whose

UK/huːz/

whose determiner: of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's. Also the misspelling of who's.

Determiner (1)

whose

(interrogative) Of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's.
- Whose (wallet) is this?
- We should buy a house. ~ With whose money?
(relative) Of whom, belonging to whom.
- This is the man whose dog caused the accident.
- Venus, whose sister is Serena, won the latest championship.
(relative) Of which, belonging to which.
- We saw several houses whose roofs were falling off.

Pronoun

whose

(interrogative) That or those of whom or belonging to whom.
- Several people have lost their suitcases. Whose have you found?
- He asked whose the umbrella was.
(relative) That or those of whom or belonging to whom.
- This car is blocking the way, but Mr Smith, whose it is, will be here shortly.
- For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 27:23

Determiner (2) capitalized: Whose

Whose

(honorific) Honorific alternative letter-case form of whose, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
- Saviour, Whose love constrained them / To toil with zeal untired,1931 January, Frank Houghton, “The Unfinished Task”, in China’s Millions, volume LVII, number 1, page 6

Also used as

whose is also the misspelling of who's.

whose meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

whose in Hindi

of whom (interrogative): किस का kis kā, किसका kiskā
of whom (relative): जिसका jiskā
of which (relative): जिसका jiskā

whose in Tamil

of whom (interrogative): யாருடைய yāruṭaiya

whose in Marathi

कोणाची, कोणाचे, कोणाचा

whose in Urdu

of whom (interrogative): کس کا kis kā
of whom (relative): جس کا jis kā
of which (relative): جس کا jis kā

More languagesFewer languages

whose in Malayalam: ആരുടെ āruṭe
whose in Punjabi: ਕਿਸ ਦਾ
whose in Tagalog: kanino
whose in Arabic: لِمَن liman, اَلَّذِي allaḏī, اَلَّتِي allatī, اَلَّذِينَ allaḏīna
whose in Malay: milik siapa, kepunyaan siapa
whose in Indonesian: punya siapa, yang, yang mana
whose in Vietnamese: của ai

Examples of whose in a sentence

For whose benefit are you acting.?
I dedicate this award to my parents, without whose help I wouldn't have made it this far.
The victim was a youngster, both of whose eyes were missing.
It is Marconi whose name is associated with the development of radio.
Ammon is an Egyptian god near whose temple ammonia and ammoniac were said to come.
This Duke Ricardo, Señores, as you probably know, is a grandee from Spain whose lands are the best in Andalucía.Part 1 published in 1605, Part 2 in 1615, translated in 2003, Miguel de Cervantes and translated by Edith Grossman, Don Quixote, page 185:

All 40 example sentences with whose

Origin of whose

From Middle English whos, from Old English hwæs, from Proto-Germanic *hwes, genitive case of *hwaz (“who”) *hwat (“what”).

Words formed from whose

Words that rhyme with whose

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Questions about whose

What does whose mean?: Whose means of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's.
What is whose in Hindi?: Whose in Hindi is किस का (kis kā), किसका (kiskā), जिसका (jiskā). See Whose meaning in Hindi.
How do you use whose in a sentence?: For whose benefit are you acting.?
What part of speech is whose?: Whose can be a determiner or a pronoun.
How do you pronounce whose?: Whose is pronounced /huːz/ (UK).

Words near whose in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: whose (page history and authors); Whose (page history and authors); whose (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); whose (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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