d'où

from where, where ... from; hence

→ de
phrase Very common #942
from where Literally means "from where" and is used to ask about origin or source. In informal speech, it can also mean "how" in questions like asking where an idea or piece of information comes from.
FR: D'où viens-tu ?
EN: Where are you from?

D'où ma mission.

Hence my mission.

— Apocalypse Now (1979)

Je n'ai aucune idée d'où nous nous trouvons.

I have no idea where we are.

D'où appelait-il?

Where was he calling from?

— J'ai rencontré le Diable (2010)

D'où tenez-vous cela?

Where did you get that information?

D'où on se connaît.

How do we know each other?

— The Captain : L'usurpateur (2018)

Et d'où ai-je l'air de venir?

And where do I look like I'm coming from?

D'où il sort l'argent, ton Jacky?

Where does your Jacky get the money from?

— Les Visiteurs (1993)

D'où cela vient-il?

Where does this come from?

— La Légende de Baahubali : 1ère Partie (2015)

Je veux savoir d'où vous tenez cela.

I want to know where you got that from.

Alors, d'où peut-elle bien sortir?

So, where could she possibly have come from?

D'où tu connais la femme que tu appelles Maman?

How do you know the woman you call Mom?

— Les Bonnes étoiles (2022)

Tu es d'où?

Where are you from?

— Victoria (2015)

D'où provient ton mal?

Where does your pain come from?

— The Witch (2016)

D'où je le connais?

How do I know him?

— Bullet Train (2022)

D'où elle était, de Compton?

Where was she from, Compton?

— Reservoir Dogs (1992)

D'où tu lui serres la main?

Why are you shaking his hand?

— La Haine (1995)

D'où le nom donné à notre société pétrolière.

Hence the name given to our oil company.

Ça venait d'où?

Where did it come from?

— Enquête sur un citoyen au-dessus de tout soupçon (1970)

D'où vous le sortez?

Where did you get that from?

— Lady Vengeance (2005)

D'où lui vient cette idée?

Where did he get this idea?

D'où ça sort, ça?

Where did that come from?

D'où tu tiens cette idée?!

Where did you get that idea?!

— La petite Véra (1988)

Ça vient d'où?

Where does it come from?

— Les Faussaires (2007)

D'où te vient cette idée?

Where did you get this idea?

D'où me parles-tu?

Where are you speaking to me from?

— La dolce vita (1960)

Et tu es d'où, toi?

And where are you from?

— Andreï Roublev (1966)

D'où est-il venu?

Where did he come from?

— 3 Idiots (2009)

D'où êtes-vous?

Where are you from ?

— Bacurau (2019)

Savez-vous d'où il vient?

Do you know where he comes from?

— Bacurau (2019)

D'où ce nom de Huma.

Hence the name Huma.

— Tout sur ma mère (1999)

Ils viennent d'où?

Where do they come from?

D'où tu as sorti Oklahoma-Michigan?

Where did you get Oklahoma-Michigan from?

Mais d'où tu tiens ça?

But where did you get that from?

— Caché (2005)

D'où proviennent les rêves?

Where do dreams come from?

J'ai cru que vous étiez un homme, d'où les allumettes.

I thought you were a man, hence the matches.

— De tout cœur (1998)

D'où ils sortent, ceux-là?

Where did those guys come from?

— La Chute (2004)

D'où elle sort, celle-là?

Where did she come from?

D'où venons-nous?

Where do we come from?

— Cours, Lola, cours (1998)

D'où tu le sors ce numéro?

Where did you get that number from?

— Malcolm X (1992)

D'où la sors-tu?

Where did you get that from?

— La Légende du pianiste sur l'océan (1998)

Et il vient d'où?

And where is he from?

— Head-On (2004)

D'où votre présence ici.

Hence your presence here.

D'où viennent-ils tous?

Where are they all from?

— The Dead Don't Die (2019)

D'où les sortez-vous?

Where do you get them from?

— Interstellar (2014)

Ce réservoir vient d'où?

Where does this tank come from?

