anybody

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.i.bɒd.i/, /ˈɛn.i.bə.di/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.i.bɑd.i/, /ˈɛn.i.bʌ.di/, /ˈɛn.i.bə.di/

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Pronoun

anybody

1. Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.

   Anybody will do.

   Is there anybody inside?

2. (informal) A person of some consideration or standing.

   Everybody who wants to be anybody will come to Jake's party.

   Here one isn't anybody, if one doesn't dance like Travolta.

Synonyms

• anyone

Derived terms

• anybody who is anybody
• everybody who is anybody

Related terms

• nobody
• everybody
• somebody
• anywhere
• anything
• anyhow

Translations

anyone — see anyone

(colloquial) a person of consideration or standing

• Bulgarian: важна клечка (važna klečka)
• Finnish: joku (positive), kukaan (negative)
• German: jemand (de), wer (de) (colloquial)
• Italian: qualcuno (it)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

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• Portuguese: alguém (pt)
• Russian: больша́я ши́шка f (bolʹšája šíška) (big fir-cone), ва́жная пти́ца f (vážnaja ptíca) (important bird), ва́жная персо́на f (vážnaja persóna), ва́жное лицо́ f (vážnoje licó) (important person), ши́шка (ru) f (šíška)
• Spanish: alguien (es)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) French: n’importe qui (1), n’importe qui (2, negative only: pas n’importe qui)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} oricine (ro)
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• (deprecated template usage) Swedish: någon (1,2) (any person = vem som helst)