Such-and-such
Translations of "such-and-such" (17 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | δεῖνα (deîna)(generic placeholder) | — | |
| Arabic | كَذَا(generic placeholder), كَذَا وَكَذَا(generic placeholder) | kaḏā, kaḏā wa-kaḏā | |
| Bashkir | фәлән(indefinite; some or other), фәлән-фәлән(indefinite; some or other) | fələn, fələn-fələn | |
| Bulgarian | някой си(indefinite; some or other) | njakoj si | |
| Central Kurdish | فِڵان و فیسار(generic placeholder) | fillan û fîsar | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 某某(generic placeholder) | mǒumǒu | |
| Esperanto | tio kaj alio(generic placeholder) | — | |
| Finnish | se ja se(indefinite; some or other), se ja se(generic placeholder) | — | |
| French | Untel(generic placeholder) | — | |
| German | dies und das(generic placeholder) | — | |
| Italian | tal dei tali(generic placeholder) | — | |
| Japanese | 何々(generic placeholder) | naninani | |
| Persian | فلان و بهمان(generic placeholder), چنین و چنان(generic placeholder) | folân o bahmân, čonin o čonân | |
| Polish | taki owaki(indefinite; some or other), taki owaki(generic placeholder) | — | |
| Portuguese | tal e tal(indefinite; some or other), tal e tal(generic placeholder) | — | |
| Russian | тако́й-то(indefinite; some or other), и то и сё(generic placeholder), то́-то и то́-то(generic placeholder) | takój-to, i to i sjo, tó-to i tó-to | |
| Spanish | tal o cual(generic placeholder), tal y tal(generic placeholder) | — |
δεῖνα (deîna)
tio kaj alio
se ja se, se ja se
Untel
dies und das
tal dei tali
taki owaki, taki owaki
tal e tal, tal e tal
tal o cual, tal y tal
More for "such-and-such"
Next best steps
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.