alcuno

See also: alcuño

Interlingua

Alternative forms

• alicuno

Pronoun

alcuno

1. Some person: somebody, someone.

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *alicūnus, from Classical Latin aliquem (“someone, something”) + ūnum (“one”). Cognate with French aucun, Spanish alguno, Galician algún, Portuguese algum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈku.no/
• Rhymes: -uno
• Hyphenation: al‧cù‧no

Adjective

alcuno (feminine alcuna, masculine plural alcuni, feminine plural alcune)

1. (in the plural) some, a few

   Synonym: qualche

2. (in negative phrases) no

   Synonym: nessuno

Anagrams

• Lucano, culona, lucano