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{{also|whos}}
==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|en-us-who's.ogg|a=US}}
* {{enPR|ho͞oz}}, {{IPA|en|/huːz/}}
* {{rhymes|en|uːz|s=1}}
* {{enPR|hwo͞oz}}, {{IPA|en|/ʍuːz/}}
* {{homophones|en|whose|whos}}
* {{rhymes|en|uːz|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
Contractions; {{m|en|who}} + {{m|en|'s}}.

====Contraction====
{{en-cont}}

# [[who|Who]] [[is]].
#: {{ux|en|'''Who’s''' that in my bed?}}
# [[who|Who]] [[has]].
#: {{ux|en|'''Who’s''' been sleeping in my bed?}}
# {{rfv-sense|en}} [[whom|Whom]] [[is]].
#: {{syn|en|q=rare|whom's}}
# {{lb|en|colloquial}} [[who|Who]] ([[whom]]) [[does]]
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2014|author=James A. Michener|title=Texas|page=572
|passage=“'''Who’s''' he want to fight?” Martin asked, and the man said: “I’ve heard him twice. He wants to kick the Indians out of Texas. He wants to fight Santy Anny and whip him proper. And he wants us to take Santy Fay”.}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|who's who}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{suffix|en|who|'s|pos2=possessive marker}}.

====Determiner====
{{head|en|misspelling}}

# {{misspelling of|en|whose}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=hosw|Hows|Show|how's|hows|show}}

{{cln|en|contractions}}