who's who
A publication containing biographies of well-known or important peopleA publication containing biographies of well-known or important people.
» Who's the person who just spoke to you?
Wer ist die Person, die gerade mit dir sprach? — Manfredo
Хто це щойно з тобою говорив? — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
6 senses(capitalized, countable, sometimes)A publication containing biographies of well-known or important people.
кто есть ктоkto jestʹ kto
(countable)A list of notable, famous, or upper-class people.
(uncountable)Collectively, the elite class.
(countable)A person appearing in a Who's Who publication.
(countable)A celebrity or famous person, someone likely to be in such a publication.
(idiomatic, uncountable)The identities of specific people, understood in terms of such distinguishing characteristics as their backgrounds, prominence, achievements, jobs, etc., as a basis for comparing them and especially as a basis for ranking them within a social group.
Examples
52 sentencesWho's the person who just spoke to you?
Хто це щойно з тобою говорив? — deniko
deWer ist die Person, die gerade mit dir sprach? — Manfredo
How can you tell who's sane and who's insane?
Як можна відрізнити нормальних від божевільних? — deniko
deWoran erkennt man, wer normal und wer wahnsinnig ist? — Waldelfe
Who's the person who did that?
Who's the one who did that?
ruЭто кто сделал? — marafon
Who's the idiot who did this?
deWelcher Idiot war das? — Waldelfe
Translations
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Origin
From Who's Who, the British publication of biographies for the upper class, first publisheFrom Who's Who, the British publication of biographies for the upper class, first published in 1849.
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Forms
plural: who's whosWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable