whom

whom  (hm)

pron.

The objective case of who. See Usage Note at who.

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[Middle English, from Old English hwm, hwm; see k^wo- in Indo-European roots.]

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whom [huːm]

pron

the objective form of who, used when who is not the subject of its own clause whom did you say you had seen? he can't remember whom he saw

[Old English hwām, dative of hwā who]

Usage: It was formerly considered correct to use whom whenever the objective form of who was required. This is no longer thought to be necessary and the objective form who is now commonly used, even in formal writing: there were several people there who he had met before. Who cannot be used directly after a preposition - the preposition is usually displaced, as in the man (who) he sold his car to. In formal writing whom is preferred in sentences like these: the man to whom he sold his car. There are some types of sentence in which who cannot be used: the refugees, many of whom were old and ill, were allowed across the border

Translations

whom [huːm] PRON (frm)

1. (in direct and indirect questions) whom did you see? → ¿a quién viste?
from whom did you receive it? → ¿de quién lo recibiste?
I know of whom you are talking → sé de quién hablas

2. (relative) the gentleman whom I saw → el señor a quien or al cual or al que vi; (less formal) → el señor que vi
the lady whom I saw → la señora a quien or a la cual or a la que vi; (less formal) → la señora que vi
the lady with whom I was talking → la señora con la que or con la cual or con quien hablaba
three policemen, none of whom wore a helmet → tres policías, ninguno de los cuales llevaba casco
three policemen, two of whom were drunk → tres policías, dos de los cuales estaban borrachos
three policemen, all of whom were drunk → tres policías, que estaban todos borrachos who, whom

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whom [ˈhuːm]

pron

(in questions) → qui
Whom did you see? → Qui avez-vous vu?
To whom did you give it?
BUT À qui l'avez-vous donné?.

(object of relative clauses) → que
the man whom I saw → l'homme que j'ai vu
the woman whom I saw → la femme que j'ai vue

(following prep in relative clause) → qui
the man to whom I spoke → l'homme à qui j'ai parlé

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whom

pron

(interrog) (acc) → wen; (dat) → wem

(rel) (acc) → den/die/das; (dat) → dem/der/dem; …, all/both of whom were drunk → …, die alle/beide betrunken waren; none/all of whom → von denen keine(r, s)/alle

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whom who

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whom → مَنْ komu hvem wem τον οποίο a quién ketä qui koga che 誰を 누구에게 wie hvem kogo que кто som ใคร kime/kimi người nào 谁