what is that

English

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Alternative forms

• what's that

Phrase

what is that?

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see what,‎ was,‎ that.: Asks the interlocutor to identify an indicated object.
2. (colloquial) What did you just say? Synonym of say again

Translations

what is that?

• Afrikaans: wat is dit?
• Albanian: çfarë është kjo?
• Arabic: مَا هٰذَا؟ (mā hāḏā?)

  Egyptian Arabic: ايه ده؟ (ē da?), ده ايه؟ (da ē?)

  Moroccan Arabic: اشنو هدا؟ (ašnu hada?)

  North Levantine Arabic: شو هيدا (šu hayda), شو هاي (šu hāy)

  South Levantine Arabic: شُو هَاد؟ (šu hād?), إِيش هَاد؟ (ʔēš hād?)

• Armenian: այդ ինչ է (ayd inčʻ ē)
• Asturian: ¿qué ye eso?
• Azerbaijani: bu nədir?
• Belarusian: што́ гэ́та (štó héta)?, што гэ́та тако́е (što héta takóje)?
• Bengali: যে কি? (je ki?)
• Bulgarian: какво́ е това́? (kakvó e tová?)
• Burmese: အဲဒါဘာလဲ။ (ai:dabhalai:||)
• Cherokee: ᏕᏣᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎭᏍ? (detsalvwisdanehas?)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 呢個乜嘢嚟㗎？／呢个乜嘢嚟㗎？ (nei¹ go³ mat¹ je⁵ lei⁴ gaa³?) (vernacular), 呢係乜嘢？／呢系乜嘢？ (nei¹ hai⁶ mat¹ je⁵?) (vernacular)

  Hokkien: 彼個啥物？／彼个啥物？ (hit-ê siáⁿ-mi̍h? / hit-gê siáⁿ-mih? / hit-ê sáⁿ-mi̍h? / hit-ê siáⁿ-mí? / hit-ê siáⁿ-meh? / hit-ê sahⁿ-mi̍h?), 彼個什物／彼个什物 (hit-ê sím-mi̍h? / hit-ê sím-mi? / hit-ê sím-mih? / hit-ê sīm-mi̍h? / hit-ê sám-mi̍h?), 彼個何物／彼个何物 (hit-ê há-mi̍h?)

  Mandarin: 那是什麼？／那是什么？ (nà shì shénme?), 這是什麼？／这是什么？ (zhè shì shénme?)

  Wu: 搿是啥？ (⁸geq ⁶zy ⁵sa)

• Chinook Jargon: ikta ukuk
• Czech: co je to?
• Danish: hvad er det?
• Dutch: wat is dat?
• Erzya: те мезе (ťe meźe)?
• Esperanto: kio estas tio?
• Estonian: mis see on?
• Finnish: mikä tuo on?
• French: qu’est-ce que c’est ? (fr), c’est quoi ? (fr), qu’est-ce? (fr)
• Galician: que é iso?
• Georgian: ეს რა არის? (es ra aris?)
• German: was ist das?
• Greek: τι είναι αυτό; (ti eínai aftó?)
• Hebrew: מַה זֶּה? m (ma zé), מַה זֹּאת? f (ma zót)
• Hindi: यह क्या है (yah kyā hai)?
• Hungarian: mi az?
• Icelandic: hvað er þetta?
• Ido: quo esas ito?
• Indonesian: apa itu?
• Irish: cad é sin?
• Italian: che cosa è questo?
• Japanese: これは何ですか (これはなんですか, kore wa nan desu ka), これは何？ (これはなに？, kore wa nani?) (casual), あれはなんですか (are wa nan desu ka)
• Kannada: ಎಂದು ಏನು? (endu ēnu?)
• Kazakh: бұл не? (būl ne?)
• Khmer: ស្អីនេះ (sʼəy nih)
• Korean: 이것은 무엇입니까 (igeos-eun mueos-imnikka) (formal), 이게 뭐예요 (ige mwo-yeyo)
• Kumyk: бу не? (bu ne?), бу недир? (bu nedir?)
• Kyrgyz: бул эмне? (bul emne?)
• Lao: ນີ້ແມ່ນຫຍັງ (nī mǣn nyang)
• Latvian: kas tas ir?
• Lithuanian: kas tai yra?
• Low German:

  German Low German: wat is dat?

• Luxembourgish: wat ass dat?
• Macedonian: што е о́ва? (što e óva?)
• Malay: apakah itu?
• Maltese: x’inhu dak?
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: энэ юу вэ? (ene juu ve?)

• Navajo: haʼátʼíishąʼ?, haʼátʼíí átʼé?, shá yínízhí
• Nogai: бу оьзи не (bu özi ne)?
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hva er det?

  Nynorsk: kva er det?

• Occitan: qu'es aquò?
• Ojibwe: awegonen iʼiw?
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: این چِیِه؟ (in čiye?), این چیسْت؟ (in čist?) (more formal)

• Polish: co to jest?
• Portuguese: o que é isso?, o que é isto?
• Romanian: ce este asta?
• Russian: что́ э́то (štó éto)?, что э́то тако́е (što éto takóje)?
• Scottish Gaelic: dé sin?
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шта је ово?, што је ово?, кај је ово? (Kajkavian)

  Roman: šta je ovo?, što je ovo?, kaj je ovo? (Kajkavian)

• Sinhalese: මේ මොකක්ද ? (mē mokakda ?)
• Slovak: čo je to?
• Slovene: kaj je to?
• Spanish: ¿qué es eso?, ¿qué es esto?
• Swedish: vad är det?
• Tagalog: ano iyon? (remote from speaker and the person being addressed), ano 'yun? (remote from speaker and the person being addressed), ano iyan? (near the person being addressed)
• Tajik: ин чист? (in čist?)
• Tamil: அது என்ன? (atu eṉṉa?)
• Telugu: అది ఏమిటి? (adi ēmiṭi?)
• Thai: นี้อะไร (níi à-rai), นี้คืออะไร (níi kʉʉ à-rai)
• Turkish: bu nedir?
• Turkmen: bu näme?
• Ukrainian: що́ це (ščó ce)?, що це таке́ (ščo ce také)?
• Urdu: یہ کْیا ہَے؟ (ye kyā hai?)
• Uzbek: bu nima?
• Vietnamese: cái này là gì?
• Yiddish: וואָס איז דאָס? (vos iz dos?)
• Yup'ik: cauga?
• Zulu: yini lokho?