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English
rank|could|our|than|65|some|other|very|upon
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK&General American|US) IPA|/s�m/, SAMPA|/sVm/
(Australian English|Australia) IPA|/sam/, SAMPA|/sam/
audio|en-us-some.ogg|Audio (US)
Homophones
sum
Etymology
OE. sum
Adjective
en-adj|-
- An unspecified quantity or number of.
#:Would you like some grapes?
- A considerable quantity or number of.
#:He had edited the paper for some years.
- An unspecified or unknown.
#:I've just met some man who said he knew you.
- informal a remarkable.
#:He is some acrobat!
Pronoun
some
- An indefinite quantity of.
#:Everyone is wrong some of the time.
- At least one.
#:Well, at least some came.
Logical negation makes none. Also related to all.
Synonyms
a few
Antonyms
many
none, no
Translations
Arabic: ARchar|بعض (b���)
:Egyptian: ARchar|بعض (b���)
Armenian: ինչ ո� (in� vor)
Chinese Characters: å¹¾, (simplified)å�
Chinese: �� (yìxi�)
Czech: n�kolik
Dutch: enkele
Esperanto: kelke, kelka (1), kelkaj (2)
Finnish: muutama
French: quelques
German: einige
Hungarian: néhány, némi
Ido: ula, kelka
Italian: qualche
Japanese: ����� (ikutsuka no), ����� (ikuraka no)
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Korean: �� (eoddeon)
Kurdish: hin, hinek, hindek, çendek, çend, KUchar|�����ک
Latin: aliqui m, aliqua f, aliquod n
Maltese: xi
Norwegian: noe (uncountable), noen (countable)
Portuguese: alguns p, algumas f|p
Romanian: ni�te, câteva
Russian: не�кол�ко (néskol�ko), неко�о��й|неко�о��е (nékotoryje)
Slovak: niekoľko
Spanish: algunos m|p, algunas f|p
Swedish: några
Telugu: ��న�ని (konni), ���దర� (koMdaru), ���త (koMta)
Tok Pisin: sampela
Turkish: biraz, bazı, yakla�ık
Related terms
somebody
someday
somehow
someone
something
sometimes
somewhat
somewhere
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