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Expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative word.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- How on earth did you manage to pull that off?
- What on earth does he want?
- Who on earth would do such a thing?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: on God's green earth, earthly
Antonyms: none provided
Alternative letter-case form of on earth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
used with question words to convey surprise
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- what on earth are you doing?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
dimonis
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Catalan:
diables
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Chinese Mandarin:
究竟
(jiūjìng)
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Chinese Mandarin:
到底
(dàodǐ)
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Danish:
i alverden
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Dutch:
in vredesnaam
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Dutch:
in hemelsnaam
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Dutch:
in godsnaam
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Esperanto:
en la mondo
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Finnish:
ihme
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Finnish:
kumma
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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French:
diable
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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French:
donc
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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German:
in Gottes Namen
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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German:
in Herrgotts Namen
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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German:
in aller Welt
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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German:
um alles in der Welt
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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German:
um Himmels willen
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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German:
um Himmels Willen
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Italian:
mai
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Japanese:
一体
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Japanese:
自体
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Japanese:
一体全体
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Korean:
도대체
(dodaeche)
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Korean:
대체
(daeche)
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Norwegian:
i all verden
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Polish:
na Boga
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Polish:
-ż
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Polish:
jakim cudem
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Portuguese:
diabos
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Portuguese:
raios
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Romanian:
Dumnezeu
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Romanian:
doamne
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Russian:
вообще́
(voobščé)
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Serbo-Croatian:
zaboga
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Serbo-Croatian:
pobogu
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Serbo-Croatian:
kvragu
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Serbo-Croatian:
dovraga
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
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Swedish:
i hela världen
— expletive giving emphasis after interrogative word
