something

(Английский)

Pron

1. (indefinite, pronoun) An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.
2. (colloquial, indefinite, pronoun) A quality to a moderate degree.
3. (colloquial, indefinite, pronoun) A talent or quality that is difficult to specify.
4. (colloquial, indefinite, often, pronoun) Somebody who or something that is superlative or notable in some way.

Adj

Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify.

Adv

1. (not-comparable) Somewhat; to a degree.
2. (colloquial, especially, not-comparable) Used to adverbialise a following adjective

Verb

Designates an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song.

Noun

1. An object whose nature is yet to be defined.
2. An object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g., from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense).

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈsʌm.θɪŋ/

Этимология (Английский)

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: somþyng

Родственно староанглийский: āwiht

Родственно шведский: någonting

In summary

From Middle English somþyng, some-thing, som thing, sum thinge, sum þinge, from Old English sum þing (literally “some thing”), equivalent to some + thing. Compare Old English āwiht (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”), Swedish någonting (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”).

Синонимы

anything

thing

what

somebody

someone

a little

for

from

of

some things

be

whatever

somewhat

any

some

oneself

item

whatsoever

veer

transport

somewhere

little

report

object

off

stuff

draw

away

digress

event

deviate

aught

descended

descend

at

derive

consider

as

affair

abandon

come

indeed

in charge

coherent

issue

article

lead

go out

marginally

go

Переводы

quelque chose

algo

qualcosa

etwas

iets

irgendetwas

algo

κάτι

de

abkommen

coś

irgendwas

aliquid

quelqu’un

alguma coisa

Предложения

I can learn something from the desert , too .

Я тоже могу научиться в пустыне.

Two men discussing something over a beer .

Двое мужчин обсуждают что -то над пивом.

A young girl is mixing something yellow in a bowl .

Молодая девушка смешивает что -то желтое в миске.

Despair is something that haunts us at night .

Отчаяние - это то, что преследует нас ночью.

Why don't you say something ?

Почему бы тебе ничего не сказать?

There's something funny going on around here .

Здесь происходит что -то смешное.