Определение/значение which

• English - Determiner: which What , of those mentioned or implied ( used interrogatively ). Which song made the charts? ( interrogative ) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied). which is bigger?; which is which ? ( relative ) The one or ones that . show me which one is bigger; they couldn't decide which song to play ( relative ) The one or ones mentioned . For several seconds he sat in silence , during which…
• English - Pronoun: which ( relative ) Who; whom; what (of those mentioned or implied). He walked by a door with a sign , which read: PRIVATE OFFICE . Their first song , which made the charts in 2004, is great . We've met some problems , which are very difficult to handle . He had to leave , which was very difficult . We have to protect the environment in which we live . No art can be properly understood apart from…
• English - Noun: which ( plural whiches ) An occurrence of the word which . 1959 , William Van O'Connor, Modern prose , form and style (page 251) The ofs and the whiches have thrown our prose into a hundred-years' sleep . 1989 , Donald Ervin Knuth, Tracy Larrabee, Paul M . Roberts , Mathematical writing (page 90) Is it not true , TLL asked of Mary-Claire, that people invariably get their whiches and thats right…
• English - Alternative forms: whiche ( obsolete ) wich (Jamaican English)
• English - Etymology: From Middle English which , hwic , wilche , hwilch , whilk , hwilc , from Old English hwilc ( “ which ” ), from Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz , derived from *hwaz , equivalent to who +‎ like . Cognates include Scots whilk ( “ which ” ), West Frisian hokker ( “ which ” ), Dutch welk ( “ which ” ), Low German welk ( “ which ” ), German welcher ( “ which ” ), Danish hvilken ( “ which ” ), Swedish vilken…