anywhere

English

Etymology

any +‎ where

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛnɪwɛə/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.iː.(h)wɛə(ɹ)/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.i.(h)wɛɹ/
Audio (US) (file)

Adverb

anywhere (not comparable)

In or at any location or an unknown location.
I don't know where I left my keys. They could be anywhere.
I'd rather be anywhere else.
For many 'home' is an affectation when used anywhere that 'house' would be appropriate, as in 'Home for Sale'.
To (in the direction of) any location or an unknown location.
Anywhere you go in France, there will be bread and wine with dinner.
I'm staying home today. I'm not going anywhere.
Are you going anywhere special this weekend?

Derived terms

anywhere else
anywhere near
not going anywhere

Related terms

anybody, anyone
anything
everywhere
nowhere
somewhere

Translations

in or at any location

Belarusian: абы-дзе́ (aby-dzjé), дзе-не́будзь (dzje-njébudzʹ)
Bulgarian: навсякъде (bg) (navsjakǎde), където и да е (kǎdeto i da e)
Catalan: onsevulga (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 任何地方 (rènhé dìfāng)
Czech: kdekoliv (cs)
Danish: hvorsomhelst
Dutch: overal (nl), eender waar
Esperanto: ie ajn
Finnish: missä tahansa, missään (fi)
French: n'importe où (fr), où que ce soit, nulle part (fr) ((in a negative sentence)
Galician: xalundes, algures
Georgian: ნებისმიერ ადგილას (nebismier adgilas), ნებისმიერ ადგილზე (nebismier adgilze), ყველგან (ka) (q̇velgan), სადაც არ უნდა იყოს (sadac ar unda iq̇os), ნებისმიერგან (nebismiergan) (colloquial)
German: überall (de), irgendwo (de)
Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌿𐌷 (ƕaruh)
Greek: οπουδήποτε (el) (opoudípote), πουθενά (el) (pouthená)
Hungarian: bárhol (hu), akárhol (hu)
Ido: irgaloke (io), irgube (io)
Italian: ovunque (it), dappertutto (it)
Japanese: どこでも (dokodemo)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 어디에도 (eodiedo)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ھەرچی شوێن‎ (herçî şwên), ھەرشوێن‎ (herişwên)
Latin: uspiam, usquam (la)
Malay:
Jawi: مان٢‎
Rumi: mana-mana (ms)
Mirandese: adondequiera
Ngazidja Comorian: pvahanu (in a negative sentence)
Norwegian: hvor som helst
Old English: āhwǣr
Plautdietsch: irjentwua
Polish: gdziekolwiek (pl), byle gdzie, gdzie bądź
Portuguese: em qualquer lugar
Romanian: oriunde (ro)
Russian: где-ли́бо (ru) (gde-líbo) (somewhere, anywhere), где-нибу́дь (ru) (gde-nibúdʹ) (somewhere, anywhere), где уго́дно (gde ugódno)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: било где, било гдје
Latin: bilo gde, bilo gdje
Spanish: en cualquier parte, dondequiera (es)
Swedish: var som helst, varsomhelst, någonstans (sv) (inte någonstans = not anywhere, nowhere)
Telugu: ఎక్కడైనా (te) (ekkaḍainā)
Ukrainian: де завго́дно (de zavhódno), де-не́будь (de-nébudʹ), скрізь (skrizʹ)

to any location

Esperanto: ien ajn
Galician: xalundes, algures
Hungarian: bárhova (hu), akárhova (hu)
Old English: āhwider
Swedish: vart som helst
Telugu: ఎక్కడికైనా (te) (ekkaḍikainā)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Basque: ^{(please verify)} edonon, ^{(please verify)} nonnahi
Italian: ^{(please verify)} dovunque (it)

Pronoun

anywhere

Any location or an unknown location.
Anywhere is better than here!