Etymology
From some + times.
Pronunciation
- enPR: sŭmʹtīmz, IPA: /ˈsʌmtaɪmz/, X-SAMPA: /"sVmtaImz/
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- Hyphenation: some‧times
Adverb
sometimes (not comparable)
- On certain occasions, or in certain circumstances, but not always. [from 16th c.]
- Sometimes I sit and think, but mostly I just sit.
- (obsolete) On a certain occasion in the past; once. [16th-17th c.]
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.7:
- they detract, scoffe, and raile (saith one), and bark at me on every side; but I, like that Albanian dog sometimes given to Alexander for a present, vindico me ab illis solo contemptu; I lie still, and sleep, vindicate myself by contempt alone.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
on certain occasions, but not always
- Afrikaans: soms (af), partykeer (af)
- Albanian: ndonjëherë (sq)
- Arabic: أحيانًا (ar) (ʾaḥyānan)
- Armenian: երբեմն (hy) (erbemn)
- Basque: batzuetan (eu)
- Belarusian: часам (be) (čásam)
- Bengali: কখনো সখনো (bn) (kakhôno kakhôno)
- Bulgarian: понякога (bg) (ponjakoga)
- Catalan: a vegades (ca), de vegades (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 有時 (jau5 si4)
- Mandarin: 有時 (cmn), 有时 (cmn) (yǒushí), 有時候 (cmn), 有时候 (cmn) (yǒushíhou)
- Min Dong: please add this translation if you can
- Min Nan: please add this translation if you can
- Czech: někdy (cs)
- Dakota: tuktentu
- Danish: somme tider (da), af og til (da), undertiden (da)
- Dutch: soms (nl)
- Esperanto: iafoje (eo), kelkfoje (eo), iufoje (eo)
- Estonian: vahel (et)
- Finnish: joskus (fi), toisinaan (fi)
- French: parfois (fr), quelquefois (fr), tantôt (fr)
- Middle French: aulcunesfoys
- Georgian: ზოგჯერ (ka) (zogǰer) , ხანდახან (ka) (xandaxan)
- German: manchmal (de)
- Greek: ενίοτε (el) (eníote) , μερικές φορές (el) (merikés forés) , καμιά φορά (el) (kamiá forá)
- Guernésiais: parfeis
- Hawaiian: kekahi manawa
- Hebrew: לפעמים (he) [lifhamim]
- Hindi: कभी कभी (hi) (kabhī kabhī), कभी (hi) (kabhī)
- Hungarian: néha (hu)
- Icelandic: stundum (is), af og til (is)
- Ido: kelkafoye
- Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
- Irish: uaireanta (ga)
- Italian: qualche volta (it), talvolta (it), a volte (it)
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- Japanese: 時時 (ja), 時々 (ja) (ときどき, tokidoki)
- Javanese: please add this translation if you can
- Khmer: ជួនកាល (km) (jooǝngaal)
- Korean: 때때로 (ko) (ttaeddaero), 자주 (ko) (jaju), 가끔씩은 (ko) (gakkeumssigeun)
- Latin: aliquando (la), nonnunquam (la)
- Latvian: dažreiz (lv)
- Lithuanian: kartais (lt)
- Lojban: su'oroi (jbo)
- Macedonian: понекогаш (mk) (ponekogaš)
- Norwegian: av og til (no), noen ganger (no), tidvis (no)
- Ojibwe: naningodinong, aangodinong
- Old English: please add this translation if you can
- Persian: بعضی وقتها (fa) (bazi vaqtha), گاهی (fa) (gâhi)
- Polish: czasem (pl), niekiedy (pl), czasami (pl)
- Portuguese: às vezes (pt)
- Romanian: uneori, câteodată, ocazional
- Russian: иногда (ru) (inogdá) , временами (ru) (vremenámi) , порой (ru) (porój)
- Scots: whiles
- Scottish Gaelic: uaireannan (gd), corra uair (gd)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: по̀некад (sh), ка̀ткад (sh)
- Roman: pònekad (sh), kàtkad (sh)
- Slovak: niekedy (sk)
- Slovene: včásih (sl)
- Spanish: a veces (es), algunas veces (es)
- Swahili: please add this translation if you can
- Swedish: ibland (sv), i bland (sv), stundom (sv), då och då (sv), emellan åt (sv), av och till (sv), till och från (sv)
- Tagalog: minsan (tl)
- Telugu: అప్పుడప్పుడు (te) (appuDappuDu)
- Thai: บางที (th) (baang tee), บางครั้ง (th) (baang kráng)
- Turkish: bazen (tr), ara sıra (tr)
- Ukrainian: іноді (uk) (inodí) , часом (uk) (čásom)
- Urdu: کبھی کبھی (ur) (kabhī kabhī), کبھی (ur) (kabhī)
- Vietnamese: thỉnh thoảng (vi)
- Welsh: weithiau
- Zazaki: ge-gane
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See also
Adjective
sometimes (not comparable)
- (obsolete) former; sometime
- Thy sometimes brother's wife. — Shakespeare.
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