what on Earth in Anglais

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Locutions adverbiales en anglais",
      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
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      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
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    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "on earth"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "Locution adverbiale",
  "raw_tags": [
    "what",
    ")"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Termes argotiques en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What on Earth happened here? — Qu'est-il donc arrivé ?"
        },
        {
          "text": "Who on Earth is he? — Qui est-il donc ? Ou : Qui peut-il bien être ?"
        },
        {
          "text": "Why on Earth did you come back? Mais pourquoi es-tu revenu ?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Complément de pronom interrogatif exprimant une surprise, équivalent à diable (« que diable », « où diable »). Généralement traduisible par « donc »."
      ],
      "id": "fr-what_on_Earth-en-adv-jK3OBK2h",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "in the world"
    },
    {
      "word": "the hell"
    },
    {
      "word": "the heck"
    }
  ],
  "word": "what on Earth"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Locutions adverbiales en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "on earth"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "Locution adverbiale",
  "raw_tags": [
    "what",
    ")"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Termes argotiques en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What on Earth happened here? — Qu'est-il donc arrivé ?"
        },
        {
          "text": "Who on Earth is he? — Qui est-il donc ? Ou : Qui peut-il bien être ?"
        },
        {
          "text": "Why on Earth did you come back? Mais pourquoi es-tu revenu ?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Complément de pronom interrogatif exprimant une surprise, équivalent à diable (« que diable », « où diable »). Généralement traduisible par « donc »."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "in the world"
    },
    {
      "word": "the hell"
    },
    {
      "word": "the heck"
    }
  ],
  "word": "what on Earth"
}

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"what on Earth" meaning in Anglais

Adverb