Translations for „what“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

I . what [wɒt, Am wʌt] interrog adj

what

како́й

what kind of book?

кака́я кни́га?

what time is it?

кото́рый тепе́рь час?

what an idiot!

како́й идио́т!

what schools is he talking about?

о каки́х шко́лах он говори́т?

what one does he like?

что он предпочита́ет?

what ones does he like?

каки́е он предпочита́ет?

II . what [wɒt, Am wʌt] PRON

1. what interrog:

what

что

what can I do?

что я могу́ сде́лать?

what does it matter?

како́е э́то име́ет значе́ние?

what's up? inf

что происхо́дит?

what for?

заче́м?

what does he look like?

как он вы́глядит?

what's his name?

как его́ зову́т?

what's it called?

как э́то называ́ется?

what about Paul?

а как же Пол?

what about a walk?

ну так как же насчёт прогу́лки?

what if it snows? inf

ну а е́сли пойдёт снег?

2. what rel use:

what

то, что

what I like is

что я люблю́, так э́то

what's more

вдоба́вок

what's more

бо́лее того́

he knows what's what!

он зна́ет что есть что

III . what [wɒt, Am wʌt] (exclamation)

what an idiot!

како́й [или что за] идио́т!

what a fool I am!

како́й же я дура́к!

IV . what [wɒt, Am wʌt] INTERJ

what!

что!

so what?

ну и что?

is he coming, or what?

он идёт или как?

what's-his-name N

what's-his-name

как его́ там зову́т

Usage examples with what

what!

что!

he knows what's what!

он зна́ет что есть что

what's up?

в чём де́ло?

so what?

ну и что?

what gives? Am inf

что происхо́дит/случи́лось?

what's next?

что да́льше?

what fun!

вот поте́ха!

what for?

заче́м?

guess what!

угада́й!

what's on? (films, TV)

что идёт?

what's more

вдоба́вок

what then?

ну и что же?

what excitement!

как интере́сно!

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Hence, what then follows hereunder is fiction... of sorts... more specifically; a fiction.

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What kept us going were the guys on the boat -- the trimmers, the sail designers -- who were watching the backstay load.

www.sailingworld.com

If one wanted to know what the conditions were like in a battery chicken farm, they are easy to discover.

news.nationalpost.com

Divorces were frowned upon, no matter what the provocation, and a man who was sued at law, particularly upon his promissory note, was almost disgraced in the public mind.

en.wikipedia.org

The labour cost depends upon what is happening to the demand and supply of labour in the economy.

www.moneycontrol.com

The feebleness of the media in guiding us through this is particularly reprehensible, because much of what we need to know is happening here at home.

www.telegraph.co.uk

It also shows what happens when central banks rig up an economy.

www.dailyreckoning.com.au

What euphemism could we make that would in turn make acceptable the grinding poverty that is all about us?

cebudailynews.inquirer.net

The opposite approach is known as semasiology: here one starts with a word and asks what it means, or what concepts the word refers to.

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If your five-year-old body and your seventy-year-old body consist of different matter, then what makes them the same body?

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