See whom in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "“Oh?” she said. “So you have decided to revise my guest list for me? You have the nerve, the – the –” I saw she needed helping out. “Audacity,” I said, throwing her the line. “The audacity to dictate to me who I shall have in my house.” It should have been “whom”, but I let it go. “You have the –” “Crust.” “– the immortal rind,” she amended, and I had to admit it was stronger, “to tell me whom” – she got it right that time – “I may entertain at Brinkley Court and who” – wrong again – “I may not.”",
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"text": "“A very hearty pip-pip to you, old ancestor,” I said, well pleased, for she is a woman with whom it is always a privilege to chew the fat. “And a rousing toodle-oo to you, you young blot on the landscape,” she replied cordially.",
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"text": "The eminent brain specialist to whom she alluded was a man I would not have cared to lunch with myself, our relations having been on the stiff side since the night at Lady Wickham's place in Hertfordshire when, acting on the advice of my hostess's daughter Roberta, I had punctured his hot-water bottle with a darning needle in the small hours of the morning. Quite unintentional, of course.",
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{
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"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
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{
"_dis": "16 16 20 19 29",
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},
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"_dis": "4 6 17 15 59",
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"parents": [],
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "what person; object of a verb (accusative)",
"word": "kanino"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "what person; object of a verb (accusative)",
"word": "kimi"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kohó",
"sense": "what person; object of a verb (accusative)",
"word": "кого́"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "komú",
"sense": "what person; object of a verb (accusative)",
"word": "кому́"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "what person; object of a verb (accusative)",
"word": "kimi"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "what person; object of a verb (accusative)",
"word": "pwy"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "man",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "مَنْ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "um",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "ում"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "komu",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "кому"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "komu"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "kterému"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "hvem"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "kiu"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "kiuj"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "kiun"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "kiujn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"tags": [
"singular"
],
"word": "kenen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "keiden pl (inflected for some prepositions)",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"tags": [
"singular"
],
"word": "keltä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"tags": [
"singular"
],
"word": "keneltä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "keiltä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "qui"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "wem"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "kimoun"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "chi"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "cui"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "komu",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "кому"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "whom"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "hvem"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "kven"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "a qui"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "qui"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "komu"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "o que"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "(for nonhumans) o quê"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "for humans",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "quem"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kovó",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "кого́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "komú",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "кому́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kem",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "кем"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kom",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "ком"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "quién"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "quiénes"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cuyo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"tags": [
"singular"
],
"word": "vem"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "vilka"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kohó",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "кого́"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "komú",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "кому́"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kym",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "ким"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "what person or people, object of a preposition (dative)",
"word": "kime"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "waarmee"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "waarvan"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "etc."
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "allaḏī",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular"
],
"word": "اَلَّذِي"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "allatī",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular"
],
"word": "الَّتِي"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "al-laḏayni",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"dual",
"masculine"
],
"word": "اَللَّذَيْنِ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "al-latayni",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"dual",
"feminine"
],
"word": "اَللَّتَيْنِ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "allaḏīna",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "اَلَّذِينَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "al-lātī",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "اَللَّاتِي"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "al-lāʔī",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "اَللَّائِي"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "al-lawātī",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "اَللَّوَاتِي"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "um",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "ում"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "quien"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "quienes"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "qui"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "quins"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "qual"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "jemuž"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "jehož"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "komu"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "koho"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "kterého"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "hvem"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "hvilken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "die"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "kiu"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "kiuj"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "kiun"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "kiujn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"singular"
],
"word": "joka"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "jotka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "que"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dem"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "der"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "den"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "die"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jis",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "जिस"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "cui"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "quam"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "quem"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "quod"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"dative"
],
"word": "cui"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "whom"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "ikao"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "for human beings",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "quem"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "que"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "o qual"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "a qual"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "os quais"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "as quais"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kotórovo",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "кото́рого"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kotóromu",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "кото́рому"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kotórym",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "кото́рым"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kotórom",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "кото́ром"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "quien"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "quienes"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "cual"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "cuyo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "som"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vilken"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vilket"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "vilka"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kótroho",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "ко́трого"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "relative pronoun (object)",
"word": "y"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"whom"
],
"word": "whom"
}
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[\"plural\"], \"word\": \"vilka\"}, {\"code\": \"uk\", \"lang\": \"Ukrainian\", \"roman\": \"kótroho\", \"sense\": \"relative pronoun (object)\", \"word\": \"ко́трого\"}, {\"code\": \"cy\", \"lang\": \"Welsh\", \"sense\": \"relative pronoun (object)\", \"word\": \"y\"}], \"wikipedia\": [\"whom\"], \"word\": \"whom\"}",
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