"anyone" meaning in English

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Pronoun

IPA: /ˈɛniˌwʌn/, /ˈæniˌwʌn/ Audio: en-us-anyone.ogg [US]
Etymology: any + one Etymology templates: {{compound|en|any|one}} any + one Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} anyone, {{en-pron}} anyone
  1. Any person; anybody.
    Sense id: anyone-en-pron-5d6jS0ol Categories (other): English compound determinatives, English indefinite pronouns, English pronouns, English third person pronouns Synonyms: anybody, any one Related terms: anything, anywhere, no one, nobody, everybody, everyone, somebody, someone Translations (anybody): أي واحد (ʔayy wāḥed) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), أي حد (ʔayy ḥadd) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), ամեն մեկը (amen mekə) (Armenian), որևէ մեկը (orewē mekə) (Armenian), edonor (Basque), хто-не́будзь (xto-njébudzʹ) (Belarusian), ніхто́ (nixtó) [with-negation] (Belarusian), абы-хто́ (aby-xtó) (Belarusian), все́ки (vséki) (Bulgarian), ня́кой (njákoj) (Bulgarian), ко́йто и да е (kójto i da e) (Bulgarian), qualsevol (Catalan), tothom (Catalan), algú (english: questions) (Catalan), ningú [negative] (Catalan), کەس (kes) (Central Kurdish), ھەرچیکەس (herçîkes) (Central Kurdish), ھەرکەس (herkes) (Central Kurdish), ana'shanaye (Chamicuro), kdokoliv (Czech), nogen (Danish), hvemsomhelst (Danish), iemand (Dutch), iu (Esperanto), iu ajn (Esperanto), keegi (Estonian), igaüks (Estonian), joku (Finnish), kuka tahansa [affirmative] (Finnish), ketään [interrogative] (Finnish), quelqu'un [masculine] (French), quelqu'une [feminine] (French), n'importe qui (French), personne (French), ვინმე (vinme) (Georgian), ნებისმიერი (nebismieri) (Georgian), jemand (German), wer [colloquial] (German), irgendjemand (German), irgendwer (German), אף אחד (áf ekhád) [negative] (Hebrew), מישהו (mishehú) [positive] (Hebrew), bárki (Hungarian), akárki (Hungarian), einhver (Icelandic), irgu (Ido), aon duine (Irish), chiunque (Italian), 誰も 誰でも (dare de mo) (note: used with affirmative verbs) (alt: だれも, dare mo) (Japanese), ninuman (Kapampangan), ninumo (Kapampangan), 아무 (amu) (Korean), quisquam (Latin), سياڤا٢ [Jawi] (Malay), سسياڤا [Jawi] (Malay), siapa-siapa [Rumi] (Malay), sesiapa [Rumi] (Malay), 何人 (hérén) (Mandarin Chinese), ata mutru [with-negation] (Maore Comorian), mndru [class-1] (Ngazidja Comorian), mdzima [class-1, with-negation] (Ngazidja Comorian), noen (Norwegian), enhver (Norwegian), hvem som helst (Norwegian), ǣniġ mann (Old English), man (Old English), hwā (Old English), کسی (kasi) (Persian), ktokolwiek (Polish), kto bądź (Polish), byle kto (Polish), alguém [masculine] (Portuguese), alguma [feminine] (Portuguese), qualquer [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), quaisquer [feminine, masculine, plural] (Portuguese), qualquer um (Portuguese), oricine (Romanian), вся́кий (vsjákij) [masculine] (Russian), любо́й (ljubój) (Russian), кто уго́дно (kto ugódno) (Russian), кто бы то ни́ было (kto by to ní bylo) (Russian), никто́ (niktó) [with-negation] (Russian), кто́-нибу́дь (któ-nibúdʹ) [interrogative] (Russian), кто́-либо (któ-libo) (Russian), bilotko (Serbo-Croatian), itko (Serbo-Croatian), tkogod (Serbo-Croatian), kdorkoli (Slovene), cualquiera (Spanish), quien (Spanish), alguien (Spanish), någon (Swedish), vem som helst (Swedish), sinuman (Tagalog), balana (Tagalog), ఎవరైనా (evarainā) (Telugu), хто-не́будь (xto-nébudʹ) (Ukrainian), ніхто́ (nixtó) [with-negation] (Ukrainian), будь-хто (budʹ-xto) (Ukrainian), будь-яки́й (budʹ-jakýj) (Ukrainian), ai (Vietnamese), người ta (Vietnamese), immen (West Frisian), ẹnikẹ́ni (Yoruba)

