what's-his-name

See also: whatshisname

English

Alternative forms

what's-her-name (female)
what's-his-face
who's-his-face, who's-his-name, what's-his-butt (less common)

Pronoun

what's-his-name

A person or entity, particularly male, whose name one does not remember but that is known to the person to which one is speaking.
A person or entity, particularly male, whose name one does not want to mention but that is known to the person to which one is speaking.

Quotations

1885 — Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado
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

you-know-who, so-and-so

Translations

A person or entity whose name one does not remember

Arabic: مَا اِسْمَهُ‎‎ m (mā ismahu)
Dutch: jeweetwel, dinges (nl)
French: Machin (fr) m (see machin (fr)), comment-qu'il-s'appelle m, c'est-quoi-son-nom m, f, trucmuche (fr) m, f, Tartempion (fr)
German: Dingsda (de) m, f
Italian: Coso (it) m

Maori: mea
Portuguese: fulano (pt) m
Russian: ка́к его́ m (kák jevó), э́тот са́мый m (étot sámyj)
Serbo-Croatian: (since it can refer to anything of any sex, it is one of the most common Serbo-Croatian buzzwords, some people using it in every other sentence) kak-se-zove
Spanish: fulano (es) m

See also

John Doe, Jane Doe

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