pron
Meaning 1
Any person; anybody.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Almost anyone can change a light bulb.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
anyone
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɛ.niˌwʌn/
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/ˈæ.niˌwʌn/
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US: /ˈɛ.ni.wʌn/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: EH1 N IY0 W AH2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: EH1 N IY0 W AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
History
Etymology
From Middle English eny on, ony one. By surface analysis, any + one.
Across languages
Translations
116 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: cilido — anybody
- Albanian: kushdo — anybody
- Arabic: أي واحد (ʔayy wāḥed) — anybody
- Arabic: أي حد (ʔayy ḥadd) — anybody
- Armenian: ամեն մեկը (amen mekə) — anybody
- Armenian: որեւէ մեկը (orewē mekə) — anybody
- Basque: edonor — anybody
- Belarusian: хто-не́будзь (xto-njébudzʹ) — anybody
- Belarusian: ніхто́ (nixtó) — anybody
- Belarusian: абы-хто́ (aby-xtó) — anybody
- Bulgarian: все́ки (vséki) — anybody
- Bulgarian: ня́кой (njákoj) — anybody
- Bulgarian: ко́йто и да е (kójto i da e) — anybody
- Catalan: qualsevol — anybody
- Catalan: tothom — anybody
- Catalan: algú — anybody
- Catalan: ningú — anybody
- Chamicuro: ana'shanaye — anybody
- Chinese Mandarin: 何人 (hérén) — anybody
- Maore Comorian: ata mutru — anybody
- Ngazidja Comorian: mndru — anybody
- Ngazidja Comorian: mdzima — anybody
- Czech: kdokoliv — anybody
- Danish: nogen — anybody
- Danish: hvemsomhelst — anybody
- Dutch: iemand — anybody
- Dutch: wie dan ook — anybody
- Dutch: eenieder — anybody
- Esperanto: iu — anybody
- Esperanto: iu ajn — anybody
- Estonian: keegi — anybody
- Estonian: igaüks — anybody
- Finnish: joku — anybody
- Finnish: kuka tahansa — anybody
- Finnish: ketään — anybody
- French: quelqu'un — anybody
- French: quelqu'une — anybody
- French: n'importe qui — anybody
- French: personne — anybody
- West-Frisian: immen — anybody
- Georgian: ვინმე (vinme) — anybody
- Georgian: ნებისმიერი (nebismieri) — anybody
- Georgian: ვიღაც (viɣac) — anybody
- German: jemand — anybody
- German: wer — anybody
- German: irgendjemand — anybody
- German: irgendwer — anybody
- Hebrew: אף אחד (áf ekhád) — anybody
- Hebrew: מישהו (mishehú) — anybody
- Hungarian: bárki — anybody
- Hungarian: akárki — anybody
- Icelandic: einhver — anybody
- Ido: irgu — anybody
- Irish: aon duine — anybody
- Italian: chiunque — anybody
- Japanese: 誰も 誰でも (dare de mo) — anybody
- Jeju: 아모 (amo) — anybody
- Kapampangan: ninuman — anybody
- Kapampangan: ninumo — anybody
- Korean: 아무 (amu) — anybody
- Central Kurdish: کەس (kes) — anybody
- Central Kurdish: ھەرچیکەس (herçîkes) — anybody
- Central Kurdish: ھەرکەس (herkes) — anybody
- Latin: quisquam — anybody
- Latin: ūllus — anybody
- Malay: سياڤا٢ — anybody
- Malay: سسياڤا — anybody
- Malay: siapa-siapa — anybody
- Malay: sesiapa — anybody
- Marathi: कोणीही (koṇīhī) — anybody
- Eastern Mari: кӧ (kö) — anybody
- Norwegian: noen — anybody
- Norwegian: enhver — anybody
- Norwegian: hvem som helst — anybody
- Old English: ǣniġ mann — anybody
- Old English: man — anybody
- Old English: hwā — anybody
- Persian: کسی (kasi) — anybody
- Polish: ktokolwiek — anybody
- Polish: kto bądź — anybody
- Polish: byle kto — anybody
- Portuguese: alguém — anybody
- Portuguese: alguma — anybody
- Portuguese: qualquer — anybody
- Portuguese: quaisquer — anybody
- Portuguese: qualquer um — anybody
- Romanian: oricine — anybody
- Russian: вся́кий (vsjákij) — anybody
- Russian: любо́й (ljubój) — anybody
- Russian: кто уго́дно (kto ugódno) — anybody
- Russian: кто бы то ни́ было (kto by to ní bylo) — anybody
- Russian: никто́ (niktó) — anybody
- Russian: кто́-нибу́дь (któ-nibúdʹ) — anybody
- Russian: кто́-либо (któ-libo) — anybody
- Scottish Gaelic: duine sam bith — anybody
- Serbo-Croatian: bilotko — anybody
- Serbo-Croatian: itko — anybody
- Serbo-Croatian: tkogod — anybody
- Slovene: kdorkoli — anybody
- Spanish: cualquiera — anybody
- Spanish: quien — anybody
- Spanish: alguien — anybody
- Spanish: cada hijo de vecino — anybody
- Spanish: cualquier hijo de vecino — anybody
- Swedish: någon — anybody
- Swedish: vem som helst — anybody
- Tagalog: sinuman — anybody
- Tagalog: balana — anybody
- Telugu: ఎవరైనా (evarainā) — anybody
- Ukrainian: хто-не́будь (xto-nébudʹ) — anybody
- Ukrainian: ніхто́ (nixtó) — anybody
- Ukrainian: будь-хто (budʹ-xto) — anybody
- Ukrainian: будь-яки́й (budʹ-jakýj) — anybody
- Vietnamese: ai — anybody
- Vietnamese: người ta — anybody
- Yoruba: ẹnikẹ́ni — anybody
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