whom're

== English == === Etymology === whom + ’re (“are”) === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hwo͞oʹmə, IPA(key): /ˈʍuː.mə/ (US) enPR: hwo͞oʹmr, IPA(key): /ˈʍuːməɹ/ === Contraction === whom’re (informal, interrogative) whom are 1956, Irwin Shaw, Lucy Crown, page 296 〃 (third edition; Random House): “Whom’re you calling?” Tony asked.“Your mother.” 1958, Mykhaĭlo Kot︠s︡i︠u︡bynsʹkyĭ, Chrysalis, page 16 〃 (Foreign Languages Publishing House): “Whom’re you talking of? What’s happened?” asked Ion. ==== Usage notes ==== This term is relatively rare, since whom is rather formal while contractions are rather informal. ==== Related terms ====