Standard Lemma guide

some

adv · det · pron · 17 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /sʌm/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [sɐm]
  • Received-Pronunciation: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Northern-England: /sʊm/
  • General-American: sŭm
  • General-American: /sʌm/
  • General-American: [sɐm]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /səm/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /sɐm/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: [säm]
  • homophone: sum
  • rhymes with -ʌm
  • CMU ARPABET: S AH1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

Of a measurement: approximately, roughly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • I guess he must have weighed some 90 kilos.
  • Some 30,000 spectators witnessed the feat.
  • Some 4,000 acres of land were flooded.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: -ish, about, all but, almost, approaching, around, by and large, circa, close, close to, essentially, for all practical purposes, fornigh, give or take, imprecisely, just about, kind of, loosely, more or less, nearly, near, nearabout, nigh on, odd, or so, plus or minus, roundly, roughly, say, some, -some, sort of, thereabout, virtually, well-nigh, ±

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

To a certain extent, or for a certain period.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

Somewhat, a little.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dialectal, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

det

Meaning 4

A nonzero, unspecified proportion of (a bounded set of countable things): at least two.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: stressed form

Examples

  • Near-synonym: any
  • Some people like camping.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: any

Antonyms: zero, no, a lot of, many, numerous, countless

Broader terms: multiple, various

5

det

Meaning 5

A nonzero, unspecified quantity or number of (an unbounded set of countable things).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: any
  • Would you like some grapes?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: any

Antonyms: zero, no, a lot of, many, numerous, countless

Broader terms: multiple, various

6

det

Meaning 6

An unspecified amount of (something uncountable).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: any
  • Would you like some water?
  • After some persuasion, he finally agreed.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: any

Antonyms: zero, no

7

det

Meaning 7

A certain, an unspecified or unknown.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: stressed form

Examples

  • I've just met some guy who said he knew you.
  • The sequence S converges to zero for some initial value v.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

det

Meaning 8

A considerable quantity or number of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: stressed form

Examples

  • He had edited the paper for some years.
  • He stopped working some time ago.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

det

Meaning 9

Approximately, about (with a number).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: stressed form

Examples

  • She has worked at the company for some thirty years now. (31 and two months, to be exact.)
  • There were only some three or four cars in the lot at the time.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

det

Meaning 10

Emphasizing a number.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: stressed form

Examples

  • She has worked at the company for some five years now! How remarkable!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

det

Meaning 11

A remarkable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Qualifier: stressed form

Examples

  • He is some acrobat!
  • That was some speech you gave!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

pron

Meaning 12

A certain number (multiple but not all).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

pron

Meaning 13

An indefinite quantity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Can I have some of them?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

pron

Meaning 14

An indefinite amount; a part. Used mostly with abstract and nonliving objects.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Please give me some of the cake.
  • Everyone is wrong some of the time.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

pron

Meaning 15

Someone, a certain person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

adjective satellite

Meaning 16

remarkable

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • that was some party
  • she is some skier

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

adverb

Meaning 17

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • lasted approximately an hour
  • in just about a minute
  • he's about 30 years old
  • I've had about all I can stand
  • we meet about once a month
  • some forty people came
  • weighs around a hundred pounds
  • roughly $3,000
  • holds 3 gallons, more or less
  • 20 or so people were at the party

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: approximately, about, close to, just about, roughly, more or less, around, or so

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English som, sum, from Old English sum (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic *sumaz (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, whole”). Cognate Scots sum, some (“some”), North Frisian som, sam, säm (“some”), West Frisian sommige, somlike (“some”), dialectal Dutch som, saom (“some”), standard Dutch sommige (“some”), Low German somige (“some”), German dialectal summige (“some”), Danish somme (“some”), Swedish somlig (“some”), Norwegian sum, som (“some”), Icelandic sumur (“some”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐍃 (sums, “one, someone”). More at same.

Across languages

Translations

554 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մոտ (mot) — approximately, roughly
  • Bulgarian: около (okolo) — approximately, roughly
  • Catalan: al voltant de — approximately, roughly
  • Catalan: sobre — approximately, roughly
  • Catalan: vora — approximately, roughly
  • Ngazidja Comorian: kadiri ya — approximately, roughly
  • Dutch: ongeveer — approximately, roughly
  • Finnish: jotakin — approximately, roughly
  • Finnish: jotakuinkin — approximately, roughly
  • Finnish: noin — approximately, roughly
  • Finnish: suunnilleen — approximately, roughly
  • French: quelque — approximately, roughly
  • French: environ — approximately, roughly
  • German: ungefähr — approximately, roughly
  • German: etwa — approximately, roughly
  • German: um — approximately, roughly
  • Greek: περίπου (perípou) — approximately, roughly
  • Hindi: के लगभग (ke lagbhag) — approximately, roughly
  • Hungarian: mintegy — approximately, roughly
  • Hungarian: nagyjából — approximately, roughly
  • Hungarian: körülbelül — approximately, roughly
  • Japanese: 約 (yaku) — approximately, roughly
  • Latin: alii — approximately, roughly
  • Eastern Mari: иктаж (iktaž) — approximately, roughly
  • Norwegian: omtrent — approximately, roughly
  • Portuguese: uns — approximately, roughly
  • Portuguese: mais ou menos — approximately, roughly
  • Romanian: vreo — approximately, roughly
  • Romanian: în jur de — approximately, roughly
  • Slovak: zhruba — approximately, roughly
  • Slovak: približne — approximately, roughly
  • Spanish: unos — approximately, roughly
  • Spanish: unas — approximately, roughly
  • Swedish: runt — approximately, roughly
  • Swedish: omkring — approximately, roughly
  • Swedish: cirka — approximately, roughly
  • Swedish: säkert — approximately, roughly
  • Swedish: nog — approximately, roughly
  • Swedish: väl — approximately, roughly
  • Arabic: بَعْضٌ (baʕḍun) — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Arabic: بعض (baʕḍ) — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Armenian: որոշ (oroš) — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Azerbaijani: bəzi — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Baluchi: لہتے (lahti, lahte) — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Bulgarian: някои (njakoi) — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Burmese: အချို့ (a.hkyui.) — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Burmese: တချို့ (ta.hkyui.) — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Catalan: algun — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Cherokee: ᎢᎦᏓ (igada) — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Chinese Cantonese: 一啲 (jat1 dit1) — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一些 (yīxiē) — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Chinese Mandarin: 幾個 /几个 (jǐgè, jǐge) — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Danish: nogle — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Dutch: enige — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Dutch: sommige — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Dutch: enkele — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Finnish: jotkut — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Finnish: jotkin — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Finnish: osa — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • French: certain — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • French: certains — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • French: des — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • German: einige — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • German: manch — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐍃 (sums) — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Greek: μερικοί (merikoí) — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Greek: μερικές (merikés) — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Greek: μερικά (meriká) — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Hindi: कुछ (kuch) — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Hungarian: egyes — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Hungarian: néhány — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Hungarian: némely — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Hungarian: némelyik — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Hungarian: bizonyos — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Interlingua: alcun — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Irish: roinnt — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Italian: alcuno — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Japanese: 〜か (-ka) — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Latin: aliqui — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Latin: alii — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Latin: nonnullus — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Navajo: łaʼ — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Norwegian Bokmål: visse — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Norwegian Bokmål: noen — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: visse — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nokre — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Polish: niektórzy — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Polish: