"whos" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /huːz/
enPR: ho͞oz Rhymes: -uːz Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} whos
  1. plural of who; often used along with whats, whys, hows, etc. Tags: form-of, plural Form of: who (extra: often used along with whats, whys, hows, etc)
    Sense id: en-whos-en-noun-dzIbVid4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English determiners, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Middle English interrogative pronouns, Middle English pronouns, Middle English relative pronouns Disambiguation of Middle English determiners: 80 5 5 3 3 3 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 78 5 5 3 5 5 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 76 5 5 3 6 6 Disambiguation of Middle English interrogative pronouns: 58 10 10 4 9 9 Disambiguation of Middle English pronouns: 71 7 7 2 6 6 Disambiguation of Middle English relative pronouns: 64 10 10 2 7 7

Determiner [Middle English]

IPA: /hwɔːs/, /hwoːs/, /hwɑːs/ (note: early), /hwaːs/ [Northern]
Etymology: table From Old English hwæs, hwes (genitive of hwā), from Proto-West Germanic *hwes (genitive of *hwaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *hwes (dative of *hwaz), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷésyo (genitive of *kʷís). The usual vocalism is due to influence from who and whom; forms with the expected vocalism are found sporadically in Early Middle English. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|whose}} table, {{inh|enm|ang|hwæs}} Old English hwæs, {{m|ang|hwes}} hwes, {{m|ang|hwā}} hwā, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*hwes}} Proto-West Germanic *hwes, {{m|gmw-pro|*hwaʀ}} *hwaʀ, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*hwes}} Proto-Germanic *hwes, {{m|gem-pro|*hwaz}} *hwaz, {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*kʷésyo}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷésyo, {{m|ine-pro|*kʷís}} *kʷís, {{m|enm|who}} who, {{m|enm|whom}} whom Head templates: {{head|enm|determiner}} whos
  1. (relative) whose, of who Tags: relative
    Sense id: en-whos-enm-det-p79XozSj
  2. (interrogative, rare) whose, of who Tags: interrogative, rare
    Sense id: en-whos-enm-det-p79XozSj1
  3. (relative, rare) of which (inanimate) Tags: rare, relative
    Sense id: en-whos-enm-det--6-Vs~P-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hoes, hos, hose, hosse, hoys, huas, qwoys, was, whas, whoes, whois, whoos, whose, wos, wose, quas [Northern], whase, whayse, hwæs, hwes, hwos Synonyms (early): hwas Disambiguation of 'early': 0 0 0 0 0

Pronoun [Middle English]

IPA: /hwɔːs/, /hwoːs/, /hwɑːs/ (note: early), /hwaːs/ [Northern] Forms: who [nominative]
Etymology: table From Old English hwæs, hwes (genitive of hwā), from Proto-West Germanic *hwes (genitive of *hwaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *hwes (dative of *hwaz), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷésyo (genitive of *kʷís). The usual vocalism is due to influence from who and whom; forms with the expected vocalism are found sporadically in Early Middle English. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|whose}} table, {{inh|enm|ang|hwæs}} Old English hwæs, {{m|ang|hwes}} hwes, {{m|ang|hwā}} hwā, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*hwes}} Proto-West Germanic *hwes, {{m|gmw-pro|*hwaʀ}} *hwaʀ, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*hwes}} Proto-Germanic *hwes, {{m|gem-pro|*hwaz}} *hwaz, {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*kʷésyo}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷésyo, {{m|ine-pro|*kʷís}} *kʷís, {{m|enm|who}} who, {{m|enm|whom}} whom Head templates: {{head|enm|pronoun|singular or plural, genitive case, nominative|who}} whos (singular or plural, genitive case, nominative who)
  1. (relative) whose (genitive) Tags: genitive, plural, relative, singular
    Sense id: en-whos-enm-pron-BiWTQbBi
  2. (interrogative, rare) whose (genitive) Tags: genitive, interrogative, plural, rare, singular
    Sense id: en-whos-enm-pron-BiWTQbBi1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hoes, hos, hose, hosse, hoys, huas, qwoys, was, whas, whoes, whois, whoos, whose, wos, wose, quas [Northern], whase, whayse, hwæs, hwes, hwos Synonyms (early): hwas Disambiguation of 'early': 0 0 0 0 0

