See who on Wiktionary
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "They are good people who are working hard."
},
{
"text": "We saw Kim, who was in his car."
},
{
"text": "We asked everybody who was there."
},
{
"text": "It was you who lost the keys, not me."
}
],
"glosses": [
"You use who to add a clause to explain more about the person or people you're talking about."
],
"id": "simple-who-en-pron-G8Mohv8Q",
"raw_tags": [
"relative"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Who was on the phone?"
},
{
"text": "Who's your new teacher?"
},
{
"text": "Who did you meet today?"
},
{
"text": "He told me who was there."
},
{
"text": "I'll ask who can help us."
}
],
"glosses": [
"You use who to ask about a person or people."
],
"id": "simple-who-en-pron-DiBnbWUx",
"raw_tags": [
"question"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/huː/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"sampa": "/hu:/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hu/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"sampa": "/hu/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-who.ogg",
"raw_tags": [
"Audio"
],
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-uk-who.ogg",
"raw_tags": [
"Audio"
],
"tags": [
"UK"
]
}
],
"word": "who"
}
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "They are good people who are working hard."
},
{
"text": "We saw Kim, who was in his car."
},
{
"text": "We asked everybody who was there."
},
{
"text": "It was you who lost the keys, not me."
}
],
"glosses": [
"You use who to add a clause to explain more about the person or people you're talking about."
],
"raw_tags": [
"relative"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Who was on the phone?"
},
{
"text": "Who's your new teacher?"
},
{
"text": "Who did you meet today?"
},
{
"text": "He told me who was there."
},
{
"text": "I'll ask who can help us."
}
],
"glosses": [
"You use who to ask about a person or people."
],
"raw_tags": [
"question"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/huː/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"sampa": "/hu:/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hu/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"sampa": "/hu/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-who.ogg",
"raw_tags": [
"Audio"
],
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-uk-who.ogg",
"raw_tags": [
"Audio"
],
"tags": [
"UK"
]
}
],
"word": "who"
}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-24 from the simplewiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (5d527b9 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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