dont
Meanings
Pronoun
1. of/from whom/which, whose; whereof
2. by which (sometimes)
3. Denotes a part of a set, may be translated as "including" or such as in some situations.
Examples716
Il n’est rien dont je sois encore certain.
There is nothing of which I am still certain.
Vous rappelez-vous ce dont je vous ai parlé ?
Do you remember that of which we spoke?
Le coup dont il fut frappé.
The blow by which he was struck.
Il a eu dix enfants, dont neuf filles.
He had ten children, nine of them girls.
Quel est le pays dont provient cette marchandise suspecte ?
What is the country from which the suspicious merchandise comes?
La maladie dont il est mort porte un nom imprononçable.
The disease of which he died has an unpronounceable name.