Definition of dont in French English dictionary
- {a} whereof
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
- Sur ce dont on ne peut parler, il faut garder le silence.
- whose, of which
- of which
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.
- Femmes, soyez soumises à vos maris, comme au Seigneur; car le mari est le chef de la femme, comme Christ est le chef de l'Église, qui est son corps, et dont il est le Sauveur.
He got four dolls, of which three were made in China.
- Il a quatre poupées, dont trois ont été fabriquées en Chine.
- of whom
He is the boy of whom I spoke the other day.
- Il est le garçon dont je parlais l'autre jour.
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.
- whose
My next door neighbor is a virtuoso whose skills with the piano have earned him a name among music experts.
- Mon voisin d'à côté est un virtuose dont les talents au piano lui ont valu un nom chez les experts musicaux.
I have a friend whose father is a magician.
- J'ai un ami dont le père est magicien.
