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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.ɪ.θɪŋ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/
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• General-American: /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/
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• pin-pen-merger: /ˈɪ̟n.i.θɪŋ/
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• /ˈɛn.i.θiŋ/ Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/ tensing
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• Ireland: /ˈæn.i.θɪŋ/
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• Australian: /ˈen.i.θɪ̝ŋ/
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• CMU ARPABET: EH1 N IY0 TH IH2 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h1óynos Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *h1oy-no-kós Proto-Germanic *ainagaz Proto-West Germanic *ainag Old English ǣniġ Old English ǣniġe Proto-Indo-European *tenk-? Proto-Indo-European *tenkóm Proto-Germanic *þingą Proto-West Germanic *þing Old English þing Old English þinga Old English ǣniġe þinga Middle English anything English anything From Middle English anything, enything, onything, onythynge, from Old English ǣniġe þinga, ǣnġi þinga (literally “by any of things”), from ǣniġe, instrumental form of ǣniġ (“any”) + þinga, genitive plural of þing (“thing”).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h1óynos Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *h1oy-no-kós Proto-Germanic *ainagaz Proto-West Germanic *ainag Old English ǣniġ Proto-Indo-European *tenk-? Proto-Indo-European *tenkóm Proto-Germanic *þingą Proto-West Germanic *þing Old English þing Old English aniþing Middle English anything English anything From Middle English anything, enything, onything, from Late Old English aniþing, from earlier ǣniġ þing (literally “any thing”), equivalent to any + thing.

105 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Guerrero Amuzgo: makjo — someone or something
• Finnish: mikä tahansa — someone or something
• Greek: οτιδήποτε (otidípote) — someone or something
• Japanese: 何でも (nandemo) — someone or something
• Latin: quisquam — someone or something
• Maltese: kwalunkwe ħaġa — someone or something
• Portuguese: qualquer coisa — someone or something
• Romanian: cineva — someone or something
• Romanian: ceva — someone or something
• Scottish Gaelic: dad — someone or something
• Scottish Gaelic: càil — someone or something
• Slovene: karkoli — someone or something
• Swedish: något — someone or something
• Swedish: vad som helst — someone or something
• Swedish: vilken som helst — someone or something
• Swedish: vilket som helst — someone or something
• Yiddish: עפּעס (epes) — someone or something
• Afrikaans: enigiets — any thing of any kind
• Arabic: أَيُّ شَيْءٍ (ʔayyu šayʔin) — any thing of any kind
• Arabic: أي حاجة (ʔayy ḥāja) — any thing of any kind
• Belarusian: што-не́будзь (što-njébudzʹ) — any thing of any kind
• Belarusian: нішто́ (ništó) — any thing of any kind
• Bulgarian: нещо (nešto) — any thing of any kind
• Bulgarian: каквото и да е (kakvoto i da e) — any thing of any kind
• Catalan: qualsevol cosa — any thing of any kind
• Catalan: alguna cosa — any thing of any kind
• Catalan: quelcom — any thing of any kind
• Catalan: tot — any thing of any kind
• Catalan: res — any thing of any kind
• Catalan: re — any thing of any kind
• Chamicuro: anaskajneye — any thing of any kind
• Cherokee: ᎦᎱᏍᏗ (gahusdi) — any thing of any kind
• Chinese Mandarin: 什麼 /什么 (shénme) — any thing of any kind
• Ngazidja Comorian: ndrongoo — any thing of any kind
• Czech: cokoliv — any thing of any kind
• Dutch: iets — any thing of any kind
• Dutch: alles — any thing of any kind
• Dutch: wat dan ook — any thing of any kind
• Esperanto: io ajn — any thing of any kind
• Finnish: mikä — any thing of any kind
• Finnish: mikä tahansa — any thing of any kind
• French: n’importe quoi — any thing of any kind
• French: rien — any thing of any kind
• Galician: calquera cousa — any thing of any kind
• Georgian: ნებისმიერი რამ (nebismieri ram) — any thing of any kind
• German: irgendetwas — any thing of any kind
• German: irgendwas — any thing of any kind
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌷𐌿𐌽 (ainshun) — any thing of any kind
• Greek: οτιδήποτε (otidípote) — any thing of any kind
• Greek: ό,τι (ó,ti) — any thing of any kind
• Hindi: कुछ (kuch) — any thing of any kind
• Hungarian: akármi — any thing of any kind
• Hungarian: bármi — any thing of any kind
• Ido: irgo — any thing of any kind
• Indonesian: apa pun — any thing of any kind
• Indonesian: apa saja — any thing of any kind
• Irish: aon rud — any thing of any kind
• Italian: qualunque cosa — any thing of any kind
• Italian: qualsiasi cosa — any thing of any kind
• Italian: niente — any thing of any kind
• Japanese: 何でも (nandemo) — any thing of any kind
• Khmer: អី (ʼəy) — any thing of any kind
• Korean: 아무것도 (amugeot-do) — any thing of any kind
• Central Kurdish: ھیچ (hîç) — any thing of any kind
• Latin: quidquam — any thing of any kind
• Macedonian: било што (bilo što) — any thing of any kind
• Macedonian: што било (što bilo) — any thing of any kind
• Macedonian: што и да било (što i da bilo) — any thing of any kind
• Malay: اڤ٢ — any thing of any kind
• Malay: apa-apa — any thing of any kind
• Maltese: kwalunkwe ħaġa — any thing of any kind
• Manx: nhee erbee — any thing of any kind
• Marathi: काहीही (kāhīhī) — any thing of any kind
• Marathi: काही पण (kāhī paṇ) — any thing of any kind
• Norwegian Bokmål: noe — any thing of any kind
• Norwegian Bokmål: hva som helst — any thing of any kind
• Norwegian Bokmål: alt — any thing of any kind
• Old Norse: hvatvetna — any thing of any kind
• Polish: cokolwiek — any thing of any kind
• Polish: byle co — any thing of any kind
• Polish: coś — any thing of any kind
• Polish: nic — any thing of any kind
• Polish: wszystko — any thing of any kind
• Portuguese: qualquer coisa — any thing of any kind
• Romanian: orice — any thing of any kind
• Romanian: nimic — any thing of any kind
• Russian: всё, что уго́дно (vsjo, što ugódno) — any thing of any kind
• Russian: всё (vsjo) — any thing of any kind
• Russian: что уго́дно (što ugódno) — any thing of any kind
• Russian: что́-нибудь (štó-nibudʹ) — any thing of any kind
• Scottish Gaelic: rud sam bith — any thing of any kind
• Serbo-Croatian: bilošto — any thing of any kind
• Serbo-Croatian: bilo što — any thing of any kind
• Slovak: čokoľvek — any thing of any kind
• Spanish: cualquier cosa — any thing of any kind
• Swahili: kitu — any thing of any kind
• Swedish: någonting — any thing of any kind
• Swedish: vad som helst — any thing of any kind
• Telugu: ఏమైనా (ēmainā) — any thing of any kind
• Tok Pisin: samting — any thing of any kind
• Ukrainian: що-не́будь (ščo-nébudʹ) — any thing of any kind
• Ukrainian: ніщо́ (niščó) — any thing of any kind
• Ukrainian: будь-що (budʹ-ščo) — any thing of any kind
• Welsh: unrhyw beth — any thing of any kind
• Yiddish: עפּעס (epes) — any thing of any kind