Definition of Logan

Homophones
w:Watt|Watt (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
watt (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
wot (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Etymology
ME. < OE. hwÃ¦t < Proto-Germanic < Proto-Indo-European base *kwos, *kwod (which also gave us â��whoâ��).

Pronoun
what

context|interrogative which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: used interrogatively in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.

#:What is your address?
#:You told them what?
#:[Brit. colloq.]It's rather late, what?

context|relative|nonstandard that; which

#*1902, w:J. M. Barrie|J. M. Barrie, w:The Admirable Crichton|The Admirable Crichton
#*:Thatâ��s her; thatâ��s the thing what has stole his heart from me.

Armenian: Õ«Õ�Õ¶Õ¹ (inÄ�â��)
Balinese: apa
Basque: zer
Bengali: à¦�à¦¿ (ki)
Bikol: ano
Bulgarian: ÐºÐ°ÐºÐ²Ð¾ (kakvo)
Butuanon: ngan
Catalan: quÃ¨
Cebuano: unsa
Chinese:

Croatian: t-|hr|Å¡ta, t+|hr|Å¡to
Czech: t+|cs|co
Danish: t+|da|hvad
Dutch: t+|nl|wat
Esperanto: t-|eo|kio|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t+|et|mis, t-|et|mida
Finnish: t+|fi|mikÃ¤, t+|fi|mitÃ¤
French: t+|fr|quoi
Gamilaraay: minya
German: t+|de|was
Greek: Ï�Î¹ (ti)
Hawaiian: aha
Hebrew: ×�×� (ma)
Hiligaynon: ano
Hindi: à¤�à¥�à¤¯à¤¾ (kyÄ�)
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Hungarian: t+|hu|mi
Ibanag: anni
Icelandic: t+|is|hvaÃ°
Ido: quo
Ilocano: ania
Indonesian: t+|id|apa|xs=Indonesian
Irish: t-|ga|cad|xs=Irish
Italian: t-|it|che cosa, t+|it|cosa
Japanese: ä½� (ã�ªã�«, nÃ¡ni [when used alone]; ã�ªã�� nan [when used with another word])
Kapampangan: nanu
Korean: ë¬´ì�� (mueot)
Kurdish: t-|ku|Ú�Û�|sc=KUchar
Latin: t+|la|quod
Maori: t-|mi|aha|xs=Maori
Norwegian: t-|no|hva
Pangasinan: anto
Persian: FAchar|Ú�Ù�|Ú�Ù�Ù� (Ä�e), FAchar|Ú�Û� (Ä�i)
Polish: t+|pl|co
Portuguese: t-|pt|o que
Romanian: t-|ro|ce
Russian: Ñ�Ñ�Ð¾ (Å¡to)
Scottish Gaelic: dÃ¨
Slovak: t-|sk|Ä�o
Slovene: t+|sl|kaj
Spanish: t+|es|quÃ©, t-|es|cuÃ¡l
Swedish: t+|sv|vad
Tagalog: ano#Tagalog|ano
Tausug: unu
Telugu: à°�à°®à°¿à°�à°¿ (aemiTi)
Turkish: t+|tr|ne
Urdu: URchar|Ù�Ù�Ø§ (kyÄ�)
Waray-Waray: ano
Welsh: beth
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trans-top|relative pronoun
Dutch: t+|nl|dat, t+|nl|wat
German: t+|de|der|m, t+|de|die|f, t+|de|das|n
Hungarian: mi, ami, mit accusative, amit accusative
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Russian: ÐºÐ¾Ñ�Ð¾Ñ�Ñ�Ð¹ (kotÃ³ryj), Ñ�Ñ�Ð¾ (Å¡to)
Swedish: t+|sv|som
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Adverb
what

in some manner or degree; in part; partly; usually followed by with.

#:What with singing and joking, the time passed quickly.

Such; this is; that is.

#:What a pity.
#:What a beautiful day!

[Obs.] why?

Synonyms
such

Translations
trans-top|in some manner
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trans-top|why
See translations at why.
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Conjunction
what

that which; those which; the thing that

#:He knows what he wants.