niektóre — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Portuguese: algum — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Romanian: unii — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Russian: не́сколько (néskolʹko) — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Russian: немно́го (nemnógo) — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Scots: sum — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Swahili: baadhi ya — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Swedish: några — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Swedish: en del — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Swedish: vissa — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Tamil: சில (cila) — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Tamil: சிலர் (cilar) — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Thai: บาง (baang) — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Tok Pisin: sampela — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Tooro: -mu — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Turkish: bazı — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Urdu: کچھ (kuch) — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Walloon: sacwants — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Walloon: sacwantès — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Welsh: rhai — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Zazaki: tay — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Zealandic: sommige — (stressed form) a nonzero, unspecified proportion of
  • Armenian: մի քիչ (mi kʻičʻ) — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Armenian: մի քանի (mi kʻani) — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Aromanian: nishti — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Bulgarian: няколко (njakolko) — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Catalan: alguns — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Catalan: algunes — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Danish: nogle — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Dutch: wat (countable/uncountable) — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Dutch: enkele — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Dutch: enige — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Finnish: vähän — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Finnish: jokunen — unspecified quantity or number of
  • French: quelque — unspecified quantity or number of
  • French: quelques — unspecified quantity or number of
  • German: einige — unspecified quantity or number of
  • German: welche — unspecified quantity or number of
  • German: ein paar — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Greek: λίγο (lígo) — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Hebrew: כַּמָה (káma) — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Hebrew: אֲחָדִים (akhadím) — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Hebrew: מְעַט (me'át) — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Hebrew: קְצָת (ktsat) — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Hungarian: néhány — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Hungarian: pár — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Hungarian: egypár — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Hungarian: egynéhány — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Hungarian: valahány — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Indonesian: beberapa — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Interlingua: qualque — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Italian: alcuno — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Khmer: ន្តិចបន្តួច (bɑntəch bɑntuəch) — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Latin: aliqui — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Navajo: łaʼ — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Norman: tchique — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Norwegian Bokmål: noen — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nokre — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Polish: kilka — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Portuguese: algum — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Romanian: niște — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Lower Sorbian: někotary — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Spanish: algunos — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Spanish: algunas — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Sundanese: sababaraha — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Swedish: några — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Swedish: lite — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Swedish: en del — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Talysh: چن گله (can gəla) — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Tamil: கொஞ்சம் (koñcam) — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Tocharian B: ksa — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Tok Pisin: sampela — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Ukrainian: кі́лька (kílʹka) — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Walloon: sacwants — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Walloon: sacwantès — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Walloon: des — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Walloon: kékes — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Walloon: kékès — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Welsh: rhai — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Wolof: ay — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Yoruba: àwọn — unspecified quantity or number of
