which

Alternative forms

 * (Jamaican English)
 * (Jamaican English)

Etymology
From, , , , , , from , from , derived from , equivalent to. Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Determiner

 * 1)  What, of those mentioned or implied.
 * 2) The/Any ... that; whichever.
 * 3) * 1860, Alfred Henry Forrester, Fairy footsteps, or, Lessons from legends, with illustr., by Alfred Crowquill, page 166 (Google Books view):
 * After glaring upon the smoking philosopher, who took his misfortunes with such positive nonchalance, he growled out an oath in German, which language is particularly adapted for growling in; then, raising his hand, he dealt him a blow on his pipe, which sent it, like a rocket, into the midst of the players.
 * 1) The/Any ... that; whichever.
 * 2) * 1860, Alfred Henry Forrester, Fairy footsteps, or, Lessons from legends, with illustr., by Alfred Crowquill, page 166 (Google Books view):
 * After glaring upon the smoking philosopher, who took his misfortunes with such positive nonchalance, he growled out an oath in German, which language is particularly adapted for growling in; then, raising his hand, he dealt him a blow on his pipe, which sent it, like a rocket, into the midst of the players.
 * 1) * 1860, Alfred Henry Forrester, Fairy footsteps, or, Lessons from legends, with illustr., by Alfred Crowquill, page 166 (Google Books view):
 * After glaring upon the smoking philosopher, who took his misfortunes with such positive nonchalance, he growled out an oath in German, which language is particularly adapted for growling in; then, raising his hand, he dealt him a blow on his pipe, which sent it, like a rocket, into the midst of the players.
 * 1) * 1860, Alfred Henry Forrester, Fairy footsteps, or, Lessons from legends, with illustr., by Alfred Crowquill, page 166 (Google Books view):
 * After glaring upon the smoking philosopher, who took his misfortunes with such positive nonchalance, he growled out an oath in German, which language is particularly adapted for growling in; then, raising his hand, he dealt him a blow on his pipe, which sent it, like a rocket, into the midst of the players.

Usage notes
In cases where both "which" and "what" are possible, with similar meaning, "which" is preferred for choices from a closed group or set, while "what" is preferred for open-ended choices. For example, "Which one of these do you want?" not "What one of these do you want?".

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani: hansı
 * Bashkir: ҡайһы
 * Belarusian: які́, като́ры
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian: кой
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 邊
 * Dungan: нагә, на
 * Hakka: 哪
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * Wu: 若
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:, ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Farefare: -kãna
 * Finnish: ,
 * Franco-Provençal: quint, quinta, quints, quintes, quâl, quâla, quâls, quâles
 * French:, , ,
 * Friulian: cuâl
 * Georgian:
 * German:, , ,
 * Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌴𐌹, 𐍃𐍉𐌴𐌹, 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹
 * Greek:, , , ποιοι, ,
 * Ancient Greek: πότερος, ποῖος , τί, τίς
 * Haitian Creole: ki
 * Hebrew:, איזו,
 * Hindi: कौनसा
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ingrian: kumpa
 * Interlingua: qual
 * Italian:
 * Jamaican Creole: wish, hush
 * Japanese:
 * Kapampangan: sanu
 * Kazakh: қайсы
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean:
 * Kumyk: къайсы
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: کام, کامە
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Ladin: chel, chël
 * Lao: ໃດ
 * Latgalian: kurs, kurais
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lü:
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:
 * Maltese: liema
 * Maori: tēhea, ēhea
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:, ,
 * Occitan: quin
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: которꙑи
 * Old English: hwelċ
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: који
 * Roman: koji
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak:, aký
 * Slovene: kateri
 * Southern Altai: кайсы, кажы, кай
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: -pi
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog:
 * Tajik:
 * Talysh:
 * Asalemi: کرمله
 * Tatar: кайсы
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: haýsy
 * Ukrainian: котри́й,
 * Urdu: کونسا
 * Uyghur: قايسى
 * Uzbek:
 * Venetian: quało, cuało
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: pa, pwy
 * Yiddish: וואָסער
 * Zazaki: kamci


 * Armenian: ,
 * Bashkir: ҡайһы
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:, , ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Estonian: milline
 * Farefare: -kãna
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, , ,
 * Georgian: რომელიც, რაც
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:, , , ποιοι, ,
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: yang mana
 * Ingrian: kumpa
 * Interlingua: qual
 * Italian: il quale, la quale, i quali, le quali,
 * Kumyk: къайсы
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: کەوا
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Ladino: kualo
 * Lao: ທີ່, ຊິຶ່ງ
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: ,
 * Livonian: mingi
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:
 * Maori: ai
 * Norwegian:, , ,
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, o qual, os quais, a qual, as quais
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:
 * Southern Altai: кайсы, кажы, кай
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Thai:
 * Volapük:

Pronoun

 * 1)  What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).
 * 2)  The/Any ones that; whichever.
 * 1)  The/Any ones that; whichever.
 * 1)  The/Any ones that; whichever.
 * 1)  The/Any ones that; whichever.
 * 1)  The/Any ones that; whichever.
 * 1)  The/Any ones that; whichever.
 * 1)  The/Any ones that; whichever.

Usage notes

 * Some authorities insist that relative which be used only in non-restrictive clauses (e.g., "I saw Tom's car, which was parked outside his house"), or when it is the object of a preposition placed in front of the pronoun (e.g., "These are the things about which we shall talk", "There were many fish, the biggest of which..."). Non-restrictive clauses are normally set off with a comma or commas. For restrictive clauses (e.g., The song that you just mentioned is better than the later ones), they prefer . But Fowler, who proposed the rule, acknowledged that it was "it would be idle to pretend that it is the practice either of most or of the best writers.". In modern UK usage, The song which you just mentioned is better than the later ones is generally accepted without question.
 * When which (or the other relative pronouns and ) is used as the subject of a relative clause, the verb agrees with the antecedent of the pronoun. Thus, "the thing which is...", "the things which are...", etc.
 * Which is commonly used, sometimes with partitive of, instead of who (the ordinary interrogative pronoun, in the nominative singular or plural) to refer to a person or persons, and corresponding to what of things. Compare "which of us always uses who for people" and "who among us has never used which for a person". Neither "who of us" nor "which among us" is idiomatic.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Bashkir: ҡайһы
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Friulian: cuâl
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:, , , ποιοι, ,
 * Ancient Greek: πότερος, ποῖος , τί, τίς
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Indonesian: yang mana
 * Ingrian: kuka
 * Interlingua: qual
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kapampangan: sanumo
 * Kumyk: къайсы
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: کام, کامە
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Ladin: chel, chël
 * Latin: ,
 * Malay: yang mana
 * Maori: tēhea, tēwhea
 * Papiamentu: kua
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: kateri, katera, katero
 * Southern Altai: кайсы, кажы, кай
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Venetian: quało, cuało
 * Welsh: pa un, pa rai


 * Akkadian: 𒊭
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Belarusian: які́
 * Catalan:, el qual, cosa que
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: (referring to the subject);  (referring to the object)
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: რაც
 * German:, ,
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: kumpa
 * Interlingua: qual
 * Irish:, ní
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Kumyk: къайсы
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: کەوا
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao:
 * Latin:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:, ی که
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Rapa Nui: aha
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scots: whilk
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Southern Altai: кайсы, кажы, кай
 * Spanish: (if a person),
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Talysh:
 * Asalemi: ی کی
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: котри́й,
 * Urdu: جو
 * Welsh: sydd, sy, ,
 * West Frisian: dy't

Etymology
From.

Conjunction

 * 1)  which;

Etymology
From, from.