Dictionary

somebody en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsʌmbˌʌdi/ stressed form, US
• (US) audio
• /ˈsʌmbˌɒdi/ (UK)
• /ˈsʌmˌbədi/ (UK)
• /ˈsʌmˌbɑdi/ stressed form, US
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsʌmˌbədi/ (US, unstressed)

Etymology

From Middle English sum body, equivalent to some + body.

Meanings

1. Any person.
   • In the nature of things a good many somebodies are always in hospital, and the law of averages had picked on me to be one of them a week or so before. 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 7:
   • So there, I know, was somebody or a combination of somebodys who did not know what the heck they were doing or dealing with. 1974, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and the Fuel Crisis: Hearings..., page 88:
2. A recognised or important person, a celebrity.
   • I'm tired of being a nobody – I want to be a somebody.

Forms

somebody en · PRON

Pronunciation

• /ˈsʌmbˌʌdi/ stressed form, US
• (US) audio
• /ˈsʌmbˌɒdi/ (UK)
• /ˈsʌmˌbədi/ (UK)
• /ˈsʌmˌbɑdi/ stressed form, US
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsʌmˌbədi/ (US, unstressed)

Etymology

From Middle English sum body, equivalent to some + body.

Meanings

1. Some unspecified person.
   • Somebody has to clean this mess up.
2. Synonym of someone; an important person.
   • He could have been somebody!

Forms

Deriveds

somebody else · somebodiness

Relateds

somewhere · anybody · something · everybody · nobody

Synonyms

someone · someone

Translations (105)

cs někdo (some unspecified person) · ar أَحَد (some unspecified person) · fo onkur (some unspecified person) · kw nebonan (some unspecified person) · be не́хта (some unspecified person) · nl iemand (some unspecified person) · uk де́хто (some unspecified person) · es alguien (some unspecified person) · bg някой (some unspecified person) · uk хтось (some unspecified person) · ang sum mann (some unspecified person) · ang sum (some unspecified person) · pl ktoś (some unspecified person) · sk niekto (some unspecified person) · de jemand (some unspecified person) · pt alguém (some unspecified person) · de wer (some unspecified person) · ia alicuno (some unspecified person) · mk некој (some unspecified person) · mwl alguien (some unspecified person) · my တစ်စုံတစ်ယောက် (some unspecified person) · fa کسی (some unspecified person) · vi ai đó (some unspecified person) · nn eikor (some unspecified person) · gd feareigin (some unspecified person) · be хто́сьці (some unspecified person) · sh неко (some unspecified person) · mhr ала-кӧ (some unspecified person) · mhr кӧ (some unspecified person) · ru кто-ли́бо (some unspecified person) · ro cineva (some unspecified person) · eo iu (some unspecified person) · ko 어떤 사람 (some unspecified person) · lld zachei (some unspecified person) · it qualcuno (some unspecified person) · el κάποιος (some unspecified person) · nn nokon (some unspecified person) · dlm čertjoin (some unspecified person) · ast daquién (some unspecified person) · gd tè-eigin (some unspecified person) · ur کوئی (some unspecified person) · kk біреу (some unspecified person) · ia alcuno (some unspecified person) · de einer (some unspecified person) · pam ating tau (some unspecified person) · fi joku (some unspecified person) · wa kéconk (some unspecified person) · pam ninula (some unspecified person) · lv kāds (some unspecified person) · lt kažkas (some unspecified person) · ary شي حد (some unspecified person) · hu valaki (some unspecified person) · mhr иктаж (some unspecified person) · ru кто-нибу́дь (some unspecified person) · he מִישֶׁהוּ (some unspecified person) · wa ene sakî (some unspecified person) · sk ktosi (some unspecified person) · ka ვიღაც (some unspecified person) · my တစ်ယောက်ယောက် (some unspecified person) · ccc ana'shanaye (some unspecified person) · ru кое-кто́ (some unspecified person) · fr quelqu'un (some unspecified person) · ru кто́-то (some unspecified person) · nb noen (some unspecified person) · sh нетко (some unspecified person) · gd duin'-eigin (some unspecified person) · uk хто-не́будь (some unspecified person) · pam ninuman (some unspecified person) · nn einkvan (some unspecified person) · ca algú (some unspecified person) · th บางคน (some unspecified person) · cy rhywun (some unspecified person) · az kimsə (some unspecified person) · ja 誰か (some unspecified person) · sl nekdó (some unspecified person) · sh neko (some unspecified person) · ja 或る人 (some unspecified person) · pam ninuka (some unspecified person) · la aliquid (some unspecified person) · prg aīnunts (some unspecified person) · sh netko (some unspecified person) · be хтось (some unspecified person) · sk dakto (some unspecified person) · ary شي واحد (some unspecified person) · la aliquis (some unspecified person) · ka ვინმე (some unspecified person) · tr kimse (some unspecified person) · grc τις (some unspecified person) · hy մեկը (some unspecified person) · sv någon (some unspecified person) · da nogen (some unspecified person) · sk voľakto (some unspecified person) · cmn 有人 (some unspecified person) · pam ninuya (some unspecified person) · cmn 某人 (some unspecified person) · is einhver (some unspecified person) · hi कोई (some unspecified person) · ko 누군가 (some unspecified person) · ar as a subject (some unspecified person) · gd cuideigin (some unspecified person) · nrf tchitch'un (some unspecified person) · gl alguén (some unspecified person) · myv конаяк (some unspecified person) · ru не́кто (some unspecified person) · yi עמעצער (some unspecified person)