View source for which

==English==
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===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|en|whiche||obsolete}}
* {{alt|en|wich||Jamaican English}}

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*kʷ-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|which}}, {{m|enm|hwic}}, {{m|enm|wilche}}, {{m|enm|hwilch}}, {{m|enm|whilk}}, {{m|enm|hwilc}}, from {{inh|en|ang|hwelċ||which}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hwilīkaz||what kind|lit=like what}}, derived from {{m|gem-pro|*hwaz}}, equivalent to {{compound|en|who|like|nocat=1}}. Cognates include {{cog|sco|whilk||which}}, {{cog|fy|hokker||which}}, {{cog|nl|welk||which}}, {{cog|nds|welk||which}}, {{cog|de|welcher||which}}, {{cog|da|hvilken||which}}, {{cog|sv|vilken||which}}, {{cog|no|hvilken||which}}, {{cog|is|hvílíkur||which}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|wĭch}}, {{IPA|en|/wɪt͡ʃ/}}
* {{enPR|hwĭch|a=non-wine-whine}}, {{IPA|en|/ʍɪt͡ʃ/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-which.ogg|a=US,wine-whine}}
* {{audio|en|En-uk-which.ogg|a=UK,wine-whine}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪtʃ|s=1}}
* {{homophones|en|witch|wich|wych|aa=wine-whine}}

===Conjunction===
{{en-con}}

# {{lb|en|nonstandard|US}} [[and|And]].
#: {{ux|en|I'm feeling kinda thirsty, '''which''' I do have some beer in the fridge.}}

===Determiner===
{{en-det}}

# {{lb|en|interrogative}} What, of those mentioned or implied.
#: {{ux|en|'''Which''' song shall we play?}}
#: {{ux|en|They couldn't decide '''which''' song to play.}}
#: {{ux|en|'''Which''' one is bigger?}}
#: {{ux|en|Show me '''which''' one is bigger.}}
# The/Any ... that; [[whichever]].
#: {{ux|en|Take '''which''' one you want.}}
#: {{ux|en|You may go '''which''' way you please.}}
# {{lb|en|relative|formal|_|outside certain phrases}} {{n-g|Designates the one(s) previously mentioned.}}
#* '''1860''', [[w:Alfred Henry Forrester|Alfred Henry Forrester]], ''Fairy footsteps, or, Lessons from legends, with illustr., by Alfred Crowquill'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=StMBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA166&dq=%22which+language+is%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAWoVChMIkpSekLTXyAIVSshjCh3JCg8c#v=onepage&q=%22which%20language%20is%22&f=false 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.
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=January 21, 2015|author=Texas Public Radio|work=Texas Public Radio
|title=[http://tpr.org/post/voices-death-row-prisoner-writes-ode-living-dyingly#stream/0 Voices From Death Row: A Prisoner Writes An Ode To ‘Living Dyingly’]
|passage=Whitaker’s blog post, housed on a website called Minutes Before Six, goes on to make references to Albert Camus’ 1947 classic, The Plague, dips into a Camus-inspired existential ramble and returns to an attempt to convey the detail of Prieto’s being essentially “noble,” '''which''' fact, he admits, will be lost in translation to anyone unfamiliar with death row units.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=May 2, 2015|author=Adarsh Matham|work=The New Indian Express
|title=[http://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/tech/Battle-of-the-Smartphones/2015/05/02/article2791589.ece Battle of the Smartphones]
|passage=All the phones come in plastic bodies that have been given a brushed-metal finish and carry 64-bit processors from Intel, '''which''' fact they proudly announce with an Intel Inside logo on the back.}}
#: {{ux|en|He once owned a painting of the house, '''which''' painting would later be stolen.}}
#: {{ux|en|Yesterday, I met three men with long beards, '''which''' men I remember vividly.}}
#: {{ux|en|For several seconds he sat in silence, during '''which''' time the tea and sandwiches arrived.}}
#: {{ux|en|I'm thinking of getting a new car, in '''which''' case I'd get a red one.}}

