whereabouts

English

Etymology

From Middle English wheraboutes, equivalent to whereabout +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

• (adverb) IPA^(key): /ˌʍɛəɹəˈbaʊts/, /ˌwɛəɹəˈbaʊts/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈʍɛəɹəˌbaʊts/, /ˈwɛəɹəˌbaʊts/

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Adverb

whereabouts (not comparable)

1. In, at or near what location

   Whereabouts do you live?

Translations

near what location

• Dutch: waaromtrent (nl),
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: missä päin, missäpäin

Noun

1. (plural only) Location; where something is situated.

   The whereabouts of the escaped snake are unknown.

Translations

location

• Bulgarian: местонахожде́ние (bg) n (mestonahoždénie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 所在地 (zh) (suǒzàidì), 所在 (zh) (suǒzài)

• Dutch: verblijfplaats (nl)
• Estonian: asupaik
• Finnish: olinpaikka, sijainti (fi)
• French: jusque là (fr), localité (fr) f
• German: Verbleib (de) m
• Hungarian: hollét (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: ube (io)
• Indonesian: keberadaan (id)
• Italian: dislocazione (it) f, posizione (it) f, dove (it), in che luogo
• Japanese: 所在 (ja) (しょざい, shozai), 在所 (ざいしょ, zaisho)
• Polish: miejsce pobytu n
• Portuguese: paradeiro m
• Russian: (приблизи́тельное) местонахожде́ние (ru) n (mestonaxoždénije)
• Spanish: paradero (es) m
• Swedish: vistelseort

See also

Here-, there-, and where- words

• (about): hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
• (abouts): hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
• (after): hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
• (again): thereagain
• (against): hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst
• (among): hereamong, thereamong, whereamong
• (amongst): thereamongst, whereamongst
• (around): therearound, wherearound
• (as): thereas, whereas
• (at): hereat, thereat, whereat
• (before): herebefore, therebefore
• (beside): therebeside
• (between): therebetween, wherebetween
• (by): hereby, thereby, whereby
• (for): herefor, therefor, wherefor
• (fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore
• (from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
• (hence): herehence, therehence
• (in): herein, therein, wherein
• (in after): hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
• (in before): hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
• (into): hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
• (of): hereof, thereof, whereof
• (on): hereon, thereon, whereon
• (out): hereout, thereout, whereout
• (to): hereto, thereto, whereto
• (tofore): heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
• (under): hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
• (unto): hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
• (upon): hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
• (with): herewith, therewith, wherewith
• (withal): herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal