So-and-so
Translations of "so-and-so" (30 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | δεῖνα (deîna)(placeholder name), δεῖνα (deîna)(anything generic) | — | |
| Arabic | فلان(placeholder name), فلانة(placeholder name), فُلَان(placeholder name), فُلَان(anything generic), فُلَانَة(placeholder name), كَذَا(anything generic), كَذَا وَكَذَا(anything generic) | flān, flāna, fulān, fulān, fulāna, kaḏā, kaḏā wakaḏā | |
| Azerbaijani | bəhman(placeholder name), filan(placeholder name), nəmnə(placeholder name) | — | |
| Bashkir | фәлән(placeholder name), фәлән-төгән(placeholder name) | fələn, fələn-tögən | |
| Bengali | অমুক(placeholder name), অমুক(anything generic), ফলনা(placeholder name), ফলনি(placeholder name) | omuk, omuk, fôlôna, fôlôni | |
| Central Kurdish | فِڵان(placeholder name), فیسار(placeholder name) | fillan, fîsar | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 某某(placeholder name) | mǒumǒu | |
| Czech | ta a ta(placeholder name), ten a ten(placeholder name), to a to(placeholder name) | — | |
| Egyptian | mn:n-t:Y1(placeholder name), mn:n:Y1(placeholder name) | mnt, mn | |
| Esperanto | ajnulo(placeholder name) | — | |
| Finnish | se ja se(placeholder name), se ja se(name used to take the place of an epithet), se ja tämä(anything generic) | — | |
| French | Machin(placeholder name), Tartempion(placeholder name), Trucmuche(placeholder name), Untel(placeholder name), chose(placeholder name), ci et ça(anything generic), machin(placeholder name) | — | |
| Galician | aqueloutro(placeholder name), aqueloutro(anything generic), fulán(placeholder name), fulán(anything generic) | — | |
| German | das und das(placeholder name), der und der(placeholder name), die und die(placeholder name), so und so(anything generic) | — | |
| Greek | δείνα(anything generic), τάδε (táde)(placeholder name) | deína | |
| Indonesian | si anu(placeholder name), si fulan(placeholder name) | — | |
| Japanese | 何々(placeholder name) | naninani | |
| Kapampangan | kayi(placeholder name), kayi(name used to take the place of an epithet), kayi-kayi(anything generic), nanu-nanu(placeholder name), nanu-nanu(anything generic) | — | |
| Korean | 무슨무슨(placeholder name), 무엇무엇(placeholder name), 뭐뭐(placeholder name), 아무개(placeholder name) | museunmuseun, mueonmueot, mwomwo, amugae | |
| Maltese | flien(placeholder name), fliena(placeholder name) | — | |
| Māori | kai a te kurī(placeholder name), mea(placeholder name), mea(anything generic) | — | |
| Persian | باستار(anything generic), بهمان(placeholder name), فلان(placeholder name), فلان(anything generic) | bâstâr, bahmân, folân, folân | |
| Polish | taki owaki(placeholder name), taki owaki(anything generic), taki owaki(name used to take the place of an epithet) | — | |
| Portuguese | beltrano(placeholder name), fulano(placeholder name), sicrano(placeholder name), tal coisa(anything generic) | — | |
| Romanian | Cutărescu(placeholder name), X-uleasca(placeholder name), X-ulescu(placeholder name), cutare(placeholder name) | — | |
| Russian | и то и сё(placeholder name), та́к-то и та́к-то(anything generic), тако́й-сяко́й(name used to take the place of an epithet), то́-то и то́-то(placeholder name), то́-то и то́-то(anything generic) | i to i sjo, ták-to i ták-to, takój-sjakój, tó-to i tó-to, tó-to i tó-to | |
| Spanish | fulana(placeholder name), fulano(placeholder name), tal por cual(name used to take the place of an epithet) | — | |
| Turkish | falan(placeholder name), falan filan(placeholder name), filan(placeholder name) | — | |
| Turkmen | nämenäme(placeholder name), pylan(placeholder name) | — | |
| Walloon | Chôze(placeholder name), Tibî Meyî(placeholder name) | — |
δεῖνα (deîna), δεῖνα (deîna)
فلان, فلانة, فُلَان, فُلَان, فُلَانَة, كَذَا, كَذَا وَكَذَا
flān, flāna, fulān, fulān, fulāna, kaḏā, kaḏā wakaḏā
bəhman, filan, nəmnə
ta a ta, ten a ten, to a to
ajnulo
se ja se, se ja se, se ja tämä
Machin, Tartempion, Trucmuche, Untel, chose, ci et ça, machin
aqueloutro, aqueloutro, fulán, fulán
das und das, der und der, die und die, so und so
si anu, si fulan
kayi, kayi, kayi-kayi, nanu-nanu, nanu-nanu
flien, fliena
kai a te kurī, mea, mea
taki owaki, taki owaki, taki owaki
beltrano, fulano, sicrano, tal coisa
Cutărescu, X-uleasca, X-ulescu, cutare
и то и сё, та́к-то и та́к-то, тако́й-сяко́й, то́-то и то́-то, то́-то и то́-то
i to i sjo, ták-to i ták-to, takój-sjakój, tó-to i tó-to, tó-to i tó-to
fulana, fulano, tal por cual
falan, falan filan, filan
nämenäme, pylan
Chôze, Tibî Meyî
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.