you-know-who

See also: You-Know-Who

English

WOTD – 26 May 2010

Alternative forms

• you know who
• You Know Who
• You-know-who
• You-Know-Who

Etymology

From you +‎ know +‎ who.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -uː

Pronoun

you-know-who

1. Person or entity whose name one does not want to mention but which is known to the person to whom one is speaking.
   • 1885, “The Mikado”, W. S. Gilbert (lyrics), Arthur Sullivan (music):

     And 'St—'st—'st and What's-his-name, and also You-know-who / The task of filling up the blanks I'd rather leave to you.

Synonyms

• what's-his-name

Related terms

• you know
• you-know-what

Translations

known and unmentioned person

• Arabic: تَعْرِفُ مَن‎ (taʕrifu man) (said to m sg), تَعْرِفِينَ مَن‎ (taʕrifīna man) (said to f sg), تَعْرِفَانِ مَن‎ (taʕrifāni man) (said to c du), تَعْرِفُونَ مَن‎ (taʕrifūna man) (said to m pl), تَعْرِفْنَ مَن‎ (taʕrifna man) (said to f pl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 那谁 (nàshéi), 那个人 (zh) (nàgè rén)

• Dutch: jeweetwel
• Estonian: tead küll kes
• Finnish: tiedät-kyllä-kuka (said to sg, of one person), tiedätte-kyllä-ketkä (formal to sg or said to pl, of several persons)
• French: tu sais qui, qui tu sais (fr) (said to c sg), vous savez qui, qui vous savez (fr) (formal to c sg or said to c pl)
• Georgian: გვარს არ დავასახელებ (gvars ar davasaxeleb)
• German: du-weißt-schon-wer
• Hebrew: אתה-יודע-מי‎ (ata-yodea-mi) (said to m sg), את-יודעת-מי‎ (at-yoda'at-mi) (said to f sg), אתם-יודעי-מי‎ (atem-yod'ei-mi) (said to m pl), אתן-יודעות-מי‎ (aten-yod'ot-mi) (said to f pl)
• Icelandic: þú-veist-hver
• Italian: lei-sa-chi (formal, to c sg), tu-sai-chi (said to c sg)
• Japanese: (phrase) 例の (れいの, rei no), くだんの (kudan no)
• Korean: 예의 (ko) (yeui), 건의 (geonui)
• Polish: wiesz kto, wiesz o kim mówię
• Portuguese: você-sabe-quem, quem-nós-sabemos
• Romanian: știi tu cine
• Russian: сам зна́ешь кто (sam znáješʹ kto) (said to c sg, familiarly), са́ми зна́ете кто (sámi znájete kto) (said to c sg, courteously, or to c pl), изве́стно кто (izvéstno kto)
• Spanish: Fulano, Quien-usted-sabe, Mengano y Zutano, ya sabes quién, individuo de marras
• Swedish: du-vet-vem (said to c sg, about one person), ni-vet-vem (said to c pl, about one person), du-vet-vilka (said to c sg, about multiple persons), ni-vet-vilka (said to c pl, about multiple persons)
• Turkish: falan, falan kişi

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} Jeweetwel
• Mandarin: (mainland) ^{(please verify)} 神秘人 (Shén-Mì-Rén), (Taiwan) ^{(please verify)} 那個人／那个人 (zh) (Nà-Gè-Rén)
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} Veď-Vieš-Kto
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} Quien-tú-sabes
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} Kẻ-mà-ai-cũng-biết-là-ai-đấy