— Cold Storage (2026)

D'où vous venez?

Where are you from?

J'aimerais savoir d'où vous tenez vos renseignements.

I’d like to know where you got your information.

— Harry Potter et le Prince de sang-mêlé (2009)

D'où sortez-vous?

Where are you from?

— Les Visiteurs (1993)

D'où ma question.

Hence my question.

Tu sors d'où?

Where are you from?

D'où ça, en haut?

Where's that coming from up there?

— [REC] (2007)

D'où as-tu le toupet de me dire quoi que ce soit?

How dare you say anything to me?

Bien, tu vois la cabine d'où tu appelles?

Okay, do you see the phone booth you're calling from?

Lioudmila Prokofievna, d'où sortez-vous cette vulgarité?

Lyudmila Prokofievna, where did you pick up such vulgarity?

— Romance de bureau (1977)

D'où venaient-ils?

Where did they come from?

— De tout cœur (1998)

D'où tiens-tu ceci?

Where did you get this from?

Dieu sait d'où tu es venu et soudain tout autour de nous a changé!

God knows where you came from, and suddenly everything around us changed!

— New York Masala (2003)

Mais d'où ils sortent?

But where did they come from?

D'où pensez-vous que nous sommes venus?

Where do you think we came from?

Tu sors ça d'où?

Where did you get that from?

Tu sais pas d'où je sors!

You have no idea where I come from!

— Fight Club (1999)

Et d'où tiens-tu ça?

And where did you get that from?

— Le Bras de diamant (1969)

Tu viens d'où?

Where are you from?

— À bout de course (1988)

D'où croyez-vous que vient votre salaire?

Where do you think your salary comes from?

Une idée d'où il est allé après sa libération?

Any idea where he went after his release?

— Scream 7 (2026)

L'aviateur, on savait, mais d'où sort le dentiste?

The aviator, we knew about—but where did the dentist come from?

— Malèna (2000)

Vous sortez d'où?

Where are you from?

D'où tu la sors, celle-là?

Where did you get that from?

Tom sait d'où le vent souffle.

Tom knows which way the wind is blowing.

Demande-lui d'où il l'a!

Ask him where he got it from!

— Aguirre, la colère de Dieu (1972)

D'où ses victoires.

Hence his victories.

— Dangal (2016)

D'où l'importance des signes.

Hence the importance of the signs.

— On ne vit qu'une seule fois (2011)

D'où est venue cette idée?

Where did this idea come from?

D'où vient-il?

Where does it come from?

— Voyage à Tokyo (1953)

Elles viennent d'où?

Where do they come from?

Non, d'où ils viennent?

No, where do they come from?

D'où tu nous arrives?

Where do you come from?

— Quand passent les cigognes (1957)

D'où sort-il, celui-là?

Where did he come from?

J'ignore d'où elle est venue.

I don't know where she came from.

On ignore d'où elle vient?

Do we ignore where she comes from?

— Your Name. (2016)

D'où vous sortez ça?

Where did you get that from?

D'où sortez-vous cela?

Where did you get that from?

— Aquarius (2016)

Vous êtes d'où?

Where are you from?

— Head-On (2004)

D'où ma prochaine question.

Hence my next question.

— Avengers (2012)

D'où appelez-vous?

Where are you calling from?

D'où tenez-vous ces informations?

Where did you get this information?

D'où partent les bus de l'aéroport?

Where do the airport buses leave from?

Ça sort d'où, ça?

Where did that come from?

— Une grande fille (2019)

Et d'où exactement?

And exactly where from?

— Il était Temps (2013)

D'où il sort, ce type?

Where did this guy come from?

— The Man From Nowhere (2010)

Je parle au capitaine 'je-ne-sais-d'où '.

I'm talking to Captain 'I-don't-know-where'.

D'où cet or provient-il?

Where does this gold come from?

— Aguirre, la colère de Dieu (1972)

D'où tu crois que ça vient?

Where do you think it comes from?

— Suspiria (1977)

Tu m'appelles d'où?

Where are you calling me from?

