Something

//ˈsʌm.θɪŋ//

Synonyms for "something" (118 found)

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Closest matches (24)

Suffix(1 words)
-odd

Strong matches (35)

Pronoun(1 words)
je ne sais quoi

Related words (59)

Pronoun(1 words)
sth

Related word relations

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Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

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derived

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derived from

2 entries

has context

1 entries

related to

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Showing 16 of 19 words.

Translations

177 translations across 95 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • iets pron (unspecified object)

American Sign Language

1 entries
  • 1@InsideNeckhigh-FingerUpPalmBack CirclesHoriz pron (unspecified object)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • τι pron (unspecified object)

Arabic

4 entries
  • حاجة pron (unspecified object)
  • حاجة pron (unspecified object)
  • شي pron (unspecified object)
  • شي pron (unspecified object)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ինչ-որ բան pron (unspecified object)

Asturian

1 entries
  • daqué pron (unspecified object)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • nə isə pron (unspecified object)
  • nəsə pron (unspecified object)

Bavarian German

1 entries
  • eps pron (unspecified object)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • не́шта pron (unspecified object)
  • што́сьці pron (unspecified object)
  • штось pron (unspecified object)

Bengali

1 entries
  • কিছু একটা pron (unspecified object)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • ма́лко pron (a small quantity)
  • не́що pron (unspecified object)

Burmese

2 entries
  • တစ်ခုခု pron (unspecified object)
  • တစ်စုံတစ်ခု pron (unspecified object)

Catalan

3 entries
  • alguna cosa pron (unspecified object)
  • qualque cosa pron (unspecified object)
  • quelcom pron (unspecified object)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • anaskajneye pron (unspecified object)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎦᎱᏍᏗ pron (unspecified object)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 啲嘢 pron (unspecified object)
  • 某啲嘢 pron (unspecified object)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 某事 pron (unspecified object)
  • 某東西 /某东西 pron (unspecified object)
  • 某物 pron (unspecified object)

Cornish

1 entries
  • neppyth pron (unspecified object)

Corsican

1 entries
  • qualcosa pron (unspecified object)

Czech

1 entries
  • něco pron (unspecified object)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • nosko pron (unspecified object)

Danish

2 entries
  • et eller andet pron (unspecified object)
  • noget pron (unspecified object)

Dutch

2 entries
  • iets pron (unspecified object)
  • iets pron (talent that is hard to pin down)

East Central German

2 entries
  • aawoss pron (unspecified object)
  • was pron (unspecified object)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • иктаж pron (unspecified object)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • io pron (unspecified object)

Estonian

1 entries
  • midagi pron (unspecified object)

Finnish

4 entries
  • jokin pron (unspecified object)
  • jotakin pron (unspecified object)
  • jotakin pron (somebody who is superlative in some way)
  • se jokin pron (talent that is hard to pin down)

French

2 entries
  • quelque chose pron (unspecified object)
  • quelque chose pron (talent that is hard to pin down)

Galician

3 entries
  • algo pron (unspecified object)
  • algo pron (a small quantity)
  • algunha cousa pron (unspecified object)

Georgian

1 entries
  • რაღაც pron (unspecified object)

German

4 entries
  • Etwas pron (talent that is hard to pin down)
  • ebbes pron (unspecified object)
  • ebbis pron (unspecified object)
  • etwas pron (unspecified object)

Greek

2 entries
  • κάτι pron (unspecified object)
  • κάτι pron (talent that is hard to pin down)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מַשֶּׁהוּ pron (unspecified object)
  • מַשֶּׁהוּ pron (talent that is hard to pin down)

Hindi

1 entries
  • कुछ pron (unspecified object)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • nem akármi pron (somebody who is superlative in some way)
  • nem semmi pron (somebody who is superlative in some way)
  • valami pron (unspecified object)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • eitthvað pron (unspecified object)

Ido

2 entries
  • kelko pron (unspecified object)
  • ulo pron (unspecified object)

Irish

1 entries
  • rud éigin pron (unspecified object)

Italian

1 entries
  • qualcosa pron (unspecified object)

Jamaican Creole

2 entries
  • sitn pron (unspecified object)
  • sopm pron (unspecified object)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 何か pron (unspecified object)
  • 最高 pron (somebody who is superlative in some way)

Khakas

1 entries
  • пір ниме pron (unspecified object)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អី pron (unspecified object)

Korean

3 entries
  • 무언가 pron (unspecified object)
  • 무엇인가 pron (unspecified object)
  • 뭔가 pron (unspecified object)

Ladin

1 entries
  • zeche pron (unspecified object)

Ladino

2 entries
  • alguna koza pron (unspecified object)
  • algune koze (Monastir) pron (unspecified object)

