somewhere

somewhere

English

Etymology

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/

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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

• somewhere along the line
• 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 muḍaʾ), 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) (kothao) 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 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) 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 Westrobothnian: nagerst, nagom stassom, nastas 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) French: quelque part (fr) Galician: algures, nalgures (gl) German: irgendwohin (de) Hungarian: valahová 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 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:

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

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