  • Bulgarian: малко (malko) — unspecified amount of
  • Danish: nogen — unspecified amount of
  • Danish: noget — unspecified amount of
  • Dutch: wat — unspecified amount of
  • Finnish: vähän — unspecified amount of
  • French: du — unspecified amount of
  • French: de la — unspecified amount of
  • German: etwas — unspecified amount of
  • Greek: λίγο (lígo) — unspecified amount of
  • Hungarian: némi — unspecified amount of
  • Hungarian: egy kis — unspecified amount of
  • Hungarian: egy kevés — unspecified amount of
  • Hungarian: valamennyi — unspecified amount of
  • Hungarian: valamelyes — unspecified amount of
  • Khmer: បន្តិចបន្តួច (bɑntəch bɑntuəch) — unspecified amount of
  • Latin: aliqui — unspecified amount of
  • Norwegian: litt — unspecified amount of
  • Polish: trochę — unspecified amount of
  • Portuguese: um pouco — unspecified amount of
  • Romanian: niște — unspecified amount of
  • Swedish: lite — unspecified amount of
  • Swedish: en del — unspecified amount of
  • Talysh: تیکهیی (tikei) — unspecified amount of
  • Tok Pisin: sampela — unspecified amount of
  • Walloon: do — unspecified amount of
  • Walloon: del — unspecified amount of
  • Walloon: ene miete di — unspecified amount of
  • Walloon: on pô do — unspecified amount of
  • Walloon: on pô del — unspecified amount of
  • Welsh: peth — unspecified amount of
  • Zealandic: 'n bitje — unspecified amount of
  • Armenian: մի (mi) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Armenian: ինչ-որ (inčʻ-or) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Azerbaijani: hansısa — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Belarusian: які́сьці (jakísʹci) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Belarusian: які́сь (jakísʹ) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Belarusian: не́йкі (njéjki) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Belarusian: які́-не́будзь (jakí-njébudzʹ) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Belarusian: некато́ры (njekatóry) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Bulgarian: ня́какъв (njákakǎv) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Bulgarian: ня́кой (njákoj) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有的 (yǒu de) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Czech: nějaký — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Czech: některý — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Danish: en — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Danish: et — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Danish: en vis — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Danish: et vist — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Esperanto: ia — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Finnish: eräs — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Finnish: joku — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Finnish: jokin — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • French: quelconque — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • German: irgendein — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Greek: κάποιος (kápoios) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Hindi: कोई (koī) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Hindi: कुछ (kuch) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Hungarian: valamilyen — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Hungarian: valamiféle — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Hungarian: valami — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Hungarian: egy bizonyos — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Indonesian: beberapa — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Irish: éigin — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Old Irish: nach — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Japanese: ある (aru) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Latin: quīdam — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Macedonian: некој (nekoj) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Polish: jakiś — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Portuguese: algum — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Portuguese: um — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Russian: како́й-то (kakój-to) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Russian: не́который (nékotoryj) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Russian: како́й-нибудь (kakój-nibudʹ) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Russian: не́кий (nékij) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Scottish Gaelic: air choireigin — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Slovak: nejaký — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Slovak: niektorý — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Sundanese: sababaraha — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Swedish: någon — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Swedish: något — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Tok Pisin: sampela — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Turkish: bir — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Ukrainian: яки́йсь (jakýjsʹ) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Ukrainian: котри́йсь (kotrýjsʹ) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Ukrainian: де́який (déjakyj) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Ukrainian: яки́й-небудь (jakýj-nebudʹ) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Urdu: کوئی (koī) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Urdu: کچھ (kuch) — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Vietnamese: nào đó — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Vietnamese: gì đó — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Walloon: on — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Walloon: ene — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Welsh: rhyw — certain, unspecified or unknown
  • Bulgarian: доста (dosta) — considerable quantity or number of
  • Bulgarian: немалко (nemalko) — considerable quantity or number of
  • Finnish: joitakin — considerable quantity or number of
  • German: einige — considerable quantity or number of
  • German: etliche — considerable quantity or number of
  • Greek: αρκετά (arketá) — considerable quantity or number of
  • Hebrew: כַּמָה (káma) — considerable quantity or number of
  • Hebrew: אֲחָדִים (akhadím) — considerable quantity or number of
  • Hungarian: jókora — considerable quantity or number of
  • Hungarian: jó — considerable quantity or number of
  • Hungarian: jó pár — considerable quantity or number of
  • Hungarian: jó néhány — considerable quantity or number of
  • Indonesian: beberapa — considerable quantity or number of
  • Polish: kilka — considerable quantity or number of
  • Portuguese: algum — considerable quantity or number of
  • Russian: не́сколько (néskolʹko) — considerable quantity or number of
  • Sundanese: sababaraha — considerable quantity or number of
  • Walloon: sacwants — considerable quantity or number of
  • Walloon: sacwantès — considerable quantity or number of
  • Walloon: kékes — considerable quantity or number of
  • Walloon: kékès — considerable quantity or number of
  • Walloon: puzieurs — considerable quantity or number of
  • Walloon: puzieurès — considerable quantity or number of
  • Zazaki: teney — considerable quantity or number of
  • Bulgarian: около (okolo) — (stressed form) approximately, about (with a number)
  • Bulgarian: приблизително (priblizitelno) — (stressed form) approximately, about (with a number)
  • Bulgarian: има-няма (ima-njama) — (stressed form) approximately, about (with a number)
  • Bulgarian: цял (cjal) — (stressed form) emphasizing a number
  • Bulgarian: какъв (kakǎv) — informal: remarkable
  • Finnish: aikamoinen — informal: remarkable
  • Finnish: melkoinen — informal: remarkable
  • Hungarian: ám — informal: remarkable
  • Hungarian: aztán — informal: remarkable
  • Hungarian: micsoda — informal: remarkable
  • Hungarian: nem akármilyen — informal: remarkable
  • Italian: che — informal: remarkable
  • Portuguese: que — informal: remarkable
  • Walloon: on fameus — informal: remarkable
  • Walloon: ene fameuse — informal: remarkable
  • Arabic: بَعْضٌ (baʕḍun) — a certain number
  • Arabic: بعض (baʕḍ) — a certain number
  • Arabic: كم (kam) — a certain number
  • Arabic: أكم (ʔakam) — a certain number
  • Armenian: որոշ (oroš) — a certain number
  • Armenian: ոմանք (omankʻ) — a certain number
  • Azerbaijani: bəzi — a certain number
  • Azerbaijani: bəzilər — a certain number
  • Belarusian: некато́ры (njekatóry) — a certain number
  • Bengali: একটু (ekṭu) — a certain number
  • Bulgarian: няколко (njakolko) — a certain number
  • Catalan: qualque — a certain number
  • Catalan: qualcun — a certain number
  • Catalan: qualcuna — a certain number
  • Catalan: qualcuns — a certain number
  • Catalan: qualcunes — a certain number
  • Catalan: algun — a certain number
  • Catalan: alguna — a certain number
  • Catalan: alguns — a certain number
  • Catalan: algunes — a certain number
  • Chinese Cantonese: 有啲 (jau5 di1) — a certain number
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有的 (yǒude) — a certain number
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一些 (yīxiē) — a certain number
  • Chuukese: ekkoch — a certain number
  • East Circassian: гуэр (gwɛr) — a certain number
  • West Circassian: горэ (gworɛ) — a certain number
  • Czech: nějaký — a certain number
  • Dalmatian: calco — a certain number
  • Danish: nogle — a certain number
  • Danish: somme — a certain number
  • Dutch: enigen — a certain number
  • Dutch: sommigen — a certain number
  • Dutch: enkele — a certain number
  • Dutch: enkelen — a certain number
  • Finnish: jotkut — a certain number
  • Finnish: muutamat — a certain number
  • Finnish: eräät — a certain number
  • Finnish: osa — a certain number
  • Finnish: jokunen — a certain number
  • French: quelque — a certain number
  • French: quelques — a certain number
  • French: certains — a certain number
  • Galician: algún — a certain number
  • German: einige — a certain number
  • German: manche — a certain number
  • Greek: μερικοί (merikoí) — a certain number
  • Greek: μερικές (merikés) — a certain number
  • Greek: μερικά (meriká) — a certain number
  • Hawaiian: kahi poʻe — a certain number