====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====
{{trans-top|(''interrogative'') what, of those mentioned or implied}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|أَيّ|m|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|որ}}, {{t+|hy|որը}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|hansı}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|ҡайһы}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|які́|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|be|като́ры}}
* Bikol Central: {{t+|bcl|arin}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|кой|sc=Cyrl}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ဘယ်}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|quin}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|邊|tr=bin1}}
*: Dungan: {{t|dng|нагә}}, {{t|dng|на}}
*: Hakka: {{t|hak|哪|tr=nai / nái}}
*: Hokkien: {{t+|nan-hbl|佗|tr=tó / tah / tá}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|哪|tr=nǎ, něi}}
*: Wu: {{t|wuu|若}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|který|m}}, {{t+|cs|jaký}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|hvilken}}, {{t+|da|hvilket}}, {{t+|da|hvilke|c-p|n-p}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|welk}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|kiu}}
* Farefare: {{t|gur|-kãna}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|mikä}}, {{t+|fi|kumpi}} {{q|of two choices}}
* Franco-Provençal: {{t|frp|quint|m}}, {{t|frp|quinta|f}}, {{t|frp|quints|m-p}}, {{t|frp|quintes|f-p}}, {{t|frp|quâl|m}}, {{t|frp|quâla|f}}, {{t|frp|quâls|m-p}}, {{t|frp|quâles|f-p}}
* French: {{t+|fr|quel|m}}, {{t+|fr|quelle|f}}, {{t+|fr|quels|m-p}}, {{t+|fr|quelles|f-p}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|cuâl}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|რომელი}}
* German: {{t+|de|welcher|m}}, {{t+|de|welche|f}}, {{t+|de|welches|n}}, {{t+|de|welche|p}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐍃𐌰𐌴𐌹|m}}, {{t|got|𐍃𐍉𐌴𐌹|f}}, {{t|got|𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ποιος|m}}, {{t+|el|ποια|f}}, {{t+|el|ποιο|n}}, {{t|el|ποιοι|m-p}}, {{t+|el|ποιες|f-p}}, {{t+|el|ποια|n-p}}
*: Ancient Greek: {{t|grc|πότερος}} {{qualifier|of two}}, {{t|grc|ποῖος}} {{qualifier|of many}}, {{t|grc|τί|n}}, {{t|grc|τίς|c}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|ki}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אֵיזֶה|tr=éize|sc=Hebr}}, {{t|he|איזו|f|tr=éizo}}, {{t+|he|אלו|m-p|f-p|tr=éilu}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|कौनसा|sc=Deva}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|melyik}}, {{t+|hu|hányadik}} {{q|ordinal}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|hvaða}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|kumpa}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|qual}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|quale}}
* Jamaican Creole: {{t|jam|wish}}, {{t|jam|hush}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|どの|tr=dono}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|sanu}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|қайсы}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ណា}}, {{t+|km|ដ៏}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|어느}}
* Kumyk: {{t|kum|къайсы}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|کام}}, {{t|ckb|کامە}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|kîjan}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|кайсы}}
* Ladin: {{t|lld|chel}}, {{t|lld|chël}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ໃດ}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|kurs}}, {{t|ltg|kurais}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|qualis}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|kurš}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|kuris}}
* Lü: {{t-needed|khb}}
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|кој|sc=Cyrl}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|mana}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|ഏത്}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|liema}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tēhea|s}}, {{t|mi|ēhea|p}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|аль}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|nb|hvilken}}, {{t+|nb|hvilket}}, {{t+|nb|hvilke}}
* Occitan: {{t|oc|quin}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|cu|которꙑи}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|hwelċ}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|کدام|tr=kodâm}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|który}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|qual}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|care}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|кото́рый|m}}, {{t+|ru|како́й}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|који}}
*: Roman: {{t|sh|koji}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|quali}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|ktorý}}, {{t|sk|aký}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|kateri}}
* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|кайсы}}, {{t|alt|кажы}}, {{t|alt|кай}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|cuál}}, {{t+|es|cuáles}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|[[pi|-pi]]}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|vilken|c}}, {{t+|sv|vilket|n}}, {{t+|sv|vilka|p}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|alin}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|кадом}}
* Talysh:
*: Asalemi: {{t|tly|کرمله|tr=kəramla|sc=fa-Arab}}
* Tatar: {{t|tt|кайсы}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|ఏ}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ไหน}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|hangi}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|haýsy}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|котри́й|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|uk|яки́й|sc=Cyrl}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|کونسا|tr=kaunsā}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|قايسى}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|qaysi}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|quało}}, {{t|vec|cuało}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|nào}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|pa}}, {{t|cy|pwy}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|וואָסער}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|kamci}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|(''relative'') ''designating the one(s) mentioned''}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|որ}}, {{t+|hy|որը}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|ҡайһы}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|quin}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|který}}, {{t+|cs|jenž}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|som}}, {{t+|da|der}} {{t+|da|hvilken}}, {{t+|da|hvilket}}, {{t+|da|hvilke|c-p|n-p}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|welk}}, {{t+|nl|dewelke}}, {{t+|nl|hetwelk}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|kiu}}, {{t+|eo|kiuj}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|milline}}
* Farefare: {{t|gur|-kãna}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|joka}}, {{t+|fi|mikä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|lequel|m}}, {{t+|fr|laquelle|f}}, {{t+|fr|lesquels|p}}, {{t+|fr|lesquelles|f-p}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|რომელიც}}, {{t|ka|რაც}}
* German: {{t+|de|welcher|m}}, {{t+|de|welche|f}}, {{t+|de|welches|n}}, {{t+|de|welche|p}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ποιος|m}}, {{t+|el|ποια|f}}, {{t+|el|ποιο|n}}, {{t|el|ποιοι|m-p}}, {{t+|el|ποιες|f-p}}, {{t+|el|ποια|n-p}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אשר|tr=ashér}}, {{t+|he|ש־|tr=she-|alt=ש-}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|hvaða}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|[[yang]] [[mana]]}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|kumpa}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|qual}}
* Italian: {{t|it|il quale|m}}, {{t|it|la quale|f}}, {{t|it|i quali|m-p}}, {{t|it|le quali|f-p}}, {{t+|it|che|m|m-p|f|f-p}}
* Kumyk: {{t|kum|къайсы}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|کەوا}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|кайсы}}
* Ladino: {{t|lad|kualo}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ທີ່}}, {{t|lo|ຊິຶ່ງ}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|qui|m}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|kurš}}, {{t+|lv|kas}}
* Livonian: {{t|liv|mingi}}
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|кој}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|yang}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|ai}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|som}}, {{t+|nb|hvilken}}, {{t+|nb|hvilket}}, {{t+|nb|hvilke}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|کدام|tr=kodâm}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|który|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|qual}}, {{t|pt|o qual|m}}, {{t|pt|os quais|m-p}}, {{t|pt|a qual|f}}, {{t|pt|as quais|f-p}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|care}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|кото́рый|m}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|ktorý}}
* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|кайсы}}, {{t|alt|кажы}}, {{t|alt|кай}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|cual}}, {{t+|es|cuál}}, {{t+|es|cuales}}, {{t+|es|cuáles}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|som}}, {{t+|sv|vilken|c}}, {{t+|sv|vilket|n}}, {{t+|sv|vilka|p}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ที่}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|kel}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Pronoun===
{{en-pron}}

