Standard Lemma guide

you-know-who

pron · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • rhymes with -uː

1

pron

Meaning 1

Person or entity whose name one does not want to mention but which is known to the person to whom one is speaking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

pron

Meaning 2

Alternative spelling of you-know-who.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From you + know + who.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَعْرِفُ مَن (taʕrifu man) — known and unmentioned person
  • Arabic: تَعْرِفِينَ مَن (taʕrifīna man) — known and unmentioned person
  • Arabic: تَعْرِفَانِ مَن (taʕrifāni man) — known and unmentioned person
  • Arabic: تَعْرِفُونَ مَن (taʕrifūna man) — known and unmentioned person
  • Arabic: تَعْرِفْنَ مَن (taʕrifna man) — known and unmentioned person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 那誰 /那谁 (nàshéi) — known and unmentioned person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 那個人 /那个人 (nàgè rén) — known and unmentioned person
  • Dutch: jeweetwel — known and unmentioned person
  • Estonian: tead küll kes — known and unmentioned person
  • Finnish: tiedät-kyllä-kuka — known and unmentioned person
  • Finnish: tiedätte-kyllä-ketkä — known and unmentioned person
  • French: tu sais qui — known and unmentioned person
  • French: qui tu sais (said to c sg) — known and unmentioned person
  • French: vous savez qui — known and unmentioned person
  • French: qui vous savez (formal to c sg or said to c pl) — known and unmentioned person
  • Georgian: გვარს არ დავასახელებ (gvars ar davasaxeleb) — known and unmentioned person
  • German: du-weißt-schon-wer — known and unmentioned person
  • Hebrew: אתה־יודע־מי (ata-yodea-mi) — known and unmentioned person
  • Hebrew: את־יודעת־מי (at-yoda'at-mi) — known and unmentioned person
  • Hebrew: אתם־יודעים־מי (atem-yod'im-mi) — known and unmentioned person
  • Hebrew: אתן־יודעות־מי (aten-yod'ot-mi) — known and unmentioned person
  • Icelandic: þú-veist-hver — known and unmentioned person
  • Italian: lei-sa-chi (to c sg) — known and unmentioned person
  • Italian: tu-sai-chi (said to c sg) — known and unmentioned person
  • Japanese: 例の (rei no) — known and unmentioned person
  • Japanese: くだんの (kudan no) — known and unmentioned person
  • Korean: 예의 (yeui) — known and unmentioned person
  • Korean: 건의 (geonui) — known and unmentioned person
  • Northern Kurdish: filankes — known and unmentioned person
  • Northern Kurdish: filan — known and unmentioned person
  • Northern Kurdish: filan kes — known and unmentioned person
  • Polish: wiesz, kto — known and unmentioned person
  • Polish: wiesz, o kim mówię — known and unmentioned person
  • Portuguese: você-sabe-quem — known and unmentioned person
  • Portuguese: quem-nós-sabemos — known and unmentioned person
  • Romanian: știi tu cine — known and unmentioned person
  • Russian: сам зна́ешь кто (sam znáješʹ kto) — known and unmentioned person
  • Russian: са́ми зна́ете кто (sámi znájete kto) — known and unmentioned person
  • Russian: изве́стно кто (izvéstno kto) — known and unmentioned person
  • Spanish: Fulano — known and unmentioned person
  • Spanish: Quien-usted-sabe — known and unmentioned person
  • Spanish: Mengano y Zutano — known and unmentioned person
  • Spanish: ya sabes quién — known and unmentioned person
  • Spanish: individuo de marras — known and unmentioned person
  • Swedish: du-vet-vem (said to c sg, about one person) — known and unmentioned person
  • Swedish: ni-vet-vem (said to c pl, about one person) — known and unmentioned person
  • Swedish: du-vet-vilka (said to c sg, about multiple persons) — known and unmentioned person
  • Swedish: ni-vet-vilka (said to c pl, about multiple persons) — known and unmentioned person
  • Turkish: falan, falan kişi — known and unmentioned person