Definitions For Whom

Pronoun

{{en-pron, the singular and plural objective case of, who}} What person or people; which person or people, as the object of a verb. : {{ux, en, Whom did you ask?}} What person or people; which person or people, as the object of a preposition. : {{ux, en, To whom are you referring? With whom were you talking?}} Him; her; them (used as a relative pronoun to refer to a previously mentioned person or people.) : {{ux, en, He's a person with whom I work.; We have ten employees, half of whom are carpenters.}}

Usage notes

{{U:en:who and whom}} {{rel-top, Usage examples}} Subject (always who): Who ate my sandwich? There is the thief who ate my sandwich. i.e. The thief ate my sandwich. Direct object: Who(m) did you see? I saw an old friend who(m) I had not seen for years. i.e. I saw an old friend. Indirect object: Who(m) are you giving your apple to? She is the angel who(m) I'm giving my apple to. or To whom are you giving your apple? (fronted prepositional phrase, almost always whom) She is the angel to whom I'm giving my apple. i.e. I'm giving my apple to her. {{rel-bottom}}

Derived terms

{{rel-top}} to whom it may concern to whom this may concern {{rel-mid}} whomever whom're {{rel-bottom}}

Translations

Afrikaans: wie Arabic: مَنْ Armenian: ում Czech: koho, kterého Danish: hvem Esperanto: {{t+check, eo, kiu, alt=kiun}} , {{t+check, eo, kiu, alt=kiujn}} Finnish: kenet, ketkä French: que German: wen Haitian Creole: kimoun Hindi: किस Hungarian: kit, kicsodát Ido: quan Italian: chi Latin: quem, m, quam, f Latvian: kam Macedonian: кого, sc=Cyrl Mari: кӧм Ngazidja Comorian: nɗo, nɗopvi Occitan: que Polish: kogo Portuguese: o que, {{qualifier, for nonhumans}} o quê, {{qualifier, for humans}} quem Russian: кто, alt=кого́, кто, alt=кому́, кто, alt=кем, кто, alt=ком Spanish: quién, quiénes Swedish: vem, s, vilka, p Ukrainian: кого́, кому́ Volapük: kimi Welsh: pwy Afrikaans: {{t-check, af, met wie}} , {{t-check, af, van wie}} , {{t-check, af, etc.}} Arabic: مَنْ Armenian: ում Czech: komu, kterému Danish: hvem Esperanto: kiu, kiu, alt=kiuj, kiu, alt=kiun, kiu, alt=kiujn Finnish: kenen, keiden {{q, inflected for some prepositions}} French: qui German: wem Haitian Creole: kimoun Italian: chi Latin: cui Macedonian: кому, sc=Cyrl Occitan: a qui, qui Polish: komu Portuguese: o que, {{qualifier, for nonhumans}} o quê, {{qualifier, for humans}} quem Russian: кто, alt=кого́, кто, alt=кому́, кто, alt=кем, кто, alt=ком Spanish: quién, quiénes, cuyo, m Swedish: vem, s, vilka, p Ukrainian: кого́, кому́, ким Volapük: kime Afrikaans: waarmee, waarvan, etc. Arabic: اَلَّذِي, m-s, الَّتِي, f-s, اَللَّذَيْنِ, m-d, اَللَّتَيْنِ, f-d, اَلَّذِينَ, m-p, اَللَّاتِي, f-p, اَللَّائِي, f-p, اَللَّوَاتِي, f-p Armenian: ում Czech: jemuž, jehož, komu, koho, kterého Danish: hvem, hvilken Dutch: die Esperanto: kiu, kiuj, kiun, kiujn Finnish: joka, jotka French: que German: dem, m, der, f, den, m, die, f Hindi: जिस Italian: cui Latin: quam, f, quem, m, quod, n, cui {{q, dative}} Ngazidja Comorian: ikao Portuguese: {{qualifier, for human beings}} quem, que, o qual, m, a qual, f, os quais, p, as quais, f-p Russian: который, alt=кото́рого, который, alt=кото́рому, который, alt=кото́рым, который, alt=кото́ром Spanish: quien, quienes, cual, cuyo Swedish: som, vilken, c, vilket, n, vilka, p Ukrainian: ко́трого Welsh: y {{ttbc-top}} Serbo-Croatian: {{qualifier, 1}} {{t+check, sh, koga}}, {{t-check, sh, s kim, m}}, {{t-check, sh, s kojom, f}}, {{qualifier, 1: with whom}} {{t-check, sh, s kojim, m}}, {{t+check, sh, kome, m}}, {{t+check, sh, kojem, m}}, {{t+check, sh, kojoj, f}}, {{qualifier, 2: to whom, about whom}} {{t+check, sh, kojim, m}} Dutch: {{qualifier, 1}} {{t+check, nl, wie}}, {{qualifier, 2}} {{t+check, nl, waarmee}}, {{qualifier, 2}} {{t+check, nl, waarvan}}, {{qualifier, 2}} {{t+check, nl, waaronder}} Indonesian: {{t+check, id, yang}}, {{t-check, id, yang mana}} Interlingua: {{t+check, ia, qui}} Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: {{t-check, sh, кога, tr=1, sc=Cyrl}}, {{t-check, sh, с ким, m, sc=Cyrl}}, {{t-check, sh, с којом, f, sc=Cyrl}}, {{t-check, sh, с којим, m, tr=1: with whom, sc=Cyrl}}, {{t-check, sh, коме, m, sc=Cyrl}}, {{t-check, sh, којем, m, sc=Cyrl}}, {{t-check, sh, којој, f, sc=Cyrl}}, {{t-check, sh, којим, m, tr=2: to whom, about whom, sc=Cyrl}} : Roman: {{qualifier, 1}} {{t+check, sh, koga}}, {{t-check, sh, s kim, m}}, {{t-check, sh, s kojom, f}}, {{qualifier, 1: with whom}} {{t-check, sh, s kojim, m}}, {{t+check, sh, kome, m}}, {{t+check, sh, kojem, m}}, {{t+check, sh, kojoj, f}}, {{qualifier, 2: to whom, about whom}} {{t+check, sh, kojim, m}} German: {{qualifier, 1}} {{t+check, de, wer}}, {{qualifier, 1}} {{t+check, de, wem}} {{ttbc-bottom}}

Alternative forms

whome {{qualifier, obsolete}}

Etymology

{{PIE root, en, kʷ}} From Middle English whom, wham, whem, from {{inh, en, ang, hwām}}, hwǣm, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, *hwammai}}, dative case of *hwaz, gloss=who, what. Cognate with {{cog, sco, quhom}}, quham, quhem, t=whom, {{cog, de, wem, t=whom, to whom}}, {{cog, da, hvem, t=who, whom}}, {{cog, sv, vem, t=who, whom}}.