Where

Etymology
From wher:, quher:, from  hwær:, from, from. Cognate with quhare:,  wêr:,  waar:,  wo:,  hvor:,  hvar:; related to  hwa:. More at.

Conjunction

 * 1) While on the contrary; although; whereas.
 * Where Susy has trouble coloring inside the lines, Johnny has already mastered shading.
 * 1) At or in which place or situation.
 * He is looking for a house where he can have a complete office.
 * 1) To which place or situation.
 * The snowbirds travel where it is warm.
 * 1) Wherever.
 * Their job is to go where they are called.
 * 1)  In a position, case, etc., in which.
 * Where no provision under this Act is applicable, the case shall be decided in accordance with the customary pratices.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Lebanese/Syrian: (wayn)
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: non
 * Belarusian: дзе, адкуль
 * Bulgarian: къде,
 * Catalan: on
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Min Nan: ,
 * Crimean Tatar: qayerge
 * Croatian: gdje
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: waar; waarvan, waarvandaan
 * Esperanto:
 * Filipino:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: όπου
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, honnan
 * Icelandic: þar sem
 * Ido: ube
 * Indonesian: ke mana, di mana
 * Interlingua: ubi
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: ,
 * Kashubian: dze
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Latin: ubi
 * Latvian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, de onde
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ;,  куда
 * Scots: whaur
 * Serbo-Croatian: где, gde,  гдје,  gdje
 * Slovak:, odkiaľ
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: kung saan
 * Thai:, ไหน
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, звідки
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: kö


 * Arabic: إلى أين
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: куды
 * Bulgarian: накъде
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Filipino:
 * French: vers où
 * German:
 * Greek: οποίο (opio)
 * Hebrew: לאן (l’án)
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: hova, hová


 * Icelandic: þangað sem
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin: ubi
 * Macedonian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: încotro, unde
 * Russian:
 * Scots: whaur
 * Serbian: куда
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: kung saan
 * Turkish: nereye
 * Ukrainian: куди
 * Urdu: (jahāṅ)


 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Filipino:
 * German:
 * Latin: ubi
 * Macedonian:


 * Portuguese: em que
 * Romanian: unde
 * Scots: whaur
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kung saan

Adverb

 * 1) (used interrogatively, in either a direct or indirect question) At what place; to what place; what place.
 * Where are you?
 * Where are you going?
 * Where did you come from?
 * 1) In what situation.
 * Where would we be without our parents?

Translations

 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian: (from what place);  (at what place)
 * Armenian: ,
 * Old Armenian: ,
 * Belarusian: дзе
 * Bulgarian: къде
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Crimean Tatar: qayda, qayerde
 * Czech:, kam,  odkud
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: waar; waarheen; waarvan, waarvandaan
 * Esperanto:
 * Filipino:
 * Finnish: missä; mistä; mihin
 * French:, d'où
 * Old French:
 * German: wo, wohin (where to), woher (from what place)
 * Greek: πού (opu)
 * Hebrew: מאין (mei-ayin)
 * Hiligaynon:
 * Hindi:
 * Icelandic: hvar
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ke mana, di mana
 * Interlingua: ubi
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 何処, どこ, どうなる
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish: ,


 * Latin:, unde, quo
 * Macedonian:
 * Navajo: háadi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: ,
 * Old Irish:, ,
 * Persian:
 * Polish: gdzie (at what place); dokąd (to what place); skąd (from what place)
 * Portuguese: onde; aonde; de onde
 * Romanian: unde
 * Romansch: nua
 * Russian: где, куда, откуда
 * Scots: whaur
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Sindhi: (at what place);  (from what place);  (to what place)
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: kje (at what place); kam (to what place); odkod (from what place)
 * Spanish: dónde; adónde; de dónde
 * Swedish: var (at what place); vart (to what place); varifrån (from what place)
 * Tagalog:
 * Telugu: ఎక్కడ (ekkaDa)
 * Thai: ที่ไหน
 * Ukrainian: де, куди,  звідки
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese: ở đâu
 * Welsh: ,
 * Yiddish: וווּ (vu)


 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Filipino:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Latin: ubi


 * Macedonian:
 * Portuguese: aonde
 * Scots: whaur
 * Tagalog: saan
 * Telugu: ఎక్కడ (ekkaDa)
 * Vietnamese:

Pronoun

 * 1) The place in which.
 * He lives within five miles of where he was born.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Filipino:
 * Finnish: (inessive/elative case applied)
 * French:
 * German:
 * Indonesian: tempat
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 場所 (ばしょ, basho)
 * Latin: ubi
 * Macedonian:, каде што
 * Portuguese: de onde
 * Scots: whaur
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kung saan
 * West Frisian:

Noun

 * 1) The place in which something happens.
 * A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Filipino: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Indonesian: tempat
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 何処 (どこ, doko)
 * Macedonian:, каде што
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Scots: whaur
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: kinaroroonan, kung saan
 * Vietnamese:

Derived terms

 * anywhere
 * elsewhere
 * everywhere
 * every which where
 * whereabouts


 * wherealong
 * whereas
 * whereby
 * wherefore


 * wherein
 * whereof
 * whereupon
 * wherever

Anagrams

 * hewer

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