Something
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Pronoun
- An unspecified object.
- An event which breaks up a period of calm.
- (Isn't something meant to happen?)
- Someone or something that has a quality to a moderate degree. (The performance was something of a disappointment.)
- A talent which is hard to pin down.
(You've got something)
- Somebody or something who is superlative in some way. (You're really something!)
Translations
- Anglo-Saxon: áht n, áhwæðer, áwiht n, wiht f, n, sum, hwá m, f, hwæt n, hwæthugu, hwæthwega, hwæthwegu, hwæthwigu, hwæthwugu, hwæthwygu, hwilchwene, hwilchwone, hwilchwegno, hwilchwugu, hwilchugu; ~ else óðer; ~ unknown náthwæt; ~ or other náthwæt
- Chinese: 某事
- Czech: něco
- Dutch: iets
- Finnish: jokin (1), jokseenkin (2), jotakin (3)
- French: quelque chose (1)
- German: etwas (1)
- Greek: κάτι (káti)
- Italian: qualcosa (1)
- Japanese: 何か
- Korean: 무언가
- Portuguese: algo (1)
- Russian: что-то f (chto-to)
- Spanish: algo (1)
- Tok Pisin: wanpela samting (1)
Related words
Verb
- (colloquial) Applied to a verb which is forgetten by the user or hard to pin down, especially from words of a song.
Noun
- (colloquial) Applied to a noun which is forgetten by the user or hard to pin down, especially from words of a song.
