Phrase guide

somewhere else

adv · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˌsʌmwɛə(ɹ)ˈɛls/
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1

adv

Meaning 1

In or at some other place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

adv

Meaning 2

To some other place.

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3

adv

Meaning 3

Distracted; in a daydream, (of the mind) unable to interact with events in the here and now

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A place other than here; another place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

99 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: дру́гаде (drúgade) — in or at some other place
  • Catalan: en un altre lloc — in or at some other place
  • Catalan: en una altra banda — in or at some other place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 別處 /别处 (biéchù) — in or at some other place
  • Czech: jinde — in or at some other place
  • Danish: andetsteds — in or at some other place
  • Dutch: ergens anders — in or at some other place
  • Dutch: elders — in or at some other place
  • Esperanto: aliloke — in or at some other place
  • Faroese: aðrastaðni — in or at some other place
  • Finnish: jossakin muualla — in or at some other place
  • Finnish: muualla — in or at some other place
  • Finnish: toisaalla — in or at some other place
  • French: autre part — in or at some other place
  • French: ailleurs — in or at some other place
  • German: woanders — in or at some other place
  • German: anderswo — in or at some other place
  • Middle High German: anderswar — in or at some other place
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐍂 (aljar) — in or at some other place
  • Greek: αλλού (alloú) — in or at some other place
  • Ancient Greek: ἀλλαχοῦ (allakhoû) — in or at some other place
  • Ancient Greek: αὖθις (aûthis) — in or at some other place
  • Hungarian: másutt — in or at some other place
  • Hungarian: máshol — in or at some other place
  • Irish: in áit éigin eile — in or at some other place
  • Italian: altrove — in or at some other place
  • Italian: da qualche altra parte — in or at some other place
  • Japanese: ほかの場所で (hoka no basho de) — in or at some other place
  • Latin: alibī — in or at some other place
  • Latin: alias — in or at some other place
  • Latvian: citur — in or at some other place
  • Lithuanian: kitur — in or at some other place
  • Luxembourgish: anerwäerts — in or at some other place
  • Māori: wāhi kē — in or at some other place
  • Navajo: łahgóó — in or at some other place
  • Norwegian Bokmål: annensteds — in or at some other place
  • Norwegian Bokmål: annetsteds — in or at some other place
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: annanstad — in or at some other place
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: annensted — in or at some other place
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: allur — in or at some other place
  • Old Norse: annarsstaðar — in or at some other place
  • Pannonian Rusyn: индзей (indzej) — in or at some other place
  • Polish: gdzie indziej — in or at some other place
  • Portuguese: em outro lugar — in or at some other place
  • Portuguese: alhures — in or at some other place
  • Portuguese: algures — in or at some other place
  • Romanian: altundeva — in or at some other place
  • Romanian: aiurea — in or at some other place
  • Russian: где́-то в друго́м ме́сте (gdé-to v drugóm méste) — in or at some other place
  • Russian: в друго́м ме́сте (v drugóm méste) — in or at some other place
  • Russian: где́-нибудь ещё (gdé-nibudʹ ješčó) — in or at some other place
  • Serbo-Croatian: другде — in or at some other place
  • Serbo-Croatian: другуд — in or at some other place
  • Serbo-Croatian: drugde — in or at some other place
  • Serbo-Croatian: drugud — in or at some other place
  • Spanish: en otra parte — in or at some other place
  • Spanish: en otro lugar — in or at some other place
  • Swedish: någon annanstans — in or at some other place
  • Swedish: annorstädes — in or at some other place
  • Welsh: yn rhywle arall — in or at some other place
  • Czech: jinam — to some other place
  • Dutch: elders — to some other place
  • Dutch: elwaarts — to some other place
  • Esperanto: aliloken — to some other place
  • Finnish: muualle — to some other place
  • Finnish: toisaalle — to some other place
  • French: ailleurs — to some other place
  • German: woanders — to some other place
  • German: anderswo — to some other place
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌸 (aljaþ) — to some other place
  • Greek: άλλοθι (állothi) — to some other place
  • Ancient Greek: ἄλλοθι (állothi) — to some other place
  • Hungarian: máshová — to some other place
  • Hungarian: máshova — to some other place
  • Irish: áit éigin eile — to some other place
  • Italian: altrove — to some other place
  • Japanese: ほかの場所へ (hoka no basho e) — to some other place
  • Latin: aliō — to some other place
  • Māori: wāhi kē — to some other place
  • Norwegian Bokmål: annensteds — to some other place
  • Norwegian Bokmål: annetsteds — to some other place
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: annanstad — to some other place
  • Pannonian Rusyn: инкадзи (inkadzi) — to some other place
  • Polish: gdzie indziej — to some other place
  • Polish: indziej — to some other place
  • Portuguese: para outro lugar — to some other place
  • Russian: в друго́е ме́сто (v drugóje mésto) — to some other place
  • Russian: куда́-нибудь ещё (kudá-nibudʹ ješčó) — to some other place
  • Serbo-Croatian: другамо — to some other place
  • Serbo-Croatian: другуд — to some other place
  • Serbo-Croatian: drugamo — to some other place
  • Serbo-Croatian: drugud — to some other place
  • Spanish: a otra parte — to some other place
  • Spanish: a otro lugar — to some other place
  • Swedish: någon annanstans — to some other place
  • Welsh: rywle arall — to some other place
  • German: anderswo — another place
  • Hungarian: máshol — another place
  • Māori: wāhi kē — another place