"what" meaning in All languages combined

See what on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /wɔt/ [Australia], /ʍɒt/ [UK], /wʌt/ [US] Audio: en-us-what.ogg [US], en-uk-what.ogg [UK] Forms: what [positive], [comparative], [superlative]
Head templates: {{adjective|what}} [POS TABLE]
  1. used to show that you feel strongly about something.
    Sense id: simple-what-en-adj-u4TPQdlM

Determiner [English]

IPA: /wɔt/ [Australia], /ʍɒt/ [UK], /wʌt/ [US] Audio: en-us-what.ogg [US], en-uk-what.ogg [UK] Forms: what
Head templates: {{determiner}} [POS TABLE]
  1. What is used to ask about the member(s) of a group.
    Sense id: simple-what-en-det-PmdSqVsX
  2. What is used to talk about the member(s) of a group.
    Sense id: simple-what-en-det-Ezbs3Wr7

Pronoun [English]

IPA: /wɔt/ [Australia], /ʍɒt/ [UK], /wʌt/ [US] Audio: en-us-what.ogg [US], en-uk-what.ogg [UK]
  1. What is used to ask for information about things.
    Sense id: simple-what-en-pron-Dn-p-bx6
  2. What is used to add a clause with more information.
    Sense id: simple-what-en-pron-cCEXApUv
  3. The thing(s) which: a small amount of something. Synonyms: anything, whatever
    Sense id: simple-what-en-pron-~pnq-Zsv
{
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What did you see?"
        },
        {
          "text": "What do you mean?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "What is used to ask for information about things."
      ],
      "id": "simple-what-en-pron-Dn-p-bx6",
      "raw_tags": [
        "question"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I don't know what you mean."
        },
        {
          "text": "I'll tell you what to do."
        },
        {
          "text": "I'll see what I can do to help."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "What is used to add a clause with more information."
      ],
      "id": "simple-what-en-pron-cCEXApUv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "question"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Take what you can find."
        },
        {
          "text": "What you made was great."
        },
        {
          "text": "I am what I am."
        },
        {
          "text": "The city is not what it used to be."
        },
        {
          "text": "They kept blaming him for what he had done."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The thing(s) which: a small amount of something."
      ],
      "id": "simple-what-en-pron-~pnq-Zsv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "relative"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "anything"
        },
        {
          "word": "whatever"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔt/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/wOt/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʍɒt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/WQt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wʌt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/wVt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-what.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-what.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "what"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "what",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Determiner"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "determiner"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What book did you buy?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "What is used to ask about the member(s) of a group."
      ],
      "id": "simple-what-en-det-PmdSqVsX",
      "raw_tags": [
        "question"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What gifts you can give are appreciated."
        },
        {
          "text": "What ideas he has to offer are likely to be half-baked."
        },
        {
          "text": "I gave him what money I had."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "What is used to talk about the member(s) of a group."
      ],
      "id": "simple-what-en-det-Ezbs3Wr7",
      "raw_tags": [
        "relative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔt/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/wOt/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʍɒt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/WQt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wʌt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/wVt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-what.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-what.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "what"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "what",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "what"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "adjective"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What a great book this is!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to show that you feel strongly about something."
      ],
      "id": "simple-what-en-adj-u4TPQdlM",
      "raw_tags": [
        "exclamation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔt/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/wOt/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʍɒt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/WQt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wʌt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/wVt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-what.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-what.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "what"
}
{
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What did you see?"
        },
        {
          "text": "What do you mean?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "What is used to ask for information about things."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "question"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I don't know what you mean."
        },
        {
          "text": "I'll tell you what to do."
        },
        {
          "text": "I'll see what I can do to help."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "What is used to add a clause with more information."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "question"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Take what you can find."
        },
        {
          "text": "What you made was great."
        },
        {
          "text": "I am what I am."
        },
        {
          "text": "The city is not what it used to be."
        },
        {
          "text": "They kept blaming him for what he had done."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The thing(s) which: a small amount of something."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "relative"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "anything"
        },
        {
          "word": "whatever"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔt/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/wOt/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʍɒt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/WQt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wʌt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/wVt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-what.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-what.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "what"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "what",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Determiner"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "determiner"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What book did you buy?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "What is used to ask about the member(s) of a group."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "question"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What gifts you can give are appreciated."
        },
        {
          "text": "What ideas he has to offer are likely to be half-baked."
        },
        {
          "text": "I gave him what money I had."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "What is used to talk about the member(s) of a group."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "relative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔt/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/wOt/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʍɒt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/WQt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wʌt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/wVt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-what.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-what.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "what"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "what",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "what"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "adjective"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What a great book this is!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to show that you feel strongly about something."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "exclamation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔt/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/wOt/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʍɒt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/WQt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wʌt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/wVt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-what.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-what.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "what"
}

Download raw JSONL data for what meaning in All languages combined (3.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-10-15 from the simplewiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (2de260d and c8c706e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.