What's-his-name
Translations of "what's-his-name" (15 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | مَا اِسْمَهُ(A person or entity whose name one does not remember) | mā ismahu | |
| Dutch | dinges(A person or entity whose name one does not remember), jeweetwel(A person or entity whose name one does not remember) | — | |
| French | Machin (see machin)(A person or entity whose name one does not remember), Tartempion(A person or entity whose name one does not remember), Untel(A person or entity whose name one does not remember), c'est-quoi-son-nom(A person or entity whose name one does not remember), comment-qu'il-s'appelle(A person or entity whose name one does not remember), trucmuche(A person or entity whose name one does not remember) | — | |
| German | Dingsda(A person or entity whose name one does not remember) | — | |
| Hebrew | פלוני אלמוני(A person or entity whose name one does not remember) | — | |
| Indonesian | fulan(A person or entity whose name one does not remember), si anu(A person or entity whose name one does not remember) | — | |
| Italian | Coso(A person or entity whose name one does not remember) | — | |
| Māori | mea(A person or entity whose name one does not remember) | — | |
| Polish | jak mu tam(A person or entity whose name one does not remember) | — | |
| Portuguese | fulano(A person or entity whose name one does not remember) | — | |
| Russian | ка́к его́(A person or entity whose name one does not remember), э́тот са́мый(A person or entity whose name one does not remember) | kák jevó, étot sámyj | |
| Serbo-Croatian | kak-se-zove(A person or entity whose name one does not remember) | — | |
| Spanish | fulano(A person or entity whose name one does not remember), mengano(A person or entity whose name one does not remember), zutano(A person or entity whose name one does not remember) | — | |
| Tamil | இவன்(A person or entity whose name one does not remember) | ivaṉ | |
| Yiddish | האָצמאַך(A person or entity whose name one does not remember), יענער פּלוני(A person or entity whose name one does not remember) | hotsmakh, yener ployne |
dinges, jeweetwel
Machin (see machin), Tartempion, Untel, c'est-quoi-son-nom, comment-qu'il-s'appelle, trucmuche
Dingsda
פלוני אלמוני
fulan, si anu
Coso
mea
jak mu tam
fulano
kak-se-zove
fulano, mengano, zutano
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