Qu'est-ce que c'est | Meaning & Audio Pronunciation
The literal meaning is: Qu'est-ce → What is this. Que → That. C'est → This is. N.B: "Est-ce " = "C'est " but inverted. This French sentence is (sadly) popular for being impossible to explain to beginners because the literal meaning is complete nonsense. This is generally translated as: "What is it? " or "What is that?