English
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-someone.ogg|Audio (US)
Etymology
some + one
Pronoun
en-pron
- some person.
#:Is someone there? - Is anybody here?
Logically related to anyone, everyone, and no one. Becomes no one via negation.
Synonyms
anyone
anybody
somebody
Abbreviation
Some translation dictionaries have used the abbreviation s.o. or so for this word, just as in French qqn is used for quelqu'un.
Translations
Arabic: ARchar|اØد (â��áħad)
Bosnian: neko
Chinese: �人 (y�u rén)
Croatian: neko
Dutch: iemand
Finnish: joku
French: quelqu'un
German: jemand
Greek: κά�οιο� (kapios) m
Hungarian: valaki
Indonesian: seseorang
Interlingua: alicuno, alcuno
Italian: qualcuno
mid
Japanese: 誰� (dareka)
Korean: �군� (nugunga)
Latin: aliquis m & f, aliquid n
Polish: kto�
Portuguese: alguém
Romanian: cineva
Russian: к�о-�о (kto-to)
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: неко
:Roman: neko
Slovak: niekto#Slovak|niekto, dakto#Slovak|dakto, voľakto
Spanish: alguien
Swedish: någon
Related terms
no one
everyone
anyone
somewhere
something
Category:English third person pronouns
fr:someone
io:someone
id:someone
it:someone
ku:someone
la:someone
hu:someone
pl:someone
pt:someone
simple:someone
fi:someone
ta:someone
vi:someone
zh:someone
Noun
en-noun
- A partially specified but unnamed person.
#: Do you need a gift for that special someone?
#: The someones under discussion were eventually arrested.
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