"何と" meaning in Japanese

See 何と in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [na̠ɲ̟ito̞] Forms: 何と [canonical] (ruby: (なに)), nanito [romanization]
Etymology: 何 (nani, pronoun) + と (to, case particle). Original form of など (nado). Etymology templates: {{affix|ja|何|と|pos1=pronoun|pos2=case particle|tr1=nani|tr2=to}} 何 (nani, pronoun) + と (to, case particle), {{ja-r|など}} など (nado) Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|なにと}} 何(なに)と • (nanito)
  1. how, in what way
    Sense id: en-何と-ja-adv-s-lh9PQ0
  2. why, wherefore
    Sense id: en-何と-ja-adv-eud-q4fP
  3. Synonym of なんと Synonyms: なんと [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-何と-ja-adv-oiOV0WCp

Interjection

IPA: [na̠ɲ̟ito̞] Forms: 何と [canonical] (ruby: (なに)), nanito [romanization]
Etymology: 何 (nani, pronoun) + と (to, case particle). Original form of など (nado). Etymology templates: {{affix|ja|何|と|pos1=pronoun|pos2=case particle|tr1=nani|tr2=to}} 何 (nani, pronoun) + と (to, case particle), {{ja-r|など}} など (nado) Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection|なにと}} 何(なに)と • (nanito)
  1. what? huh? (used to ask a question to be repeated)
    Sense id: en-何と-ja-intj-JYN5cPzY
  2. how about..., how about it? (used to prompt the listener's appraisal, such as when consulting them with a solution or proposal)
    Sense id: en-何と-ja-intj-KVzrWiTk Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 10 9 72 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 3 11 19 14 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 10 16 12 60 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 6 25 13 25 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 2 10 16 11 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 7 1 5 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 6 2 4 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 何卒 (nanitozo) (ruby: 何卒(なにとぞ))
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