whereabouts

lieu où se trouve, localisation

Endroit où se trouve une personne ou une chose, surtout quand on ignore cet endroit.

En anglais simple : The place where a person or thing is, often when that place is unknown.

• Nobody knows his whereabouts.
• The police asked about the whereabouts of her brother.
• Her current whereabouts are still unknown.

Comment l'utiliser : whereabouts of someone/something (Police are investigating the whereabouts of the missing painting.)

Synonymes : location, position

Expressions courantes : someone's whereabouts, current whereabouts, whereabouts are unknown

où, dans quel coin

Sert à demander dans quel coin se trouve quelqu’un ou quelque chose, ou se passe un événement.

En anglais simple : Used to ask roughly where someone or something is, or where something happens.

• Whereabouts do you live?
• Whereabouts in the city is your office?
• Whereabouts did you find the missing keys?

Comment l'utiliser : whereabouts + question (Whereabouts do your parents live?)

Synonymes : where, roughly where

Expressions courantes : whereabouts in town, whereabouts do you, whereabouts is it

dans quel coin, où

Sert à demander dans quelle zone ou quelle partie d’un lieu se trouve quelqu’un ou quelque chose.

En anglais simple : Used to ask in which general place or part of a place someone or something is.

• Whereabouts in town is the school?
• Whereabouts do you come from in Italy?
• Whereabouts in the building did you leave your bag?

Comment l'utiliser : whereabouts in + place (Whereabouts in Spain does she live?)

Synonymes : where

Expressions courantes : whereabouts in something, whereabouts in town