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# whom — English to French

How English *whom* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 1 translation with example sentences.

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: whom (47 519). By style: everyday 166 · literary 130 · biblical 657 · parliamentary 5 023 · legal and administrative 3 630 · UN documents 37 913.

## dont

Used about 20 339 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 41 · parliamentary ≈ 733 · legal and administrative ≈ 605 · UN documents ≈ 18 957).

- The occupation forces did not hesitate to shoot into the crowds, killing scores of civilians, many of **whom** were women and children.
  Les forces d'occupation n'ont pas hésité à tirer dans les foules, tuant des dizaines de civils **dont** plusieurs femmes et enfants.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by \_undertoad and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#3337917](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3337917) [\#3336284](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3336284))

- For he of **whom** these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.
  En effet, celui de qui ces choses sont dites appartient à une autre tribu, **dont** aucun membre n’a fait le service de l’autel;
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HEB 7:13)

- The next speaker on the list is Mr Martin Schulz, from **whom** I have received a letter.
  Le prochain orateur sur la liste est M. Martin Schulz, **dont** j'ai reçu une lettre.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1493908)

- Bonyad Taavon Sepah's Board of Trustees is composed of nine members, of **whom** eight are IRGC members.
  Le conseil d'administration de Bonyad Taavon Sepah est composé de neuf membres, **dont** huit sont des membres de l'IRGC.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2382150)

- To date, the shelter has taken in 322 victims, of **whom** 175 were women.
  À ce jour, le refuge a accueilli 322 victimes, **dont** 175 femmes.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 27720213)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- **Whom** did you visit yesterday afternoon?
  À qui as-tu rendu visite hier après-midi ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ddnktr and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#244441](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/244441) [\#1461660](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1461660))

- **Whom** did you meet?
  Qui avez-vous rencontré ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and Bruno · checked, community translation · [\#1403459](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1403459) [\#463823](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/463823))

- You are my beloved Son, in **whom** I am well pleased.
  Tu es mon fils aimé, en qui je trouve toute ma joie.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ddnktr and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#11842166](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11842166) [\#12324180](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12324180))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-fr/).

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