what is that

English

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Alternative forms

what's that

Phrase

what is that?

Asks the interlocutor to identify an indicated object.

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؟‎ (ʾēš hād?)
Armenian: այդ ինչ է (ayd inčʿ 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 (nei¹ hai⁶ mat¹ je⁵?) (vernacular)

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

Min Nan: 這是啥, 这是啥 (che sī siáⁿ?)

Wu: 搿是啥 (geq zr sa?) (Shanghai)
Chinook Jargon: ikta ukuk
Czech: co je to?
Danish: hvad er det?
Dutch: wat is dat?
Erzya: те мезе (te meze)?
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)
Kannada: ಎಂದು ಏನು? (endu ēnu?)
Kazakh: бұл не? (bul ne?)
Khmer: ស្អីនេះ (s’əy nih?)
Korean: 이것은 무엇입니까 (igeoseun mueosimnikka) (formal), 이게 뭐예요 (ige mwoyeyo)

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: 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?
Ojibwe: awegonen i'iw?
Persian: این چیه؟‎ (in čí-ye?), این چیست؟‎ (in čist?) (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), นี้คือ อะไร (níi kʉʉ à-rai)
Turkish: bu nedir?
Turkmen: bu näme?
Ukrainian: що́ це (ščó ce)?, що це таке́ (ščo ce také)?
Urdu: یہ کیا ہے؟‎ (ye kyā hai?)
Uzbek: bu nima?
Vietnamese: cái này là gì?
Yiddish: וואָס איז דאָס?‎ (vos iz dos?)
Yup'ik: cauga?
Zulu: yini lokho?

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