— L'Accusé (2017)

D'où provient-il?

Where does it come from?

— Il est de retour (2015)

Dites-moi d'où vous venez.

Tell me where you’re from.

— La Chute (2004)

Il vient d'où?

Where is he from?

D'où tu me connais?

How do you know me?

— La Cité des hommes (2007)

D'où sort le sous-marin.

Where is the submarine coming out of?

— Avatar : La Voie de l'eau (2022)

D'où le plan B.

Hence plan B.

— Interstellar (2014)

Il pense que personne ne comprend d'où il vient.

He thinks that no one understands where he comes from.

— Les Visiteurs (1993)

D'où vous savez ça?

How do you know that?

— La Vie des autres (2006)

Vous vous connaissez d'où?

Where do you know each other from?

— Love Actually (2003)

D'où lui vient tant d'optimisme, tant de foi?

Where does he/she get so much optimism, so much faith?

— La dolce vita (1960)

Je n'ai aucune idée d'où j'ai laissé mes clés.

I have no idea where I left my keys.

D'où ça sort?

Where did that come from?

Tu le sors d'où?

Where did you get that from?

— Burning (2018)

D'où Dieu, et sa théorie des probabilités.

Hence God, and his theory of probability.

D'où tu tiens ça?

Where did you get that from?

Personne n'a jamais su d'où il revenait.

No one ever knew where he was coming back from.

— Les Choristes (2004)

D'où te vient cette énergie?

Where do you get all that energy?

— Les Anges déchus (1995)

D'où mon appel.

Hence my call.

D'où il a sorti ce chiffre?

Where did he get that figure from?

— The Rip (2026)

D'où, l'opéra.

Hence the opera.

— Le Tao de Steve (2000)

D'où cela part-il?

Where does it start from?

Tu sais d'où elle vient?

Do you know where she comes from?

D'où tu as sorti l'argent pour acheter ça?

Where did you get the money to buy that?

— Central do Brasil (1998)

Mais d'où vient-il?

But where does he come from?

— Tampopo (1985)

D'où provient cet argent?

Where did this money come from?

D'où ils sortent?

Where did they come from?

— Rang de Basanti (2006)

D'où elle sort?

Where did she come from?

Si elle était allée seule se suicider, d'où sortirait cette photo?

If she had gone to kill herself alone, where would this photo have come from?

— Old Boy (2003)

D'où tu le sors?

Where did you get that from?

D'où le connais-tu?

Where do you know him from?

D'où votre présence, peut-être.

That may be why you’re here, perhaps.

— La Plateforme (2019)

D'où viennent-ils?

Where do they come from?

— Vivre ! (1994)

Elle vient d'où cette montre?

Where did this watch come from?

— Andhadhun (2018)

D'où leur courage.

Hence their courage.

— Interstellar (2014)

D'où vous vient cette idée?

Where did you get this idea?

Ça vient d'où, ces bleus?

Where did those bruises come from?

— 2 sœurs (2003)

D'où sortions-nous?

Where were we coming from?

— Jusqu'au bout du rêve (1989)

Ce porteur de tristesse, d'où vient-il?

Where does this bearer of sadness come from?

— Your Name. (2016)

D'où ma visite.

Hence my visit.

— Blow Out (1981)

D'où est-ce venu?

Where did it come from?

D'où ça?

Where did that come from?

D'où auraient-ils pu tirer leurs idées?

Where could they have gotten their ideas from?

— Akira (1988)

D'où tiens-tu ça?

Where did you get that from?

Mais d'où l'a-t-il écrite?

But where did he write it?

D'où peut venir la glace?

Where could the ice come from?

— Salyut-7 (2017)

D'où il sort?

Where did he come from?

— Malcolm X (1992)

D'où diable est-ce que ça sort?

Where the devil did that come from?

— Paddington 2 (2017)

Une idée d'où il est allé?

Any idea where he went?

D'où tu le connais?

Where do you know him from?

Je n'ai pas été informé d'où nous allions.

I wasn’t told where we were going.

D'où la confusion.

Hence the confusion.

