 Taiwanese: 誰的 |
 Ukrainian: чий, чиї |
 Urdu: کس کا |
 Vietnamese: của ai |
 Chinese: 谁的 |
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