Meanings
alternative and what-not
- idiomaticAnd so on; et cetera.
It beats me sometimes why a man with his genius is satisfied to hang around pressing my clothes and what-not.
1919, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves, London: George Newnes1 more example
In the old, old days when men were wiser than they are in these times, there lived a great philosopher and magician, by name Nicholas Flamel. Not only did he know all the actual sciences, but the black arts as well, and magic, and what not.
1895, Howard Pyle, “Empty Bottles”, in Twilight Land
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Catalan i tal
- i taland whatnot
Chinese Mandarin 等等, 之類的 /之类的
- 等等 (děngděng)and whatnot
- 之類的 /之类的 (zhīlèi de)and whatnot
Danish og jeg skal komme efter dig, (og) jeg skal give dig
- og jeg skal komme efter digand whatnot
- (og) jeg skal give dig (skal jeg)and whatnot
- og alt det derand whatnot
Finnish ja niin poispäin
- ja niin poispäinand whatnot
French et tutti quanti, et compagnie
- et tutti quantiand whatnot
- et compagnieand whatnot
- et tout le bataclanand whatnot
- et tout le toutimand whatnot
- et ainsi de suiteand whatnot
- patati patataand whatnot
German und was nicht alles
- und was nicht allesand whatnot
Hungarian miegymás
- miegymásand whatnot
Polish i takie tam
- i takie tamand whatnot
Russian и т.д., и т.п.
- и т.д., и т.п. (i t.d., i t.p.)and whatnot
Spanish y demás, y tal
- y demásand whatnot
- y taland whatnot
Swedish och dylikt, och så vidare
- och dyliktand whatnot
- och så vidareand whatnot
- och såntand whatnot
Turkish falan
- falanand whatnot
Cite this entry
and whatnot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/and%20whatnot
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