Pronunciation
Etymology
some + one
Pronoun
someone
- Some person.
- Is someone there?
Usage notes
- Logically related to anyone, everyone, and no one. Becomes no one via negation.
- Did anyone help with the clean-up effort?
- Yes, someone helped yesterday, but no one did today because everyone was too busy.
Synonyms
Abbreviation
Some translation dictionaries have used the abbreviation s.o. or so for someone.
Translations
some person
|
|
|
- Korean: 누군가 (ko) (nugunga)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: یهکێک (ku) (yekék), کهسێک (ku) (kesék)
- Latin: aliquis (la) m and f, aliquid (la) n, quidam (la) m and f, quidam (la) n, quiddam (la) n, quaedam (la) f
- Lojban: zo'e (jbo)
- Norwegian: noen (no)
- Occitan: qualqu'un (oc)
- Persian: کسی (fa) (kasi)
- Polish: ktoś (pl)
- Portuguese: alguém (pt)
- Romani: varekon
- Romanian: cineva (ro)
- Russian: кто-то (ru) (kto-to), кто-нибудь (ru) (kto-nibúd'), некто (ru) (nékto), кто-либо (ru) (kto-líbo)
- Scottish Gaelic: cuideigin (gd), (male) duin'-eigin (gd), (male) feareigin (gd), (female) tè-eigin (gd)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: неко (sh)
- Roman: neko (sh)
- Slovak: niekto (sk), dakto (sk), voľakto (sk)
- Spanish: alguien (es), alguno (es)
- Swedish: någon (sv)
- Talysh:
- Asalemi: ای نفری (i nafari)
- Telugu: ఎవరో (te) (evarO)
- Ukrainian: хтось (uk) (xtos')
- Volapük: ek (vo)
|
Noun
someone (plural someones)
- A partially specified but unnamed person.
- Do you need a gift for that special someone?
- The someones under discussion were eventually arrested.
Related terms