somewhere

English

Etymology

From some +‎ where.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌm.wɛɹ/, /ˈsʌm.ʍɛɹ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌm.wɛː/, /ˈsʌm.wɛə/, /ˈsʌm.ʍɛə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌm.hweːɹ/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: some‧where

Adverb

somewhere (not comparable)

1. In an uncertain or unspecified location.

   I must have left my glasses somewhere.

   I've hidden candy somewhere in this room.

2. To an uncertain or unspecified location.

   He plans to go somewhere warm for his vacation.

   I have to go somewhere at lunch. Can I meet you at 2?

3. At some unspecified point.

   I don't remember the exact number, but it was somewhere between 200 and 300.

Synonyms

• someplace (US)
• somewheres

Derived terms

• it's five o'clock somewhere
• somewhere along the line
• somewhere else
• somewhere over the rainbow

 

Related terms

• anywhere
• everywhere
• nowhere
• somebody, someone
• something

Translations

in some place

• Arabic: مَكَان مَا (makān mā)

  Moroccan Arabic: فشي موضع (faši muḍaʔ), فشي بلاصة (faši blāṣa)

• Assamese: ক’ৰবাত (körobat), কোনো এঠাইত (künü ethait)
• Azerbaijani: haradasa, hardasa
• Belarusian: дзе́сьці (dzjésʹci), дзе́сь (dzjésʹ), дзе-не́будзь (dzje-njébudzʹ)
• Bengali: কোথাও (bn) (kōthaō)
• Bulgarian: ня́къде (bg) (njákǎde), не́йде (néjde)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 某處／某处 (zh) (mǒuchù)

• Cornish: neb tyller, neb le, neb tu
• Crimean Tatar: bir yerde
• Czech: někde (cs)
• Danish: nogensteds, nogetsteds
• Dutch: ergens (nl)
• Esperanto: ie (eo)
• Estonian: kuskil, kusagil
• Faroese: einastaðni, onkustaðni
• Finnish: jossakin (fi), jossain (fi)
• French: quelque part (fr)
• Galician: nalgures (gl)
• Georgian: სადღაც (sadɣac)
• German: irgendwo (de)
• Greek: κάπου (el) (kápou)

  Ancient: πού (poú)

  Ionic: κού (koú)

• Hebrew: הֵיכָן שֶׁהוּא (heykhan shehu), (colloquial) אֵיפֹה שֶׁהוּא (eyfo shehu)
• Hindi: कहीं (hi) (kahī̃)
• Hungarian: valahol (hu)
• Icelandic: einhvers staðar (is)
• Italian: da qualche parte, in qualche luogo, in qualche parte
• Japanese: どこかに (dokoka ni), どこかで (dokoka de)
• Korean: 어딘가에 (eodin'ga'e)
• Ladin: nzaul
• Latgalian: nazkur, kur naviņ, kazyn kur
• Latin: alicubi (la)
• Latvian: kaut kur
• Lithuanian: kažkur
• Luxembourgish: anzwousch
• Macedonian: некаде (nekade)
• Maori: i te wāhi kē
• Marathi: कुठे तरी (kuṭhe tarī)
• Nahuatl: cana
• Ngazidja Comorian: pvahanu
• Norman: à tchique bord
• Old English: hwǣrhwugu
• Persian: یه جایی (ye-jâyi)
• Polish: gdzieś (pl)
• Portuguese: em algum lugar, (Portugal) algures
• Romanian: undeva (ro)
• Russian: где́-то (ru) (gdé-to), где́-нибудь (ru) (gdé-nibudʹ)
• Sanskrit: कुत्रापि (sa) (kutrāpi)
• Serbo-Croatian: negdje (sh), nȅgde (sh), не̏гдје, не̏где
• Slovak: niekde
• Slovene: nekjé (sl)
• Spanish: en alguna parte, en algún lugar, en algún sitio
• Swedish: någonstans (sv)
• Tajik: ким-куҷо (kim-kujo)
• Telugu: ఎక్కడో (ekkaḍō)
• Turkish: bir yerde
• Ukrainian: десь (desʹ), де-не́будь (de-nébudʹ)
• Vietnamese: đâu đó
• Walloon: ene sadju (wa), ene sawice (wa), kéke pårt
• Welsh: rhywle (cy)
• West Frisian: earne
• Yiddish: ערגעץ (ergets)

to some place

• Assamese: ক’ৰবালৈ (körbaloi), কেনিবা (keniba), কোনোবাফালে (künübaphale)
• Azerbaijani: harasa
• Belarusian: куды́сьці (kudýsʹci), куды́сь (kudýsʹ), куды́-не́будзь (kudý-njébudzʹ)
• Bulgarian: ня́къде (bg) (njákǎde), наня́къде (nanjákǎde)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 某處／某处 (zh) (mǒuchù)

• Crimean Tatar: bir yerge
• Czech: někam (cs)
• Dutch: ergens heen
• Esperanto: ien (eo)
• Finnish: johonkin (fi), jonnekin (fi)
• French: quelque part (fr)
• Galician: algures, nalgures (gl)
• German: irgendwohin (de)
• Hungarian: valahová (hu)
• Italian: da qualche parte, in qualche luogo
• Japanese: どこかへ (dokoka e)
• Korean: 어딘가에 (eodin'ga'e)
• Ladin: nzaul
• Macedonian: некаде (nekade), на некаде (na nekade)
• Maori: ki te wāhi kē
• Marathi: कुठे तरी (kuṭhe tarī)
• Norman: à tchique bord
• Old English: hwæderhwugu
• Polish: gdzieś (pl), dokądś (pl)
• Portuguese: a algum lugar
• Romanian: undeva (ro)
• Russian: куда́-то (ru) (kudá-to), куда́-нибудь (ru) (kudá-nibudʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: nekamo (sh), nekuda, некамо, некуда
• Slovak: niekam
• Slovene: nékam (sl)
• Spanish: a alguna parte
• Swedish: någonstans (sv)
• Talysh:

  Asalemi: ای جگایی (i jəgâi)

• Telugu: ఎక్కడికో (ekkaḍikō)
• Turkish: bir yerde
• Ukrainian: куди́сь (kudýsʹ), десь (desʹ)
• Vietnamese: đâu đó
• Welsh: rywle, i rywle

Noun

somewhere (plural somewheres)

1. Unspecified or unknown (unlocated) place or location.
   • 1986, Joel S. Goldsmith, A Parenthesis in Eternity: Living the Mystical Life, page 100:

     We have come from somewhere and we are going somewhere, but because life is an unending circle, we are again going to come from a somewhere, and we are again going to go to a somewhere, and this will go on, and on, and on.

   • 2008, Bill Watkins, The Once and Future Celt, page 283:

     A courting owl hoots in the somewheres of the night and another answers its call further off.

   • 2012, Thomas M. Kitts, Finding Fogerty: Interdisciplinary Readings of John Fogerty, page 6:

     […] and it transports the person to a somewhere, a somewhere that the music dictates.

   • 2015 November 1, Clare Brennan, “The Oresteia review – strong performances at odds with the setting”, in The Observer‎^[1]:

     This is essentialised place: a somewhere that is nowhere and yet everywhere.

2. A person with strong cultural or social ties to a specific place.

   Antonyms: anywhere, cosmopolite

Translations

some unspecified place

• Finnish: jokin paikka
• Kazakh: әлдеқайда (äldeqaida)
• Maori: wīwī (wīwī and wāwā usually used together), wāwā ((wīwī and wāwā usually used together)), wāhi kē
• Spanish: alguna parte f
• Welsh: rhyw le m