What

Definitions

1. Something; thing; stuff.
   obsolete, uncountable
2. ''What has quantity or belongs to her.''.
3. what (a/an) (intensifier, followed by a noun)
4. The identity of a thing, as an answer to a question of what.
   countable
5. How much; in what respect; how: What does it matter?
6. ''Numeral that means indeterminate quantity, correlated of so much.''.
7. small, tiny
8. Something that is addressed by what, as opposed to a person, addressed by who.
   countable
9. That: I don't know but what I'll go.
10. Big and excessive in any line.
11. insignificant
12. Informal Used as an intensive at the end of a question: Is he crazy, or what? Are you a genius, or what?
    Informal
13. a traditional Mexican spicy soup made with tripe
14. What remains and need not be mentioned: a room full of chairs, lamps, radios, and what have you.
15. tripes (used as food)
16. The necessary expertise or qualities needed for success: She has what it takes to be a doctor.
17. The fundamentals and details of a situation or process; the true state or condition.
18. Taking into consideration; because of: It's strange we can't find a cab, what with so many hotels nearby.
19. any (thing(s) or amount) that. I'll lend you whatever (books) you need. watookal أي شَيءٍ каквото и todo(s) o(s)/ tudo o que cokoli, jakýkoli alles was hvilken som helst όποιος, ό, τι todo(s) lo(s) ... que mis iganes, mida iganes هراندازه mikä hyvänsä tout (...) que מַה שֶׁ- जो कुछ što god, koji god ami(t) csak; bármilyen apa saja hvaða (magn/upphæð) sem er qualunque, qualsiasi ～するものは何でも …하는 것(일)은 무엇이든 bet kuris, bet kas kāds vien; cik vien apa saja wat, welke ... ook akkurat det somcokolwiek...
20. no matter what. You have to go on, whatever (trouble) you meet; Whatever (else) you do, don't say that! waar jy ook al مَهْما без значение seja o que for / tanto faz jakýkoli, cokoli was auch immer ligegyldigt hvad οποιοσδήποτε, οτιδήποτε, ό, τι κι αν lo que ükskõik mis هرچه mitä ikinä quoi que וְלא חָשוּב מַה जो भी što god akármi(t), bármi(t) tidak peduli apa hvað(a) sem qualunque, qualsiasi どんな～ 아무리 …일지라도 kad ir kas, kad ir ką vienalga, kāds walau apa sekalipun wat, welke ... ook hva/hvilke...
21. whatsoever; at all. I had nothing whatever to do with that. niks أيَّ شَيء каквото и да е absolutamente naprosto überhaupt som helst απολύτωςen absoluto (üldse) midagi درکل yhtikäs mitään absolumentבכלל कुछ भी ništa, uopće egyáltalán apa pun alls (ekkert/enginn) affatto, assolutamente 少しの～も 조금의 …도, 어떤 …일지라도 visiškai it nekas apa pun helemaal hva/ingen(ting) som helst w ogóle absolutamente nimic никакой;вообще не vôbec popolnoma baš ništa alls, som helst, överhuvudtaget ไม่ว่าอะไรก็ตาม hiç, hi...

Equivalents

Examples

“They prayd him sit⟳, and gave him for to feed⟳ / Such homely what as serves the simple clowne, / That doth despise the dainties of the towne[…]”

“The emphasis on the interplay between the hows and whats of interpretive practice is paramount.”

“2012, "We Are Both", season 2, episode 2 of Once Upon a Time Regina: What are you? Rumplestiltskin: What? What? What? My, my, what a rude question⟳! I am not a what.”

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