some

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English sum (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-Germanic *sumaz (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, whole”). Cognate with Old Frisian sum (West Frisian sommige, somlike, “some”), Old Saxon sum (Dutch sommige, “some”), Middle High German sum (German dialectal summige, “some”), Danish somme (“some”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐍃 (sums, “one, someone”). More at same.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /sʌm/, SAMPA: /sVm/
• (Australia) IPA: /sam/, SAMPA: /sam/

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• Homophone: sum

Pronoun

some

1. A certain number, at least one.

   Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder.

2. An indefinite quantity.

   Can I have some of them?

3. An indefinite amount, a part.

   Please give me some of the cake.

   Everyone is wrong some of the time.

Synonyms

• a few

Antonyms

• many
• much
• none

Translations

certain number

Bengali: একটু (bn) Dutch: sommige (nl), sommigen (nl) Finnish: jotkut (fi), muutamat (fi)

Norwegian: enkelte (no) pl., visse (no) pl. Bokmål: noen (nb) Nynorsk: somme (nn) pl. Portuguese: algum (pt) m. Swedish: vissa (sv), somliga (sv)

indefinite quantity or number

Bengali: একটু (bn) Dutch: wat, enkele, een aantal, een paar Finnish: joitakin (fi), muutamia (fi)

Polish: trochę Spanish: unos (es) m. pl., unas (es) f. pl. Swedish: några (sv), en del (sv)

indefinite amount, part

Bengali: একটু (bn) Dutch: wat, een deel Finnish: jonkin verran (fi); joskus (fi) (some of the time) Persian: کمی  (fa) (kami)

Polish: trochę Scots: sum Swedish: lite (sv), en del (sv)

Determiner

some

1. A certain proportion of, at least one.

   Some people like camping.

2. An unspecified quantity or number of.

   Would you like some grapes?

3. An unspecified amount of (something uncountable).

   Would you like some water?

4. A certain, an unspecified or unknown.

   I've just met some guy who said he knew you.

   The sequence S converges to zero for some initial value v.

5. A considerable quantity or number of.

   He had edited the paper for some years.

6. (informal) a remarkable.

   He is some acrobat!

Synonyms

• a few

Antonyms

• many
• much
• no

Derived terms

terms derived from some

somebody someday somehow someone

something sometimes somewhat somewhere

Translations

certain proportion of

Burmese: အချို့ (my) (ăcho.) Chinese: Mandarin: 一些 (zh) (yīxiē), (countable) 幾個 (zh), 几个 (zh) (jǐgè, jǐge) Dutch: sommige (nl) Finnish: jotkut (fi) French: certain (fr), certains (fr) pl. Hindi: कुछ (hi) (kuch) Interlingua: alcun (ia)

Irish: roinnt (ga) Navajo: łaʼ Polish: niektórzy pl. m., niektóre pl. f. Russian: несколько (ru) (néskol'ko), немного (ru) (nemnógo) Scots: sum Swedish: några (sv), en del (sv) Thai: บาง (th) (baang) Urdu: کچھ (ur) (kuch)

unspecified quantity or number of

Aromanian: nishti Dutch: wat, enkele, een aantal, een paar Finnish: usually omitted, object in partitive accusative French: quelque (fr), quelques (fr) pl. Interlingua: qualque (ia)

Navajo: łaʼ Polish: kilka pl. f. Romanian: niște (ro) Russian: expressed by genitive case Swedish: några (sv), lite (sv), en del (sv)

unspecified amount of

Dutch: wat (nl) Finnish: usually omitted, object in partitive accusative

Polish: trochę Russian: expressed by genitive case Swedish: lite (sv), en del (sv)

certain, unspecified or unknown

Chinese: Mandarin: 有的 (zh) (yǒu de) Dutch: een, een zeker, een of ander Finnish: eräs, joku (fi) Hindi: कोई (hi) (koī), कुछ (hi) (kuch) Irish: Old Irish: nach

Japanese: ある (ja) (aru) Polish: jakiś m. Russian: какой-то (ru) (kakój-to), некоторый (ru) (nékotoryj) Scottish Gaelic: air choireigin (gd) Swedish: någon (sv), något (sv) Urdu: کوئی (ur) (koī), کچھ (ur) (kuch)

considerable quantity or number of

Dutch: aardig wat Finnish: joitakin (fi)

Polish: kilka pl. f. Russian: несколько (ru) (néskol'ko)

informal: remarkable

Finnish: aikamoinen (fi), melkoinen (fi)

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Arabic: بعض (ar) (ba`D), حوالي (ar) (Hawaaliy) Egyptian: بعض (ar) (ba`D) Armenian: ինչ որ (inč vor) Chinese: Mandarin: 一些 (cmn) (yìxiē), 有的 (cmn) (yǒude), 有些 (cmn) (yǒuxiē), 幾個 (cmn), 几个 (cmn) (jǐ gè), 某些 (cmn) (mǒuxiē), 某 (cmn) (mǒu), 些  (cmn) (xiē) Czech: nějaký (cs) m., několik (cs) Esperanto: kelke, kelka (1), kelkaj (2) French: certain (fr), quelconque (fr), quelque (fr) German: einige (de), manche (de), irgendein (de), etwas (de), ein paar (de) Hungarian: néhány, némi Ido: kelka (io), ula (io) Japanese: 或る (ja) (ある, aru), 幾らか (ja) (いくらか, ikuraka), 幾つか (ja) (いくつか, ikutsuka) Ido: ula, kelka Italian: qualche Korean: 어떤 (eoddeon) Kurdish: hin, hinek, hindek, çendek, çend, هه‌نێک

Latin: aliqui Macedonian: некоj (mk) (nékoj) m., некои (mk) (nékoi) pl., извесен (mk) (ízvesen) m., извесни (mk) (ízvesni) pl., еден (mk) (éden) m., едни (mk) (édni) pl., неколку (mk) (nékolku) Maltese: xi Norwegian: noe (no) (uncountable), noen (no) (countable) Portuguese: alguns pl., algumas f. pl. Romanian: niște, câteva Slovak: niekoľko Spanish: algunos (es) m. pl., algunas (es) f. pl. Telugu: కొన్ని (konni), కొందరు (koMdaru), కొంత (koMta) Tok Pisin: sampela Turkish: biraz, bazı, yaklaşık Welsh: rhai (cy), rhyw (cy) West Frisian: guon (fy)

Adverb

some (not comparable)

1. Of a measurement; approximately, roughly

   I guess he must have weighed some 90 kilos.

Translations

approximately, roughly

Finnish: jotakin (fi), jotakuinkin (fi)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: could · our · than · #65: some · other · very · upon

Anagrams

• emos
• OEMs
• omes

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Finnish

Etymology

Short of sosiaalinen media (“social media”)

Noun

some

1. (jargon) social media

Declension

Declension of some (type ovi) singular plural nominative some somet genitive somen somien partitive somea somia accusative some somen somet inessive somessa somissa elative somesta somista illative someen somiin adessive somella somilla ablative somelta somilta allative somelle somille essive somena somina translative someksi somiksi instructive – somin abessive sometta somitta comitative – somineen

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Galician

Verb

some

1. third-person singular present indicative of sumir

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Italian

Noun

some f.

1. Plural form of soma.

Anagrams

• Mosè

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Portuguese

Verb

some (infinitive: somar)

1. First-person singular (eu) affirmative imperative of verb somar.
2. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb somar.
3. First-person singular (eu) negative imperative of verb somar.
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb somar.
5. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb somar.
6. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of verb somar.