Translations

Armenian: Õ«Õ¶Õ¹ (inÄ�â��)
Bulgarian: ÐºÐ°ÐºÐ²Ð¾ (kakvo)
Czech: t+|cs|co
Dutch: t+|nl|wat
Esperanto: t-|eo|ke|xsEsperanto, t+|eo|kiu|xsEsperanto
Estonian: t+|et|mis|alt=mida
Finnish: t+|fi|mikÃ¤
French: ce que, ce qui
German: t+|de|was
Hungarian: mi, mit accusative
Italian: ciÃ² che, quello che, cosa
mid
Japanese: (no relative pronouns)
Norwegian: t-|no|hva
Polish: to#Polish|to co#Polish|co
Portuguese: t-|pt|o que
Romanian: t-|ro|care
Russian: Ñ�Ñ�Ð¾ (Å¡to); Ñ�Ð¾, Ñ�Ñ�Ð¾ (to, Å¡to)
Scots: what
Slovene: t+|sl|kaj
Spanish: lo que
Swedish: t+|sv|vad
Tagalog: ano

Interjection
what!

an expression of surprise or disbelief.

#:What! Thatâ��s amazing.

[mostly British colloquialism]: is that not true?

#:Itâ��s a nice day, what? (sometimes repeated, e.g.: What-what?)

[mostly British colloquialism]: greeting (archaic).

#:What ho, Frobisher!

Translations

Determiner
what

which; which kind of.

#:What shirt are you going to wear?
#: What time is it?
#: What kind of car is that?

how much; how great (used in an exclamation)

#:What talent he has!
#: What a talent!

Translations
trans-top|which
Czech: t-|cs|jakÃ½
Estonian: t+|et|mis
Finnish: t+|fi|mikÃ¤
French: t+|fr|quel|m
German: welche|welche(r,s)
Hungarian: t-|hu|milyen, t-|hu|melyik
Italian: t+|it|che
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Latin: t+|la|qui|m, t-|la|quae|f, t+|la|quod|n
Polish: t-|pl|ktÃ³ry|m, t-|pl|ktÃ³ra|f, t-|pl|ktÃ³re|n
Russian: ÐºÐ¾Ñ�Ð¾Ñ�Ñ�Ð¹/ÐºÐ¾Ñ�Ð¾Ñ�Ð°Ñ�/ÐºÐ¾Ñ�Ð¾Ñ�Ð¾Ðµ (kotÃ³ryj/kotÃ³raja/kotÃ³roje) m/f/n, ÐºÐ°ÐºÐ¾Ð¹/ÐºÐ°ÐºÐ°Ñ�/ÐºÐ°ÐºÐ¾Ðµ (kakÃ³j/kakÃ¡ja/kakÃ³je) m/f/n
Spanish: t+|es|quÃ©, t-|es|cuÃ¡l
Swedish: vilken/vilket/vilka, (which of, which kind of), vad fÃ¶r (which kind of)
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trans-top|how much
Finnish: t+|fi|mikÃ¤, t-|fi|millainen
French: t+|fr|quel|m
Hungarian: t-|hu|milyen, t-|hu|micsoda, t-|hu|mekkora
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Polish: t+|pl|jaki|m, t-|pl|jaka|f, t-|pl|jakie|n
Russian: ÐºÐ°ÐºÐ¾Ð¹/ÐºÐ°ÐºÐ°Ñ�/ÐºÐ°ÐºÐ¾Ðµ (kakÃ³j/kakÃ¡ja/kakÃ³je) m/f/n
Spanish: t+|es|menudo
Swedish: vilken/vilket/vilka, en sÃ¥dan/ett sÃ¥dant/sÃ¥dana
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Category:100 English basic words
Category:English determiners
Category:English homophones

es:what
fr:what
ko:what
io:what
it:what
kk:what
ku:what
la:what
hu:what
ja:what
pa:what
pl:what
pt:what
ru:what
simple:what
fi:what
ta:what
te:what
tr:what
zh:what

Revision and Credits for"what"
2007-12-20 00:55 - Tbot - added t for fr, he Full Revision History
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