quelcom

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan queacom, queucom, calcom, caucom, from Latin quale-cumque or quiddam-cumque, although Spitzer suggests quale-quomodo. Compare Occitan calacom, quezacom, queacom.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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quelcom

  1. (formal) something
    Synonyms: alguna cosa, res, qualque cosa, (proscribed) algo
    • 1919, Claudi Planas i Font, En Pere i altres contes:
      ...tenia quelcom de brutal l'espectacle d'aquell home decrèpit...
      ...there was something brutal about the spectacle of that decrepit man...
  2. (formal, in questions) anything

Usage notes

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Adverb

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quelcom

  1. (literary) a bit, somewhat, rather

Further reading

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