whereabouts

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adverb

whereabouts (not comparable)

In, at or near what location
Whereabouts do you live?

Translations

near what location

Dutch: waaromtrent (nl),

Noun

whereabouts pl (plural only)

(plural only) Location; where something is situated.
The whereabouts of the escaped snake are unknown.

Translations

location

Bulgarian: местонахождение (bg) n (mestonaxoždénie)
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)

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): thereagainst, whereagainst
(among): thereamong, whereamong
(around): therearound
(as): thereas, whereas
(at): hereat, thereat, whereat
(before): herebefore, therebefore
(beside): therebeside
(by): hereby, thereby, whereby
(fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore
(from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
(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
(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

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