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A rhetorical question asked to show that the person asking it neither knows the answer nor knows who might.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- It could be one or the other, or both. Who knows?
- Do you think I'll get married before I turn 30? – Who knows, you might never marry.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A rhetorical question asked to express the idea that anything is possible or that anything could happen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Who knows? Maybe someday he'll finish writing his book and make lots of money selling it.
- Since she hasn't studied at all I don't think she'll pass the test, but who knows?
- Don't touch that – who knows where it's been?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مَن يَدْرِي؟
(man yadrī?)
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Arabic:
اَللّٰهُ أَعْلَم
(allāhu ʔaʕlam)
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Arabic:
إِبْصَر
(ʔibṣar)
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Basque:
auskalo
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Chinese Mandarin:
誰知道? /谁知道?
(shéi zhīdào)
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Dutch:
wie weet
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Dutch:
wie zal het zeggen?
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Finnish:
kukapa tietää
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Finnish:
tiedä häntä
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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French:
qui sait
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Galician:
quen sabe?
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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German:
wer weiß?
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Greek:
ποιος ξέρει;
(poios xérei?)
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Hebrew:
השד יודע
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Hungarian:
ki tudja?
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Icelandic:
hver veit?
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Italian:
chissà?
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Italian:
chi lo sa?
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Italian:
vallo a sapere
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Italian:
vattelappesca
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Japanese:
さあ?
(sā?)
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Japanese:
...かもしれない
(...ka mo shirenai)
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Macedonian:
ко́јзнае
(kójznae)
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Macedonian:
кој го знае
(koj go znae)
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Macedonian:
кој ќе знае
(koj ḱe znae)
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Navajo:
haashį́į́ néelą́ą́ʼ?
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Norwegian Bokmål:
hvem vet?
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Norwegian Bokmål:
si det
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
kven veit?
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
ikkje godt å vita
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Polish:
kto wie?
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Portuguese:
quem sabe?
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Portuguese:
vai saber?
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Romanian:
cine știe?
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Russian:
кто зна́ет?
(kto znájet?)
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Russian:
кто его́ зна́ет?
(kto jevó znájet?)
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Russian:
как знать?
(kak znatʹ?)
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Russian:
чёрт его́ зна́ет!
(čort jevó znájet!)
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Scottish Gaelic:
cò aig a tha fios?
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Spanish:
quién sabe
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Spanish:
vete tú a saber
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Spanish:
vete a saber
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Spanish:
andá a saber
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Spanish:
a saber
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Spanish:
saber
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Spanish:
ite vos a saber
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Swedish:
vem vet?
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Turkish:
kim bilir
— rhetorical question: one doesn't know
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Chinese Mandarin:
誰知道? /谁知道?
(shéi zhīdào)
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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Dutch:
wie weet?
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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Finnish:
kukapa tietää
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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French:
qui sait
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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Galician:
quen sabe?
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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Greek:
ποιος ξέρει;
(poios xérei?)
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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Hebrew:
השד יודע
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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Hungarian:
ki tudja?
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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Italian:
chissà?
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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Italian:
chi lo sa
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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Italian:
chi può dirlo?
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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Italian:
vattelappesca
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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Japanese:
さあ?
(sā?)
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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Lao:
ໃຜຈະຮູ້?
(phai cha hū)
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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Macedonian:
ко́јзнае
(kójznae)
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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Macedonian:
кој го знае
(koj go znae)
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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Macedonian:
кој ќе знае
(koj ḱe znae)
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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Norwegian:
hvem vet?
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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Polish:
kto wie?
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
-
Portuguese:
quem sabe?
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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Portuguese:
vai saber?
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
-
Romanian:
cine știe?
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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Russian:
кто зна́ет?
(kto znájet)
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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Russian:
кто его́ зна́ет?
(kto jevó znájet)
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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Spanish:
quién sabe
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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Spanish:
a saber
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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Spanish:
saber
— rhetorical question: anything is possible
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Turkish:
kim bilir?
— rhetorical question: anything is possible