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English

Pronunciation

  • wĭch, /wɪtʃ/, /wItS/
    Homophones: witch
  • hwĭch, /ʍɪtʃ/, /WItS/

Interrogative pronoun

which

  1. What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).
    Which is bigger?
    Which is which?

Translations

  • Esperanto: kiu , kiuj
  • French: quel m, quelle f
  • Italian: quale m and f

Relative pronoun

which

  1. The one or ones that.
    Show me which is bigger.
  2. Who; whom; what (of those mentioned or implied)
    The song which made the charts

Translations

the one(s) that

  • Esperanto: kiu , kiuj
  • French: lequel m, laquelle f, lesquelles m plural, lesquelles f plural
  • Italian: il quale m, la quale f, i quali m plural, le quali f plural

who, whom, what

  • Esperanto: kiu , kiuj
  • French: qui (referring to the subject); que (referring to the object)
    The one which hit me - Celui qui m'a frappé.
    The one which I wrote - Celui que j'ai écrit.

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above.


Adjective

  1. what, of those mentioned or implied (used interrogatively).
    Which song made the charts?

Translations

  • Esperanto: kiu , kiuj
  • French: quel m, quelle f
  • Italian: quale m and f


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