whos

• enPR: ho͞oz, IPA^(key): /huːz/
• Rhymes: -uːz
• Homophones: whose, who's

whos

1. plural of who

• Hows, Show, how's, hows, show

• hoes, hos, hose, hosse, hoys, huas, qwoys, was, whas, whoes, whois, whoos, whose, wos, wose
• (northern) quas, whase, whayse
• (early) hwas, hwæs, hwes, hwos

From Old English hwæs, hwes (genitive of hwā), from Proto-West Germanic *hwes (genitive of *hwaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *hwes (dative of *hwaz), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷésyo (genitive of *kʷís).

The usual Middle English vocalism is due to influence from who and whom (forms with the expected vocalism are found sporadically).

• IPA^(key): /ʍɔːs/, /ʍoːs/
• Lua error in Module:parameters at line 494: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "northern or early" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): /ʍɑːs/

whos (singular or plural, genitive case, nominative who)

1. (relative) whose (genitive)
2. (interrogative, rare) whose (genitive)

• English: whose
• Scots: whase

whos

1. (relative) whose, of who
2. (interrogative, rare) whose, of who
3. (relative, rare) of which (inanimate)

• English: whose
• Scots: whase

• “whōs, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.