— Le Loup de Wall Street (2013)

D'où vos grands-parents étaient-ils originaires?

Where were your grandparents from originally?

D'où tu sais ça?

How do you know that?

D'où sort-il?

Where did he come from?

— La Guerre des étoiles (1977)

J'ignore d'où il est venu.

I don't know where he came from.

Je ne comprends pas, pourquoi vous ne vous souvenez pas d'où vous venez.

I don't understand—why don't you remember where you're from?

— The Man from Earth (2007)

D'où le travail avec les enfants.

Hence the work with children.

— Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026)

D'où vous sortez?

Where are you from?

Il faut que je sache d'où il sort.

I need to know where he came from.

D'où sortez-vous cette idée de girl?

Where did you get that idea about girls?

— Rebecca (1940)

D'où ma présence ici.

Hence my presence here.

— Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026)

Tu sors d'où, en vrai?

Where are you really from?

— Titane (2021)

Tu le connais d'où?

Where do you know him from?

— Oh Boy (2012)

D'où appelles-tu?

Where are you calling from?

D'où tenez-vous cette information?

Where did you get this information?

D'où pensais-tu que nous étions?

Where did you think we were from?

Ça sort d'où?

Where did that come from?

— The Rip (2026)

Et d'où il sort autant d'argent?

And where does he get so much money from?

— Romance de bureau (1977)

La vache, pas du tout, ça sort d'où ça?

Wow, not at all—where did that come from?

— Grave (2017)

Tu viens d'où, en Turquie?

Where in Turkey are you from?

— Head-On (2004)

D'où il sort, celui-là?

Where did he come from?

D'où connaissais-tu mon nom?

How did you know my name?

Tout ce sable vient d'où?

Where did all this sand come from?

— Astérix & Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre (2002)

D'où tu es?

Where are you from?

D'où sais-tu qui est ton papa?

How do you know who your dad is?

D'où l'argent est-il venu?

Where did the money come from?

Tom a demandé à Marie d'où elle vient.

Tom asked Marie where she comes from.

Et toi, tu es d'où?

And where are you from?

— Mystic River (2003)

Je n'avais aucune idée d'où j'étais.

I had no idea where I was.

D'où tu me mets des claques?

Why are you slapping me?

— La Haine (1995)

D'où sort son flingue?

Where does he pull his gun from?

— The Man From Nowhere (2010)

Sais-tu d'où elles viennent?

Do you know where they come from?

D'où le sais-tu?

How do you know that?

On lui demande souvent d'où il vient.

He is often asked where he comes from.

D'où vous sortez cette écharpe?

Where did you get that scarf?

— Peaky Blinders : L'Immortel (2026)

D'où m'appelles-tu?

Where are you calling me from?

— Mirage (2018)

Je n'ai aucune idée d'où je me trouve.

I have no idea where I am.

D'où ça venait?

Where did it come from?

D'où Erik Selvig.

Hence Erik Selvig.

— Avengers (2012)

T'es d'où?

Where are you from?

D'où tu tires ça?

Where did you get that from?

D'ailleurs, d'où êtes-vous?

By the way, where are you from?

D'où te vient l'idée que Tom préfère habiter à la campagne?

What makes you think that Tom prefers living in the country?

D'où nous arrivent ces poussins?

Where did these chicks come from?

— Quand passent les cigognes (1957)

D'où il est tombé?

Where did he fall from?

— [REC] (2007)

D'où?

From where?

— Le vent se lève (2006)

D'où cela vient-il, docteur?

Where does this come from, doctor?

— Les Fraises sauvages (1957)

Ton surnom vient d'où?

Where does your nickname come from?

— Cold Storage (2026)

D'où tu as sorti l'argent?

Where did you get the money from?

— Central do Brasil (1998)

Je m'en fous d'où il vient.

I don't care where he's from.

— Les Affranchis (1990)

Tu connais Matze d'où?

How do you know Matze?

— Oh Boy (2012)

Mais d'où?

But from where?

Tu es d'où, sinon?

Where are you from, then?