Latgalian

3 entries
  • kas naviņ pron (unspecified object)
  • kazyn kas pron (unspecified object)
  • nazkas pron (unspecified object)

Latin

4 entries
  • aliquid pron (unspecified object)
  • aliquid pron (talent that is hard to pin down)
  • optimum pron (somebody who is superlative in some way)
  • quiddam pron (unspecified object)

Latvian

1 entries
  • kaut kas pron (unspecified object)

Limburgish

1 entries
  • get pron (unspecified object)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • нешто pron (unspecified object)
  • нешто pron (talent that is hard to pin down)
  • нешто pron (somebody who is superlative in some way)

Malay

1 entries
  • sesuatu pron (unspecified object)

Maltese

1 entries
  • xi ħaġa pron (unspecified object)

Manx

1 entries
  • nhee ennagh pron (unspecified object)

Mauritian Creole

1 entries
  • kiksoz pron (unspecified object)

Miyako

1 entries
  • ノーガラー pron (unspecified object)

Māori

1 entries
  • ngaringari pron (a small quantity)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • ndrongoo pron (unspecified object)

Norman

1 entries
  • quique seit pron (unspecified object)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • juoga pron (unspecified object)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • noenting pron (talent that is hard to pin down)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • noe pron (unspecified object)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • eitkvart pron (unspecified object)
  • noko pron (unspecified object)

Old English

1 entries
  • hwæthwugu pron (unspecified object)

Persian

1 entries
  • چیزی pron (unspecified object)

Polish

3 entries
  • coś pron (unspecified object)
  • coś pron (talent that is hard to pin down)
  • coś pron (somebody who is superlative in some way)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • algo pron (unspecified object)
  • algo mais pron (talent that is hard to pin down)
  • algo mais pron (somebody who is superlative in some way)
  • alguma coisa pron (unspecified object)

Quechua

1 entries
  • ima pron (unspecified object)

Romanian

3 entries
  • ceva pron (unspecified object)
  • ceva pron (talent that is hard to pin down)
  • ceva pron (somebody who is superlative in some way)

Russian

3 entries
  • кое-что́ pron (unspecified object)
  • не́что pron (unspecified object)
  • что́-то pron (unspecified object)

Scots

2 entries
  • somethin pron (unspecified object)
  • sumthin pron (unspecified object)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • rudeigin pron (unspecified object)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • nešto pron (unspecified object)
  • nešto pron (talent that is hard to pin down)
  • nešto pron (somebody who is superlative in some way)
  • нешто pron (unspecified object)

Slovak

1 entries
  • niečo pron (unspecified object)

Slovene

1 entries
  • nekaj pron (unspecified object)

Somali

1 entries
  • wax pron (unspecified object)

Spanish

3 entries
  • basurita noun (Translations)
  • algo pron (unspecified object)
  • alguna cosa pron (unspecified object)

Swedish

4 entries
  • någon pron (unspecified object)
  • någonting pron (unspecified object)
  • något pron (unspecified object)
  • något pron (talent that is hard to pin down)

Tajik

1 entries
  • ким-чӣ pron (unspecified object)

Talysh

1 entries
  • ای چییی pron (unspecified object)

Tamil

1 entries
  • ஏதோ pron (unspecified object)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ఏదో pron (unspecified object)

Thai

1 entries
  • บางสิ่ง pron (unspecified object)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • wanpela samting pron (unspecified object)

Tswana

1 entries
  • sengwe pron (unspecified object)

Turkish

1 entries
  • bir şey pron (unspecified object)

Tày

1 entries
  • cà răng pron (unspecified object)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • де́що pron (unspecified object)
  • чого́-не́будь pron (unspecified object)
  • що-не́будь pron (unspecified object)
  • щось pron (unspecified object)

Urdu

1 entries
  • کچھ pron (unspecified object)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • cái gì pron (unspecified object)
  • gì pron (unspecified object)
  • một cái gì đó pron (unspecified object)

Volapük

1 entries
  • bos pron (unspecified object)

Welsh

3 entries
  • rhywbeth pron (unspecified object)
  • rhywbeth pron (talent that is hard to pin down)
  • tipyn pron (a small quantity)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • eat pron (unspecified object)
  • wat pron (unspecified object)

Yiddish

3 entries
  • נישט סתּם pron (somebody who is superlative in some way)
  • עטוואָס pron (unspecified object)
  • עפּעס pron (unspecified object)

Sample sentences

43 total sentences available.

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Let's try something.

Source: tatoeba (1276)

It would be something I'd have to program.

Source: tatoeba (1351)

Whenever I find something I like, it's too expensive.

Source: tatoeba (1372)

My computer has got to be useful for something.

Source: tatoeba (1409)

Showing 4 of 43 available sentences.

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