Pronoun

1. an unspecified object.
2. an event which breaks up a period of calm.

   (Isn't something meant to happen?)

3. someone or something that has a quality to a moderate degree. (The performance was something of a disappointment.)
4. a talent which is hard to pin down.

(You've got something)

1. somebody or something who is superlative in some way. (You're really something!)

Translations

• Anglo-Saxon: áht n, áhwæðer , áwiht n, wiht f, n, sum, hwá m, f, hwæt n, hwæthugu , hwæthwega , hwæthwegu , hwæthwigu , hwæthwugu , hwæthwygu , hwilchwene , hwilchwone , hwilchwegno , hwilchwugu , hwilchugu ; ~ else óðer ; ~ unknown náthwæt ; ~ or other náthwæt
• Chinese: 某事
• Czech: něco
• Dutch: iets
• Finnish: jokin (1), jokseenkin (2), jotakin (3)
• French: quelque chose (1)
• German: etwas (1)
• Greek: κάτι (káti)
• Italian: qualcosa (1)
• Japanese: 何か
• Korean: 무언가
• Portuguese: algo (1)
• Russian: что-то f (chto-to)
• Spanish: algo (1)
• Tok Pisin: wanpela samting (1)

Related words

• thing
• nothing
• anything
• everything
• somebody, someone
• somewhere

Verb

1. (colloquial) Applied to a verb which is forgetten by the user or hard to pin down, especially from words of a song.

Noun

1. (colloquial) Applied to a noun which is forgetten by the user or hard to pin down, especially from words of a song.