suchlike

See also: such like

English

Alternative forms

• such like, such-like

Etymology

From such +‎ like.

Adjective

suchlike (not comparable)

1. Of the same or similar kind.
   • 1614, Ben Jonson, Bartholmew Fayre, Induction:

     If there bee neuer a Seruant-monſter i' the Fayre, who can helpe it, he ſayes ; nor a neſt of Antiques ?   Hee is loth to make Nature afraid in his Playes, like thoſe that beget Tales, Tempeſts, and ſuch like Drolleries, […]

Translations

of the same or similar kind

• Albanian: asisoj (sq), tillë (sq)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 之類／之类 (zh) (zhīlèi), 之类 (zh) (zhīlèi), 諸如此類／诸如此类 (zh) (zhūrúcǐlèi), 诸如此类 (zh) (zhūrúcǐlèi)

• Finnish: samantapainen (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: derartig (de)
• Persian: چنین (fa) (čonin)
• Russian: тако́й (ru) (takój)
• Turkish: gibi ilgeç, gibi (tr)

Pronoun

suchlike

1. Other things of the same kind or type.

   They sell audio CDs, tapes, and suchlike.

Translations

more of the same kind

• Finnish: sen sellainen
• French: choses de ce genre f pl
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• Maori: mea pērā

Usage notes

• The word is morphologically redundant in form, as the first element such itself synchronically corresponds to so +‎ like, thereby rendering the whole word as equivalent to so +‎ like +‎ like.