Alternative forms

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    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
      "expansion": "whos",
      "name": "head"
    }
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        "English non-lemma forms",
        "English noun forms",
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        "English terms with homophones",
        "Rhymes:English/uːz"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Closing of Duffy trial takes proceedings from the whos and whats to why and how."
        },
        {
          "text": "The whos and wheres and whens and whats of his expenses were the meat of the weeks of testimony that dragged on far longer than anyone expected"
        }
      ],
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        }
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        "plural of who; often used along with whats, whys, hows, etc."
      ],
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        [
          "who",
          "who#English"
        ],
        [
          "whats",
          "whats#English"
        ],
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          "whys",
          "whys#English"
        ],
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          "hows",
          "hows#English"
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        "form-of",
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      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/huːz/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːz"
    },
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      "homophone": "whose"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "who's"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ho͞oz"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Middle English pronouns",
    "Middle English relative pronouns",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation"
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        }
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "whase"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
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    }
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "whose"
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      "name": "etymid"
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "hwæs"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "hwes"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "hwā"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "*hwaʀ",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hwes"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwes",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*hwaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*hwaz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷésyo"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*kʷís"
      },
      "expansion": "*kʷís",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "who"
      },
      "expansion": "who",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "whom"
      },
      "expansion": "whom",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "table\nFrom Old English hwæs, hwes (genitive of hwā), from Proto-West Germanic *hwes (genitive of *hwaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *hwes (dative of *hwaz), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷésyo (genitive of *kʷís).\nThe usual vocalism is due to influence from who and whom; forms with the expected vocalism are found sporadically in Early Middle English.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "who",
      "tags": [
        "nominative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "3": "singular or plural, genitive case, nominative",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "whose (genitive)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whose",
          "whose#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(relative) whose (genitive)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "relative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whose (genitive)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whose",
          "whose#English"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative, rare) whose (genitive)"
      ],
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        "genitive",
        "interrogative",
        "plural",
        "rare",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hwɔːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hwoːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hwɑːs/",
      "note": "early"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hwaːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "hoes"
    },
    {
      "word": "hos"
    },
    {
      "word": "hose"
    },
    {
      "word": "hosse"
    },
    {
      "word": "hoys"
    },
    {
      "word": "huas"
    },
    {
      "word": "qwoys"
    },
    {
      "word": "was"
    },
    {
      "word": "whas"
    },
    {
      "word": "whoes"
    },
    {
      "word": "whois"
    },
    {
      "word": "whoos"
    },
    {
      "word": "whose"
    },
    {
      "word": "wos"
    },
    {
      "word": "wose"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ],
      "word": "quas"
    },
    {
      "word": "whase"
    },
    {
      "word": "whayse"
    },
    {
      "sense": "early",
      "word": "hwas"
    },
    {
      "word": "hwæs"
    },
    {
      "word": "hwes"
    },
    {
      "word": "hwos"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "Middle English interrogative pronouns",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English pronouns",
    "Middle English relative pronouns",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "whose"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "whase"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: whase"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "yol",
            "2": "fose"
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      "name": "etymid"
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        "2": "ang",
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hwes"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hwes"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwes",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "*kʷís"
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "who"
      },
      "expansion": "who",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "whom"
      },
      "expansion": "whom",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "table\nFrom Old English hwæs, hwes (genitive of hwā), from Proto-West Germanic *hwes (genitive of *hwaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *hwes (dative of *hwaz), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷésyo (genitive of *kʷís).\nThe usual vocalism is due to influence from who and whom; forms with the expected vocalism are found sporadically in Early Middle English.",
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "det",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "whose, of who"
      ],
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        [
          "whose",
          "whose#English"
        ],
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ],
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ]
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        "(relative) whose, of who"
      ],
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        "relative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whose, of who"
      ],
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        [
          "whose",
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          "who",
          "who"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
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        "of which (inanimate)"
      ],
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        [
          "which",
          "which#English"
        ]
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        "(relative, rare) of which (inanimate)"
      ],
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        "rare",
        "relative"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/hwɔːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hwoːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hwɑːs/",
      "note": "early"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hwaːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ]
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  ],
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      "word": "hoes"
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    {
      "word": "hos"
    },
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      "word": "hose"
    },
    {
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    },
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      "word": "hoys"
    },
    {
      "word": "huas"
    },
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      "word": "qwoys"
    },
    {
      "word": "was"
    },
    {
      "word": "whas"
    },
    {
      "word": "whoes"
    },
    {
      "word": "whois"
    },
    {
      "word": "whoos"
    },
    {
      "word": "whose"
    },
    {
      "word": "wos"
    },
    {
      "word": "wose"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ],
      "word": "quas"
    },
    {
      "word": "whase"
    },
    {
      "word": "whayse"
    },
    {
      "sense": "early",
      "word": "hwas"
    },
    {
      "word": "hwæs"
    },
    {
      "word": "hwes"
    },
    {
      "word": "hwos"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whos"
}

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