sometime

See also: some time

English

Alternative forms

• some time (adverb), some-time (adjective)

Etymology

From Middle English somtyme, som time, some tyme, sume time, sumtym, sumtyme, equivalent to some +‎ time.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sŭmʹtīm', IPA^(key): /ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/
• Hyphenation: some‧time

Adverb

sometime (not comparable)

1. At an indefinite but stated time in the past or future.

   I'll see you at the pub sometime this evening.

   This will certainly happen sometime in the future.

2. (obsolete) Sometimes.
3. (obsolete) At an unstated past or future time; once; formerly.
   • c. 1595 William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act IV, scene i:

     Did they not sometime cry "All hail" to me?

Synonyms

• at some point
• at some time, at some time or other
• somewhen

Derived terms

• sometime thing
• sometime or other, sometime or another
• sometimey

Related terms

• sometimes
• sooner or later

Translations

at an unstated or indefinite time in the future

• Assamese: কেতিয়াবা (ketiaba)
• Belarusian: калі́-не́будзь (kalí-njébudzʹ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 日後／日后 (zh) (rìhòu), 日后 (zh) (rìhòu), 某時／某时 (zh) (mǒushí), 某时 (zh) (moǔshí), 下次 (zh) (xiàcì)

• Esperanto: iam (eo)
• Faroese: onkuntíð
• Finnish: joskus (fi)
• French: un jour ou l’autre (fr)
• German: irgendwann (de)
• Greek: κάποτε (el) (kápote)
• Hebrew: מתישהו (matayshehu)
• Hungarian: valamikor (hu)
• Italian: un giorno o l'altro
• Japanese: いつか (ja) (itsuka)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: aliquandō (la)
• Latvian: kaut kad
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: en eller annen gang, på et eller annet tidspunkt, før eller senere

• Novial:
• Polish: kiedyś (pl)
• Portuguese: algum dia
• Romanian: cândva (ro)
• Russian: когда́-то (ru) (kogdá-to), когда́-нибудь (ru) (kogdá-nibudʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: uaireigin
• Spanish: al rato, algún día (es)
• Swedish: någon gång
• Telugu: ఎప్పుడో (eppuḍō)
• Ukrainian: коли́сь (kolýsʹ), коли́-небудь (kolý-nebudʹ)

obsolete: sometimes — see sometimes

Adjective

sometime (not comparable)

1. Former, erstwhile; at some previous time.

   my sometime friend and mentor

   • c. 1599–1602 William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, Act I, scene ii:

     Therefore our sometime sister, now our queen / Th' imperial jointress to this warlike state

   • 1832, Thomas Noon Talfourd, Ion: A Tragedy, in Five Acts:

     Ion our sometime darling, whom we prized / As a stray gift, by bounteous Heaven dismiss'd

2. Occasional.

   an author and sometime lecturer

Synonyms

• (former): earlier, erstwhile, ex-, previous
• (occasional):

Derived terms

• sometimes

Translations

former

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: entinen (fi)
• Greek: πρώην (el) m (próin), αλλοτινός (el) m (allotinós)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latvian: bijušais, kādreizējais
• Portuguese: antigo (pt)
• Romanian: fost (ro), ex- (ro), anterior (ro)
• Russian: бы́вший (ru) (bývšij), пре́жний (ru) (préžnij)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

occasional — see occasional

Anagrams

• timesome