# {{lb|en|interrogative}} What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).
#: {{ux|en|'''Which''' is '''which'''?}}
#: {{ux|en|By now, you must surely know '''which''' is '''which'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|'''Which''' is bigger, the red one or the blue one?}}
#: {{ux|en|I'm unable to determine '''which''' is bigger.}}
#: {{ux|en|'''Which''' of these do you want to keep?}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-08-17|volume=408|issue=8849|magazine=w:The Economist|author=Schumpeter
|title=[http://www.economist.com/news/business/21583592-businesspeople-would-be-better-if-they-did-less-and-thought-more-praise-laziness In praise of laziness]
|passage='''Which''' of these banes of modern business life is worse remains open to debate. But what is clear is that office workers are on a treadmill of pointless activity. Managers allow meetings to drag on for hours. Workers generate e-mails because it requires little effort and no thought. An entire management industry exists to spin the treadmill ever faster.}}
# {{lb|en|not in common use}} The/Any ones that; [[whichever]].
#: {{ux|en|Please take '''which''' you please.}}
# {{lb|en|relative}} {{n-g|In a [[non-restrictive relative clause]], referring to something previously mentioned.}}
## {{n-g|Referring to a preceding noun.}}
##: {{ux|en|Flour contains starch, '''which''' is a type of carbohydrate.}}
##: {{ux|en|I found my camera, '''which''' I thought I'd lost, under the bed.}}
##: {{ux|en|I entered the room, at the far end of '''which''' was a small table.}}
##* {{RQ:Churchill Celebrity|chapter=2|passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.{{...}}A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard '''which''' connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.}}
##* {{RQ:Belloc Lowndes Lodger|II|0091
|passage=There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, '''which''' matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.}}
##* {{quote-journal|en|year=2013|month=May-June|author=[http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/katrina-g-claw Katrina G. Claw]
|title=[http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2013/3/rapid-evolution-in-eggs-and-sperm Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm]
|volume=101|issue=3|magazine=w:American Scientist
|passage=Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, '''which''' indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.}}
### {{lb|en|mostly|archaic}} {{n-g|Used of people (now generally {{m|en|who}}, {{m|en|whom}}, {{m|en|that}}'';'' {{m|en||which}} remains possible with words also referred to by {{m|en|it}} such as {{m|en|baby}}, {{m|en|child}}).}}
###: {{ux|en|She had a young child, '''which''' cried incessantly.}}
## {{n-g|Referring to a preceding statement.}}
##: {{ux|en|The front door was open, '''which''' concerned me.}}
##: {{ux|en|He had to leave, '''which''' was very difficult.}}
##: {{ux|en|She saved my life, for '''which''' I am eternally grateful.}}
##* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-07-20|volume=408|issue=8845|magazine=w:The Economist
|title=[http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21581981-what-pollution-some-opportunity-others-welcome-plastisphere Welcome to the plastisphere]
|passage=Plastics are energy-rich substances, '''which''' is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.}}
# {{lb|en|relative|sometimes|_|proscribed|see [[which#Usage_notes_2|usage notes]]}} {{n-g|In a [[restrictive relative clause]], referring to a noun previously mentioned.}}
#: {{ux|en|This is the letter '''which''' I received.}}
#: {{ux|en|This is the letter in '''which''' he explains his decision.}}
#* {{RQ:KJV|Luke|1|1|text=Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things '''which''' are most surely believed among us...}}
## {{lb|en|mostly|archaic}} {{n-g|Used of people.}}
##* {{RQ:Tyndale NT|Acts|IX|text=The men '''which''' acompanyed him on his waye stode amased, for they herde a voyce, butt sawe no man.}}

