Meanings
phrasewhat is that?
alternative what's that
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see what, was, that.: Asks the interlocutor to identify an indicated object.
- colloquialWhat did you just say? Synonym of say again.
Translations
Afrikaans wat is dit?
- wat is dit?what is that?
Arabic مَا هٰذَا؟
- مَا هٰذَا؟ (mā hāḏā?)what is that?
Bengali যে কি?
- যে কি? (je ki?)what is that?
Bulgarian какво́ е това́?
- какво́ е това́? (kakvó e tová?)what is that?
Chinese Cantonese 呢個乜嘢嚟㗎？ /呢个乜嘢嚟㗎？, 呢係乜嘢？ /呢系乜嘢？
- 呢個乜嘢嚟㗎？ /呢个乜嘢嚟㗎？ (nei¹ go³ mat¹ je⁵ lei⁴ gaa³?)what is that?
- 呢係乜嘢？ /呢系乜嘢？ (nei¹ hai⁶ mat¹ je⁵?)what is that?
Chinese Mandarin 那是什麼？ /那是什么？, 這是什麼？ /这是什么？
- 那是什麼？ /那是什么？ (nà shì shénme?)what is that?
- 這是什麼？ /这是什么？ (zhè shì shénme?)what is that?
Czech co je to?
- co je to?what is that?
Danish hvad er det?
- hvad er det?what is that?
Dutch wat is dat?
- wat is dat?what is that?
Esperanto kio estas tio?
- kio estas tio?what is that?
Estonian mis see on?
- mis see on?what is that?
Finnish mikä tuo on?
- mikä tuo on?what is that?
French qu'est-ce que c'est?, c'est quoi?
- qu'est-ce que c'est?what is that?
- c'est quoi?what is that?
- qu'est-ce?what is that?
German was ist das?
- was ist das?what is that?
Greek τι είναι αυτό
- τι είναι αυτόwhat is that?
Hebrew מַה זֶּה?, מַה זֹּאת?
- מַה זֶּה? (ma zé)what is that?
- מַה זֹּאת? (ma zót)what is that?
Hindi यह क्या है?
- यह क्या है? (yah kyā hai)what is that?
Hungarian mi az?
- mi az?what is that?
Icelandic hvað er þetta?
- hvað er þetta?what is that?
Indonesian apa itu?
- apa itu?what is that?
Irish cad é sin?
- cad é sin?what is that?
Italian che cosa è questo?
- che cosa è questo?what is that?
Japanese これは何ですか, これは何？
- これは何ですか (kore wa nan desu ka)what is that?
- これは何？ (kore wa nani?)what is that?
- あれはなんですか (are wa nan desu ka)what is that?
Korean 이것은 무엇입니까?, 이게 뭐예요?
- 이것은 무엇입니까? (igeos-eun mueos-imnikka?)what is that?
- 이게 뭐예요? (ige mwo-yeyo?)what is that?
- 이게 뭐야? (ige mwo-ya?)what is that?
Latvian kas tas ir?
- kas tas ir?what is that?
Lithuanian kas tai yra?
- kas tai yra?what is that?
Malay apakah itu?
- apakah itu?what is that?
Norwegian Bokmål hva er det?
- hva er det?what is that?
Polish co to jest?
- co to jest?what is that?
Portuguese o que é isso?, o que é isto?
- o que é isso?what is that?
- o que é isto?what is that?
Romanian ce este asta?
- ce este asta?what is that?
Russian что́ э́то?, что э́то тако́е?
- что́ э́то? (štó éto)what is that?
- что э́то тако́е? (što éto takóje)what is that?
Scottish Gaelic dé sin?
- dé sin?what is that?
Slovak čo je to?
- čo je to?what is that?
Spanish ¿qué es eso?, ¿qué es esto?
- ¿qué es eso?what is that?
- ¿qué es esto?what is that?
Swedish vad är det?
- vad är det?what is that?
Tagalog ano iyon?, ano 'yun?
- ano iyon?what is that?
- ano 'yun?what is that?
- ano iyan?what is that?
Tamil அது என்ன?
- அது என்ன? (atu eṉṉa?)what is that?
Thai นี้อะไร, นี้คืออะไร
- นี้อะไร (níi à-rai)what is that?
- นี้คืออะไร (níi kʉʉ à-rai)what is that?
Turkish bu nedir?
- bu nedir?what is that?
Ukrainian що́ це?, що це таке́?
- що́ це? (ščó ce)what is that?
- що це таке́? (ščo ce také)what is that?
Urdu یہ کْیا ہَے؟
- یہ کْیا ہَے؟ (ye kyā hai?)what is that?
Vietnamese cái này là gì?
- cái này là gì?what is that?
Yiddish וואָס איז דאָס?
- וואָס איז דאָס? (vos iz dos?)what is that?
Zulu yini lokho?
- yini lokho?what is that?
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Chicago
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