"whodunnit" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: ˌhuːˈdʌn.ɪt Forms: whodunnit
Etymology: : whodunnit < επινοήθηκε από τον Ντόναλντ Γκόρντον (Donald Gordon) το 1930. Παραφθορά του who done it? (ποιος το 'κανε;).
  1. αστυνομική ιστορία, διήγημα, ιστορία μυστηρίου
    Sense id: el-whodunnit-en-noun-zw11HUtb Categories (other): Ανεπίσημοι όροι (αγγλικά)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: detective story, murder story Related terms: whodunit, ''ΗΠΑ'', howdunnit, wheredunnit, whydunnit
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  "etymology_text": ": whodunnit < επινοήθηκε από τον Ντόναλντ Γκόρντον (Donald Gordon) το 1930. Παραφθορά του who done it? (ποιος το 'κανε;).",
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      "form": "whodunnit"
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  ],
  "hyphenation": "who‐dun‐nit",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "whodunit"
    },
    {
      "word": "''ΗΠΑ''"
    },
    {
      "word": "howdunnit"
    },
    {
      "word": "wheredunnit"
    },
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      "word": "whydunnit"
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "ˌhuːˈdʌn.ɪt"
    }
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      "word": "detective story"
    },
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      "word": "murder story"
    }
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  "etymology_text": ": whodunnit < επινοήθηκε από τον Ντόναλντ Γκόρντον (Donald Gordon) το 1930. Παραφθορά του who done it? (ποιος το 'κανε;).",
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      "word": "whydunnit"
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "ˌhuːˈdʌn.ɪt"
    }
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