====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''&nbsp;…”). Non-restrictive clauses are normally set off with a comma or commas. For restrictive clauses (e.g., ''The song <u>that you just mentioned</u> is better than the later ones''), they prefer {{m|en|that}}. But Fowler, who proposed the rule, acknowledged, “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 {{m|en|who}} and {{m|en|that}}) is used as the subject of a relative clause, the verb agrees with the antecedent of the pronoun. Thus, “the thing which is&nbsp;…”, “the things which are&nbsp;…”, 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.

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|whichever}}
* {{l|en|whichsoever}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|every which way}}
* {{l|en|every which where}}
* {{l|en|which is which}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|(''interrogative'') what one or ones}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|أَيّ|m|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|որ}}, {{t+|hy|որը}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|ҡайһы}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|quin}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|který|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|hvilken}}, {{t+|da|hvilket}}, {{t+|da|hvad}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|welk}}, {{t+|nl|hetwelk}}, {{t+|nl|dewelke}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|kiu}}, {{t+|eo|kiuj}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|mikä}}, {{t+|fi|kumpi}} {{q|of two choices}}
* French: {{t+|fr|quel|m}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|cuâl}}
* German: {{t+|de|welcher|m}}, {{t+|de|welche|f}}, {{t+|de|welches|n}}, {{t+|de|welche|p}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ποιος|m}}, {{t+|el|ποια|f}}, {{t+|el|ποιο|n}}, {{t|el|ποιοι|m-p}}, {{t+|el|ποιες|f-p}}, {{t+|el|ποια|n-p}}
*: Ancient Greek: {{t|grc|πότερος}} {{qualifier|of two}}, {{t|grc|ποῖος}} {{qualifier|of many}}, {{t|grc|τί|n}}, {{t|grc|τίς|c}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|melyik}}
* Icelandic: {{qualifier|of two}} {{t+|is|hvor}}, {{qualifier|of three or more}} {{t+|is|hver}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|yang mana}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|kuka}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|qual}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|quale}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|どれ|tr=dore}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|sanumo}}
* Kumyk: {{t|kum|къайсы}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|کام}}, {{t|ckb|کامە}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|кайсы}}
* Ladin: {{t|lld|chel}}, {{t|lld|chël}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|qualis}}, {{t+|la|quis}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|yang mana}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tēhea}}, {{t|mi|tēwhea}}
* Papiamentu: {{t|pap|kua}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|کدام|tr=kodâm}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|który|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|qual}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|care}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|кото́рый|m}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|quali}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|ktorý}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|kateri|m}}, {{t|sl|katera|f}}, {{t|sl|katero|n}}
* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|кайсы}}, {{t|alt|кажы}}, {{t|alt|кай}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|cuál}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|vilken|c}}, {{t+|sv|vilket|n}}, {{t+|sv|vilka|p}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|alin}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|ఏ}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|quało}}, {{t|vec|cuało}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|pa un|m|f}}, {{t|cy|pa rai|m-p|f-p}}
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{{trans-top|(''relative'') who, whom, what}}
* Akkadian: {{t|akk|𒊭|tr=ša|sc=Xsux}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|اَلَّذِي|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|որ}}, {{t+|hy|որը}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|які́|m|sc=Cyrl}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|que}}, {{t|ca|el qual}}, {{t|ca|cosa que}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|的|tr=suǒ ... de|alt=所...的}}, {{t+|cmn|的|tr=... de|alt=...的}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|který}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|hvis}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|die}}, {{t+|nl|dat}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|kiu}}, {{t+|eo|kiuj}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|joka}}
* French: {{t+|fr|qui}} (''referring to the subject''); {{t+|fr|que}} (''referring to the object'')
* Galician: {{t+|gl|que}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|რაც}}
* German: {{t+|de|der|m}}, {{t+|de|welcher|m}}, {{t+|de|was}} {{qualifier|referring back to a clause}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אשר}}, {{t+|he|ש־|alt=ש-}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|जो|sc=Deva}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|amelyik}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|qua}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|yang}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|kumpa}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|qual}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|a}}, {{t|ga|ní}} {{qualifier|referring back to a clause}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|che}}, {{t+|it|cui}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|の|tr=... no|alt=...の|sc=Jpan}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ដែល}}
* Kumyk: {{t|kum|къайсы}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|کەوا}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|кайсы}}
* Lao: {{t-needed|lo}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|qui}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|som}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|که|tr=ke}}, {{t|fa|ی که|tr=-i ke|alt=-ی که}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|który|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|que}}
* Rapa Nui: {{t|rap|aha}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|care}}, {{t+|ro|ce}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|кото́рый|m}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|whilk}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|ktorý|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|ki}}
* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|кайсы}}, {{t|alt|кажы}}, {{t|alt|кай}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|quien}} (if a person), {{t+|es|que}}, {{t|es|[[el]] [[cual]]|m}}, {{t|es|[[la]] [[cual]]|m-p}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|som}}, {{t+|sv|vilken|c}}, {{t+|sv|vilket|n}}, {{t+|sv|vilka|p}}
* Talysh:
*: Asalemi: {{t|tly|ی کی|tr=-i ki|alt=-ی کی}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ซึ่ง}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|котри́й|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|uk|яки́й|sc=Cyrl}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|جو|tr=jo|sc=ur-Arab}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|sydd}}, {{t|cy|sy}}, {{t+|cy|a}}, {{t+|cy|y}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|dy't}}
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{{cln|en|interrogative determiners|interrogative pronouns|relative pronouns}}

==Chinese==

===Etymology===
From {{der|yue|en|which||non-restrictive relative clause marker}}.

===Conjunction===
{{head|zh|conjunction}}{{cln|yue|lemmas|conjunctions}}

# {{lb|zh|Hong Kong Cantonese}} [[#English|which]]; {{n-g|discourse marker introducing personal assessment or comment of the preceding clause}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|yue|which is}}

===References===
* {{cite-journal|doi=https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2022.796372|year=2022|author=Brian Hok-Shing Chan|title=Constructional Borrowing From English in Hong Kong Cantonese|work=Frontiers in Communication|volume=7}}

==Middle English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|enm|hwic|hwilc|hwilch|whiche|whilk|whyche|wilche}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|enm|ang|hwelċ}}, from {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*hwilīkaz}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|enm|/hwit͡ʃ/}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|enm|pronoun}}

# {{l|en|which}}
#* {{quote-text|enm|year=1407|title=w:The Testimony of William Thorpe|pages=40–41
|passage=And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore '''whiche''' I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|which}}
* {{desc|sco|whilk|alts=1}}
* {{desc|yol|wich|alts=1}}

===References===
* “<span class="plainlinks">[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id&id=MED52536&egs=all which]</span>” listed in the ''[[w:Middle English Dictionary|Middle English Dictionary]]'' [2001]
* {{R:MED Online|entry=which|pos=pron|id=MED52536}}

==Yola==

===Pronoun===
{{head|yol|pronoun}}

# {{alt form|yol|wich}}
#* {{quote-book|yol|year=1867|chapter=CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION|number=2|page=102|title=SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY|passage='''Which''' maate mee hearth as coale as leed.|translation='''Which''' made my heart as cold as lead.}}

===References===
* {{R:Poole 1867|page=102}}