  • Hawaiian: kekahi poʻe — a certain number
  • Hebrew: כַּמָּה (kama) — a certain number
  • Hungarian: egyesek — a certain number
  • Hungarian: némelyek — a certain number
  • Hungarian: néhányan — a certain number
  • Icelandic: sum — a certain number
  • Icelandic: sumar — a certain number
  • Icelandic: sumir — a certain number
  • Indonesian: beberapa — a certain number
  • Irish: daoine — a certain number
  • Japanese: いくつか (ikutsuka) — a certain number
  • Japanese: ある — a certain number
  • Kaitag: чумилра (čumilra) — a certain number
  • Khmer: អ្នកខ្លះ (neak klah) — a certain number
  • Korean: 어떤 (eotteon) — a certain number
  • Northern Kurdish: hinek — a certain number
  • Northern Kurdish: hindek — a certain number
  • Latin: quidam — a certain number
  • Low German: enige — a certain number
  • Low German: enkelte — a certain number
  • Low German: enkele — a certain number
  • Low German: einige — a certain number
  • Malay: seberapa — a certain number
  • Malay: beberapa — a certain number
  • Mirandese: algun — a certain number
  • Norwegian: visse — a certain number
  • Norwegian Bokmål: noen — a certain number
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: somme — a certain number
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nokon — a certain number
  • Occitan: qualque — a certain number
  • Polish: niektóry — a certain number
  • Portuguese: algum — a certain number
  • Romanian: unii — a certain number
  • Russian: не́который (nékotoryj) — a certain number
  • Samoan: isi — a certain number
  • Scots: sum — a certain number
  • Scots: some — a certain number
  • Scottish Gaelic: rann — a certain number
  • Scottish Gaelic: roinn — a certain number
  • Serbo-Croatian: neki — a certain number
  • Serbo-Croatian: neke — a certain number
  • Serbo-Croatian: neka — a certain number
  • Spanish: alguno — a certain number
  • Sundanese: sababaraha — a certain number
  • Swedish: vissa — a certain number
  • Swedish: somliga — a certain number
  • Swedish: en del — a certain number
  • Swedish: några — a certain number
  • Tagalog: may — a certain number
  • Tagalog: mayroon — a certain number
  • Tamil: சில (cila) — a certain number
  • Tamil: சிலர் (cilar) — a certain number
  • Tok Pisin: sampela — a certain number
  • Turkish: bazısı — a certain number
  • Turkish: kimi — a certain number
  • Turkish: kimisi — a certain number
  • Ukrainian: де́який (déjakyj) — a certain number
  • Vietnamese: vài — a certain number
  • Vietnamese: một vài — a certain number
  • Vietnamese: một số — a certain number
  • Vietnamese: mấy — a certain number
  • Yiddish: עטלעכע (etlekhe) — a certain number
  • Yiddish: אַ ביסל (a bisl) — a certain number
  • Zazaki: tay — a certain number
  • Zealandic: sommige — a certain number
  • Arabic: بَعْض (baʕḍ) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Armenian: մի քանիսը (mi kʻanisə) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Asturian: dellos — indefinite quantity or number
  • Azerbaijani: bir neçə — indefinite quantity or number
  • Belarusian: не́калькі (njékalʹki) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Belarusian: тро́хі (tróxi) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Bengali: একটু (ekṭu) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Bulgarian: няколко (njakolko) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Burmese: တချို့ (ta.hkyui.) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Burmese: အချို့ (a.hkyui.) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Carpathian Rusyn: дакілько (dakilʹko) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Catalan: qualques — indefinite quantity or number
  • Catalan: tot de — indefinite quantity or number
  • Catalan: alguns — indefinite quantity or number
  • Catalan: algunes — indefinite quantity or number
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一些 (yīxiē) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Czech: několik — indefinite quantity or number
  • Czech: trochu — indefinite quantity or number
  • Danish: nogle — indefinite quantity or number
  • Danish: somme — indefinite quantity or number
  • Dutch: wat — indefinite quantity or number
  • Dutch: enige — indefinite quantity or number
  • Dutch: enkele — indefinite quantity or number
  • Esperanto: iu — indefinite quantity or number
  • Esperanto: iuj — indefinite quantity or number
  • Finnish: joitakin — indefinite quantity or number
  • Finnish: muutamia — indefinite quantity or number
  • French: du — indefinite quantity or number
  • French: de la — indefinite quantity or number
  • French: des — indefinite quantity or number
  • German: ein paar — indefinite quantity or number
  • German: einige — indefinite quantity or number
  • Greek: μερικοί (merikoí) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Greek: μερικές (merikés) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Greek: μερικά (meriká) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Hebrew: כַּמָה (káma) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Hebrew: אֲחָדִים (akhadím) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Hebrew: מְעַט (me'át) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Hebrew: קְצָת (ktsat) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Hindi: थोड़ा (thoṛā) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Hindi: कुछ (kuch) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Hindi: कोई (koī) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Hungarian: pár — indefinite quantity or number
