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Meaning of whose | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Frequent
huːz

Definitions

  1. Honorific alternative letter-case form of whose, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context
  2. alternative form of cuy
  3. 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. wie se صِفَة أو ضَمير يُعَبِّر عن المُلكيَّه ويُسْتَعْمَل في الإسْتِفهام بمَعنى: لِمَن؟ чий cujo čí wessen hvis τίνος, ποιανού; de quién/quiénes kelle مال چه کسى kenen, keiden à qui; de qui שֶׁל מִי किसका čiji ki(k)nek a ...?; ki(k)é? milik siapa hvers di chi; quale だれの(もの) 누구의 kieno kā; kura siapa punya wiens,...
  4. of whom or which (the). Show me the boy whose father is a policeman; What is the name of the man whose this book is? wie se صِفَة أو ضَمير وَصْل يُسْتَعْمَل لرَبْط الجُمَل ويُعَبّر عن المُلكيَّه بين الإسْمَيْن чийто cujo jehož, jejíž dessen, deren hvis του οποίουcuyo kelle مال او jonka, joiden dont; à qui שֶׁהַ- שֶלוֹ जिसका čiji aki(k)é, aki(k)nek a ... yang hvers, sem cui, di cui* その~が~するところの …이(을) …하는 바의 kurio kura yang wiens, wierhvis którego دچا cujo al/a/ai/ale cui чей; которого ktorého,...
  5. The possessive form of who.
  6. The possessive form of which.
  7. of whom? belonging to whom? used in direct and indirect questions: I told him whose fault it was; whose car is this?.
  8. of whom; belonging to whom; of which; belonging to which: used as a relative pronoun: a house whose windows are broken.
  9. the possessive case of who used as an adjective: someone whose faith is strong.
  10. the possessive case of which used as an adjective: a word whose meaning escapes me; a cat whose fur is white.
  11. the one or ones belonging to what person or persons: Whose umbrella is that?
  12. used in relative clausesYou use a noun phrase containing whose /huːz/ at the beginning of a relative clause to show who or what something belongs to or is connected with. Whose is used in both defining and non-defining clauses.A noun phrase containing whose can be the subject or object of a verb, or the object of a preposition.It is a story whose purpose is to entertain.

Equivalents

العربية الذي
Español cuyo cuyos

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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