English Explanatory Dictionary

who knows

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. A rhetorical question asked to show that the person asking it neither knows the answer nor knows who might.
  2. A rhetorical question asked to express the idea that anything is possible or that anything could happen.

Pronunciation

en-us-who-knows.ogg En-au-who knows.ogg

Word forms

who knows

Related words

fuck knows God knows who knew you never know go figure who can tell who cares who would have thunk it

Translations

Arabic: مَن يَدْرِي؟ Arabic: اَللّٰهُ أَعْلَم Arabic: إِبْصَر Basque: auskalo Chinese Mandarin: 誰知道？ /谁知道？ Dutch: wie weet Dutch: wie zal het zeggen? Finnish: kukapa tietää Finnish: tiedä häntä French: qui sait Galician: quen sabe? German: wer weiß? Greek: ποιος ξέρει; Hebrew: השד יודע Hungarian: ki tudja? Icelandic: hver veit? Italian: chissà? Italian: chi lo sa? Italian: vallo a sapere Italian: vattelappesca Japanese: さあ？ Japanese: …かもしれない Macedonian: ко́јзнае Macedonian: кој го знае Macedonian: кој ќе знае Navajo: haashį́į́ néelą́ą́ʼ? Norwegian Bokmål: hvem vet? Norwegian Bokmål: si det Norwegian Nynorsk: kven veit? Norwegian Nynorsk: ikkje godt å vita Polish: kto wie? Portuguese: quem sabe? Portuguese: vai saber? Romanian: cine știe? Russian: кто зна́ет? Russian: кто его́ зна́ет? Russian: как знать? Russian: чёрт его́ зна́ет! Scottish Gaelic: cò aig a tha fios? Spanish: quién sabe Spanish: vete tú a saber Spanish: vete a saber Spanish: andá a saber Spanish: a saber Spanish: saber Spanish: ite vos a saber Swedish: vem vet? Turkish: kim bilir
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