someone

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈsʌmwʌn/, X-SAMPA: /"sVmwVn/

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Etymology

some + one

Pronoun

someone

1. Some person.

   Is someone there?

Usage notes

• Logically related to anyone, everyone, and no one. Becomes no one via negation.

  Did anyone help with the clean-up effort?

  Yes, someone helped yesterday, but no one did today because everyone was too busy.

Synonyms

• anybody, anyone, somebody

Abbreviation

Some translation dictionaries have used the abbreviation s.o. or so for someone.

Translations

some person

• American Sign Language: 1@InsideNeckhigh-FingerUpPalmBack CirclesHoriz
• Arabic: أحد (ar) ('áHad)
• Armenian: մեկը (hy) (mekë)
• Asturian: daquién (ast)
• Bengali: কেউ একটা (bn)
• Bulgarian: някой (bg) (njakoj)
• Catalan: algú (ca), qualcú (ca)
• Chamicuro: ana'shanaye
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有人 (cmn) (yǒu rén), 某人 (cmn) (mǒurén), 誰 (cmn), 谁 (cmn) (shéi, shuí)

• Czech: někdo (cs)
• Dutch: iemand (nl)
• Esperanto: iu (eo)
• Finnish: joku (fi)
• French: quelqu'un (fr)
• Galician: alguén (gl)
• German: jemand (de)
• Greek: κάποιος (el) (kapios) m
• Hebrew: מישהו (he)
• Hungarian: valaki (hu)
• Icelandic: einhver (is)
• Ido: ulu (io)
• Indonesian: seseorang (id)
• Interlingua: alicuno (ia), alcuno (ia)
• Italian: qualcuno (it)
• Japanese: 誰か (ja) (だれか, dare-ka), 或る人 (ja) (あるひと, aru hito)
• Jèrriais: tchitch'un

• Korean: 누군가 (ko) (nugunga)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: یه‌کێک (ku) (yekék), که‌سێک (ku) (kesék)

• Latin: aliquis (la) m and f, aliquid (la) n, quidam (la) m and f, quidam (la) n, quiddam (la) n, quaedam (la) f
• Lojban: zo'e (jbo)
• Norwegian: noen (no)
• Occitan: qualqu'un (oc)
• Persian: کسی (fa) (kasi)
• Polish: ktoś (pl)
• Portuguese: alguém (pt)
• Romani: varekon
• Romanian: cineva (ro)
• Russian: кто-то (ru) (kto-to), кто-нибудь (ru) (kto-nibúd'), некто (ru) (nékto), кто-либо (ru) (kto-líbo)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuideigin (gd), (male) duin'-eigin (gd), (male) feareigin (gd), (female) tè-eigin (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: неко (sh)

  Roman: neko (sh)

• Slovak: niekto (sk), dakto (sk), voľakto (sk)
• Spanish: alguien (es), alguno (es)
• Swedish: någon (sv)
• Talysh:

  Asalemi: ای نفری (i nafari)

• Telugu: ఎవరో (te) (evarO)
• Ukrainian: хтось (uk) (xtos')
• Volapük: ek (vo)

Noun

someone (plural someones)

1. A partially specified but unnamed person.

   Do you need a gift for that special someone?

   The someones under discussion were eventually arrested.

Related terms

• no one
• everyone
• anyone
• somewhere
• something