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rfc|Overlapping definitions in different parts of speech. See Talk:something|discussion page

Etymology
Compound of some + thing.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�s�mθɪ�/, SAMPA|/"sVmTIN/
audio|en-us-something.ogg|Audio (US)
Hyphenation: some·thing

Pronoun
something

1. an unspecified object

#: I must have forgotten to pack something, but I can't think of what.

1. an event that breaks up a period of calm

#: Isn't something meant to happen?

1. someone or something that has a quality to a moderate degree

#: The performance was something of a disappointment.

1. a talent that is hard to pin down

#: You've got something.

1. somebody or something who is superl in some way

#: You're really something!

Abbreviations
(especially in dictionaries): sth

Derived terms
somethingth

Related terms
thing
nothing
anything
everything
somebody, someone
somewhere

Translations
trans-top|unspecified object
Arabic: ARchar|ش�ء unicode|(šáee�)
Bosnian: nešto n
Chinese: �� (m�u shì)
Croatian: nešto n
Czech: n�co
Danish: noget
Dutch: iets
Finnish: jokin, jokin|jotakin
French: quelque chose
German: etwas
Greek: κά�ι (kati) n
Hebrew: he-translation|�ש��|máshehu m
Hindi: ��� (kuchh)
Hungarian: valami
Italian: qualcosa
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (nanika)
Korean: 무�� (mu-eon-ga)
Malay: sesuatu
Old English: sum#Old English|sum
Portuguese: algo, alguma coisa
Russian: ��о-�о (što-to) f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: не��о n
:Roman: nešto n
Slovene: nekaj
Spanish: algo, alguna cosa
Swedish: något, någonting
Urdu: URchar|Ú©Ú�Ú¾ (kuchh)
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trans-top|event that breaks up a period of calm
Bosnian: nešto n
Croatian: nešto n
Czech: n�co
Dutch: iets
Finnish: jokin|jotakin
French: quelque chose
Greek: κά�ι (kati) n
Hebrew: he-translation|�ש��|máshehu m
Hindi: ��� (kuchh)
trans-mid
Portuguese: algo, alguma coisa
Russian: не��о
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: не��о n
:Roman: nešto n
Slovene: kaj
Swedish: något, någonting
Urdu: URchar|Ú©Ú�Ú¾ (kuchh)
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trans-top|somebody with a quality to a moderate degree
Bosnian: neko (person) n, nešto (thing) n
Croatian: neko (person) n, nešto (thing) n
Czech: jaksi, pon�kud
Finnish: jokseenkin, hieman, vähän
Greek: κά�οιο� (kapios) m
trans-mid
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: неко (person), не��о (thing) n
:Roman: neko (person) n, nešto (thing) n
Swedish: något
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trans-top|talent that is hard to pin down
Bosnian: nešto n
Croatian: nešto n
Dutch: iets
Finnish: se jokin
French: quelque chose
Greek: κά�ι (kati) n
Hebrew: he-translation|�ש��|máshehu m
trans-mid
Portuguese: algo, alguma coisa
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: не��о n
:Roman: nešto n
Swedish: något
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trans-top|somebody who is superlative in some way
Bosnian: nešto n
Croatian: nešto n
Finnish: jokin|jotakin
Hebrew: he-translation|�ש��|máshehu m
trans-mid
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: не��о n
:Roman: nešto n
Swedish: något
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checktrans

ttbc|Amuzgo: makjo
ttbc|Chinese: �� (m�u shì)
ttbc|German: etwas (1)
ttbc|Italian: qualcosa (1)
ttbc|Japanese: �� (nanika)
ttbc|Korean: 무�� (mu-eon-ga)
ttbc|Spanish: algo (1)
ttbc|Tok Pisin: wanpela samting (1)
ttbc|Yiddish: עפעס (epes)

Noun
en-noun

1. an important person; a somebody

#:He looks a something behind that big desk.

1. (in combination) someone in a specified range of ages

#:He must be fiftysomething.

Adverb
something

1. somewhat; to a degree

#:the baby looks something like his father.

Verb
en-verb

1. Applied to an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song.

Quotations
timeline|
1800s=1890|
2000s=2003<br>2005
1890, w:William Dean Howells|William Dean Howells, w:A Hazard of New Fortunes|A Hazard of New Fortunes ¹

2003, George Angel, â��Allegoady,â�� in Juncture, Lara Stapleton and Veronica Gonzalez edd. ²

2005, Floyd Skloot, A World of Light ³

Noun
something (plural: somethings)

1. Applied to an object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense).

Quotations
timeline|
1900s=1999|
2000s=2004
1999, Nicholas Clapp, The Road to Ubar ⁴

2004, Theron Q Dumont, The Master Mind ⁵

2004, Ira Levin, The Stepford Wives ⁶

Category:200 English basic words
Category:English third person pronouns

zh-min-nan:something
cs:something
et:something
fa:something
fr:something
ko:something
io:something
it:something
kk:something
hu:something
ja:something
pl:something
pt:something
ru:something
simple:something
fi:something
ta:something
te:something
vi:something
tr:something
zh:something

• 2007-12-14 23:30 - Stephen G. Brown - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/189.25.51.29|189.25.51.29]] ([[User_talk:189.25.51.29|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:Interwicket|Interwicket]]

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