  • Hungarian: néhány — indefinite quantity or number
  • Hungarian: valahány — indefinite quantity or number
  • Hungarian: egypár — indefinite quantity or number
  • Hungarian: egynéhány — indefinite quantity or number
  • Indonesian: beberapa — indefinite quantity or number
  • Irish: roinnt — indefinite quantity or number
  • Japanese: いくつか (ikutsuka) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Japanese: いくらか (ikuraka) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Korean: 몇 (myeot) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Low German: en poor — indefinite quantity or number
  • Low German: enkelte — indefinite quantity or number
  • Low German: wat — indefinite quantity or number
  • Low German: enige — indefinite quantity or number
  • Māori: ētahi — indefinite quantity or number
  • Māori: he — indefinite quantity or number
  • Māori: ehinu — indefinite quantity or number
  • Norwegian Bokmål: noen — indefinite quantity or number
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nokre — indefinite quantity or number
  • Occitan: qualque — indefinite quantity or number
  • Polish: trochę — indefinite quantity or number
  • Polish: kilka — indefinite quantity or number
  • Portuguese: alguns — indefinite quantity or number
  • Romanian: nişte — indefinite quantity or number
  • Russian: немно́го (nemnógo) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Russian: не́сколько (néskolʹko) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Scottish Gaelic: rann — indefinite quantity or number
  • Scottish Gaelic: roinn — indefinite quantity or number
  • Slovak: niekoľko — indefinite quantity or number
  • Slovak: trochu — indefinite quantity or number
  • Slovak: zopár — indefinite quantity or number
  • Spanish: unos — indefinite quantity or number
  • Spanish: unas — indefinite quantity or number
  • Sundanese: sababaraha — indefinite quantity or number
  • Swahili: baadhi — indefinite quantity or number
  • Swedish: några — indefinite quantity or number
  • Swedish: en del — indefinite quantity or number
  • Tamil: கொஞ்சம் (koñcam) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Thai: บาง (baang) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Thai: มั่ง (mâng) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Tok Pisin: sampela — indefinite quantity or number
  • Ukrainian: кі́лька (kílʹka) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Ukrainian: тро́хи (tróxy) — indefinite quantity or number
  • Vietnamese: một ít — indefinite quantity or number
  • Yoruba: àwọn — indefinite quantity or number
  • Zazaki: tayn — indefinite quantity or number
  • Zealandic: 'n paer — indefinite quantity or number
  • Arabic: بَعْض (baʕḍ) — indefinite amount, part
  • Armenian: մի քիչ (mi kʻičʻ) — indefinite amount, part
  • Azerbaijani: biraz — indefinite amount, part
  • Azerbaijani: bir qədər — indefinite amount, part
  • Belarusian: тро́хі (tróxi) — indefinite amount, part
  • Bengali: একটু (ekṭu) — indefinite amount, part
  • Bulgarian: малко (malko) — indefinite amount, part
  • Catalan: tot de — indefinite amount, part
  • Catalan: quelcom de — indefinite amount, part
  • Catalan: una mica de — indefinite amount, part
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一些 (yīxiē) — indefinite amount, part
  • Danish: noget — indefinite amount, part
  • Finnish: jonkin verran — indefinite amount, part
  • Finnish: joskus — indefinite amount, part
  • French: du — indefinite amount, part
  • French: de la — indefinite amount, part
  • French: des — indefinite amount, part
  • German: etwas — indefinite amount, part
  • Greek: λίγο (lígo) — indefinite amount, part
  • Hindi: कुछ (kuch) — indefinite amount, part
  • Hindi: थोड़ा (thoṛā) — indefinite amount, part
  • Hungarian: valamennyi — indefinite amount, part
  • Hungarian: egy kevés — indefinite amount, part
  • Hungarian: egy kicsi — indefinite amount, part
  • Irish: roinnt — indefinite amount, part
  • Italian: del — indefinite amount, part
  • Italian: della — indefinite amount, part
  • Low German: wat — indefinite amount, part
  • Norwegian: som — indefinite amount, part
  • Norwegian: litt — indefinite amount, part
  • Persian: کمی (kami) — indefinite amount, part
  • Polish: trochę — indefinite amount, part
  • Portuguese: um pouco de — indefinite amount, part
  • Romanian: niște — indefinite amount, part
  • Russian: немно́го (nemnógo) — indefinite amount, part
  • Russian: небольшая часть (nebolʹšaja častʹ) — indefinite amount, part
  • Scots: sum — indefinite amount, part
  • Scottish Gaelic: rann — indefinite amount, part
  • Scottish Gaelic: roinn — indefinite amount, part
  • Slovak: trochu — indefinite amount, part
  • Spanish: algo — indefinite amount, part
  • Spanish: un tanto — indefinite amount, part
  • Spanish: algún tanto — indefinite amount, part
  • Swahili: baadhi — indefinite amount, part
  • Swedish: lite — indefinite amount, part
  • Swedish: en del — indefinite amount, part
  • Tamil: கொஞ்சம் (koñcam) — indefinite amount, part
  • Tok Pisin: hap — indefinite amount, part
  • Ukrainian: тро́хи (tróxy) — indefinite amount, part
  • Zazaki: taynek — indefinite amount, part
  • Zealandic: wat — indefinite amount, part