such-and-such

English

Alternative forms

• such and such

Noun

such-and-such (plural such-and-suches)

1. (idiomatic) A placeholder or generic thing.

   It's a poor system, because if you want to do such-and-such you must first find that function in a long and disorderly list.

Translations

generic placeholder

• Arabic: كذا وكذا (ar) (kaḏā wa-kaḏā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 某某 (cmn) (mǒumǒu)

• Finnish: se ja se (fi)
• French: Untel (fr) m

• German: dies und das (de)
• Japanese: 何々 (ja) (なになに, naninani)
• Persian: فلان و بهمان (fa) (folân o bahmân), چنین و چنان (fa) (čonin o čonân)
• Russian: то-то и то-то (ru) (tó-to i tó-to) n, и то и сё (ru) (i to i sjó) n
• Spanish: tal o cual

Adjective

such-and-such (not comparable)

1. unstated; given

   I am troubled by the rush of young researchers attempting to prove that females are not inferior to males in such-and-such an ability or such-and-such a trait, especially when it is by no means clear what difference it makes.

Translations

unstated, given

• Bashkir: фәлән (fälän), фәлән-фәлән (fälän-fälän)
• Finnish: se ja se (fi)

• Russian: такой-то (ru) (takój-to)

See also

• so-and-so
• thus and such
• thus and so