— Victoria (2015)

D'où provient cette cicatrice?

Where did this scar come from?

Et d'où vous sortez cette caisse de flic?

And where did you get that police car?

Il est d'où?

Where is he from?

phrase Uncommon #10,046
where ... from; hence A contraction of de + où. It can ask or refer to the origin of a person or thing, and can also introduce a consequence meaning “hence” or “therefore.”
FR: D'où vient cette odeur ?
EN: Where is that smell coming from?

Tom en voulait un, mais il n'avait aucune idée d'où en trouver.

Tom wanted one, but he had no idea where to find one.

Ne jamais oublier d'où on vient.

Never forget where you come from.

— American Gangster (2007)

d'où vous venez et vous retournerez toujours!

The place you come from and will always return to!

— Picnic (1955)

Je veux juste savoir d'où ça vient.

I just want to know where it comes from.

— Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Par notre bonne terre, d'où viennent ces immondes créatures?

Good heavens, where did these vile creatures come from?

— Le Hobbit : Un voyage inattendu (2012)

Je lui ai dit mon prénom, et d'où je viens.

I told him/her my first name and where I’m from.

— Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Moi, je sais encore qui je suis et d'où je viens!

I still know who I am and where I come from!

— La Haine (1995)

À l'endroit d'où elle venait.

Back to where she came from.

— Psychose (1960)

D'où il sort, exactement?

Where exactly does he come from?

— Primate (2026)

Le passager, d'où on se connaît?

Passenger, how do we know each other?

— The Rip (2026)

D'où le temps que prennent les vérifications.

Hence the time the checks take.

— Faute d'amour (2017)

Je ne sais pas d'où il venait, mais il est arrivé dans cette ville tout seul.

I don't know where he came from, but he arrived in this city all by himself.

— Departures (2008)

Retournez d'où vous venez.

Go back where you came from.

Oui, d'où les années perdues de Jésus.

Yes, hence Jesus's lost years.

— The Man from Earth (2007)

Tom en voulait une, mais il n'avait aucune idée d'où en trouver.

Tom wanted one, but he had no idea where to find one.

Murli, d'où vient ce bruit?

Murli, where is that noise coming from?

— Andhadhun (2018)

Nous pouvions voir le lac Biwa d'où nous étions.

We could see Lake Biwa from where we were.

Retournez d'où vous venez!

Go back to where you came from!

Posté d'où?

Where was it posted from?

— Mystic River (2003)

Vois le monde d'où nous venons.

See the world we come from.

— Avatar (2009)

Et elle, d'où tu la sors?

And where did you get her from?

— Ouvre les yeux (1997)

Il me fallut longtemps pour comprendre d'où il venait.

It took me a long time to understand where he came from.

Vous êtes un bon professeur et vous semblez croire en elle, d'où l'entretien.

You’re a good teacher, and you seem to believe in her, hence the interview.

— Black (2005)

J'ai voulu l'aider, d'où le sang sur moi.

I wanted to help him, hence the blood on me.

— Reconnu coupable (2026)

Retournez d'où vous venez!

Go back where you came from!

— Ne Zha (2019)

Ça, c'est la dernière mode, d'où je viens.

That’s the latest fashion where I come from.

— Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026)

C'est plus près d'où t'habites.

It’s closer to where you live.

— L'Ultime Héritier (2026)

Sur la planète d'où je viens, le soleil ne se lève qu'une fois par an.

On the planet I come from, the sun rises only once a year.

— Rushmore (1998)

T'es venu d'où?

Where did you come from?

— Le vent se lève (2006)

Je suis un ancien élève de Rushmore, d'où j'ai été renvoyé.

I’m a former Rushmore student, where I was expelled.

— Rushmore (1998)

Et vous, vous venez d'où?

And you, where are you from?

— The Big Sick (2017)

Sérieusement, d'où ils venaient, tous ces flics?

Seriously, where did all these cops come from?

— Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Et si on était sur la planète d'où il s'était déplacé chez nous?

What if we were on the planet he had come to us from?

— Kin-dza-dza! (1986)