(of a person) of what character, origin, position, importance, etc.: Who does she think she is?
3.
the person that or any person that (used relatively to represent a specified or implied antecedent): It was who you thought.
4.
(used relatively in restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses to represent a specified antecedent, the antecedent being a person or sometimes an animal or personified thing): Any kid who wants to can learn to swim.
5.
Archaic. the person or persons who.
—Idiom
6.
as who should say, Archaic. in a manner of speaking; so to say.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE hwā; c. OHG hwer, Goth hwas, L quis]
—Usage note The typical usage guide statement about the choice between who and whom says that the choice must be determined by the grammar of the clause within which this pronoun occurs. Who is the appropriate form for the subject of a sentence or clause: Who are you? The voters who elected him have not been disappointed. Whom is the objective form: Whom did you ask? To whom are we obliged for this assistance? This method of selecting the appropriate form is generally characteristic of formal writing and is usually followed in edited prose. In most speech and writing, however, since who or whom often occurs at the beginning of the sentence or clause, there is a strong tendency to choose who no matter what its function. Even in edited prose, who occurs at least ten times as often as whom, regardless of grammatical function. Only when it directly follows a preposition is whom more likely to occur than who: Mr. Erickson is the man to whom you should address your request. In natural informal speech, whom is quite rare. Who were you speaking to? is far more likely to occur than the “correct” To whom were you speaking? or Whom were you speaking to? However, the notion that whom is somehow more “correct” or elegant than who leads some speakers to hypercorrect uses of whom: Whom are you? The person whom is in charge has left the office. See also than.
(used as the object of a verb or preposition, but in everyday speech sometimes replaced by who) what person(s)(?) Example: Whom/who do you want to see?; Whom/who did you give it to?; To whom shall I speak?
Arabic:
ضَمير إسْتِفْهام للسُّؤال عن المَفعول به العاقِل بِمَ
Chinese (Simplified):
（宾格）谁
Chinese (Traditional):
(賓格)誰
Czech:
komu, koho, kým
Danish:
hvem
Dutch:
wie
Estonian:
kellele, keda
Finnish:
kenet, ketä
French:
que, qui
German:
wen, wem
Greek:
ποιον
Hungarian:
kit?, kiket?
Icelandic:
hvern
Indonesian:
siapa
Italian:
chi
Japanese:
だれを
Korean:
누구에게
Latvian:
ko; kuru; kam; kuram
Lithuanian:
ką, kam
Norwegian:
hvem
Polish:
kogo, komu
Portuguese (Brazil):
quem, a quem
Portuguese (Portugal):
quem
Romanian:
pe cine; cu cine; cui
Russian:
кого; кому
Slovak:
komu, koho, s kým
Slovenian:
koga, komu
Spanish:
a quién, *quiénes
Swedish:
vem
Turkish:
kimi, kime
whom1[huːm]relative pronoun
(used as the object of a verb or preposition but in everyday speech sometimes replaced by who) (used to refer to a person or people mentioned previously, to distinguish him or them from others: able to be omitted or replaced by that except when following a preposition) (the) one(s) that Example: The man (whom/that) you mentioned is here; Today I met some friends (whom/that) I hadn't seen for ages; This is the man to whom I gave it; This is the man (whom/who/that) I gave it to.
Arabic:
ضَمير صِلَه للتَّعْبير عن المَفْعول به العاقِل بِمَعْ
Chinese (Simplified):
（关系代词）他（她），他（她）们
Chinese (Traditional):
(關系代詞)他(她)，他(她)們
Czech:
který
Danish:
der; som; hvem
Dutch:
die, wie
Estonian:
keda
French:
que, (à) qui
German:
den, *die, *das, dem, *der
Greek:
τον οποίο, που
Hungarian:
aki(ke)t; aki(k)nek
Icelandic:
hvern, sem
Indonesian:
yang
Japanese:
～するところの
Latvian:
kuru; kuram
Lithuanian:
kuris
Norwegian:
som
Polish:
który
Portuguese (Brazil):
quem
Portuguese (Portugal):
que
Romanian:
care; pe care; căruia, căreia
Russian:
который
Slovak:
ktorý
Slovenian:
ki
Swedish:
som
Turkish:
ki o, ki ona
whom2[huːm]relative pronoun
used, after a comma, to introduce a further comment on a person or people Example: His mother, who was so proud of him, gave him a hug.
Arabic:
تُسْتَعْمَل في جُمْلَة الصِّلَه غَيْر المُحَدِّدَه
Who\, pron. [Possess. whose; object. Whom.] [OE. who, wha, AS. hw[=a], interrogative pron., neut. hw[ae]t; akin to OFries. hwa, neut. hwet, OS. hw[=e], neut. hwat, D. wie, neut. wat, G. wer, neut. was, OHG. wer, hwer, neut. waz, hwaz, Icel. hvat, neut., Dan. hvo, neut. hvad, Sw. ho, hvem, neut. hvad, Goth. hwas, fem. hw[=o], neut. hwa, Lith. kas, Ir. & Gael. co, W. pwy, L. quod, neuter of qui, Gr. po`teros whether, Skr. kas. [root]182. Cf. How, Quantity, Quorum, Quote, Ubiquity, What, When, Where, Whether, Which, Whither, Whom, Why.]1. Originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative pronoun also; -- used always substantively, and either as singular or plural. See the Note under What, pron., 1. As interrogative pronouns, who and whom ask the question: What or which person or persons? Who and whom, as relative pronouns (in the sense of that), are properly used of persons (corresponding to which, as applied to things), but are sometimes, less properly and now rarely, used of animals, plants, etc. Who and whom, as compound relatives, are also used especially of persons, meaning the person that; the persons that; the one that; whosoever. "Let who will be President." --Macaulay. [He] should not tell whose children they were. --Chaucer. There thou tell'st of kings, and who aspire; Who fall, who rise, who triumph, who do moan. --Daniel. Adders who with cloven tongues Do hiss into madness. --Shak. Whom I could pity thus forlorn. --Milton. How hard is our fate, who serve in the state. --Addison. Who cheapens life, abates the fear of death. --Young. The brace of large greyhounds, who were the companions of his sports. --Sir W. Scott. 2. One; any; one. [Obs., except in the archaic phrase, as who should say.] As who should say, it were a very dangerous matter if a man in any point should be found wiser than his forefathers were. --Robynson (More's Utopia).
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