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          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "ня́кой"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "anybody",
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          "sense": "anybody",
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "anybody",
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "hvemsomhelst"
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        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "iemand"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "iu"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "iu ajn"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "keegi"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "anybody",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "anybody",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "anybody",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "tags": [
            "interrogative"
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        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "n'importe qui"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "personne"
        },
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "vinme",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "ვინმე"
        },
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "nebismieri",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "ნებისმიერი"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "jemand"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
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          "word": "wer"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "irgendjemand"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "irgendwer"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "áf ekhád",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "tags": [
            "negative"
          ],
          "word": "אף אחד"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mishehú",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "tags": [
            "positive"
          ],
          "word": "מישהו"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "bárki"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "akárki"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "einhver"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "irgu"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "aon duine"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "chiunque"
        },
        {
          "alt": "だれも, dare mo",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "note": "used with affirmative verbs",
          "roman": "dare de mo",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "誰も 誰でも"
        },
        {
          "code": "pam",
          "lang": "Kapampangan",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "ninuman"
        },
        {
          "code": "pam",
          "lang": "Kapampangan",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "ninumo"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "amu",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "아무"
        },
        {
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "kes",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "کەس"
        },
        {
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "herçîkes",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "ھەرچیکەس"
        },
        {
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "herkes",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "ھەرکەس"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "quisquam"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "tags": [
            "Jawi"
          ],
          "word": "سياڤا٢"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "tags": [
            "Jawi"
          ],
          "word": "سسياڤا"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "tags": [
            "Rumi"
          ],
          "word": "siapa-siapa"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "tags": [
            "Rumi"
          ],
          "word": "sesiapa"
        },
        {
          "code": "swb",
          "lang": "Maore Comorian",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "tags": [
            "with-negation"
          ],
          "word": "ata mutru"
        },
        {
          "code": "zdj",
          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "tags": [
            "class-1"
          ],
          "word": "mndru"
        },
        {
          "code": "zdj",
          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "tags": [
            "class-1",
            "with-negation"
          ],
          "word": "mdzima"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "noen"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "enhver"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "hvem som helst"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "ǣniġ mann"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "man"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "hwā"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kasi",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "کسی"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "ktokolwiek"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "kto bądź"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "byle kto"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "alguém"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "alguma"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "qualquer"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine",
            "plural"
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          "word": "quaisquer"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "qualquer um"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "oricine"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vsjákij",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вся́кий"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ljubój",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "любо́й"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kto ugódno",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "кто уго́дно"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kto by to ní bylo",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "кто бы то ни́ было"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "niktó",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "tags": [
            "with-negation"
          ],
          "word": "никто́"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "któ-nibúdʹ",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "tags": [
            "interrogative"
          ],
          "word": "кто́-нибу́дь"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "któ-libo",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "кто́-либо"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "bilotko"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "itko"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "tkogod"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "kdorkoli"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "cualquiera"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "quien"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "alguien"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "någon"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "vem som helst"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "sinuman"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "balana"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "evarainā",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "ఎవరైనా"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "xto-nébudʹ",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "хто-не́будь"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nixtó",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "tags": [
            "with-negation"
          ],
          "word": "ніхто́"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "budʹ-xto",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "будь-хто"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "budʹ-jakýj",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "будь-яки́й"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "ai"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "người ta"
        },
        {
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "immen"
        },
        {
          "code": "yo",
          "lang": "Yoruba",
          "sense": "anybody",
          "word": "ẹnikẹ́ni"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛniˌwʌn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæniˌwʌn/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-anyone.ogg",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
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}
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "one"
      },
      "expansion": "any + one",
      "name": "compound"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "",
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        "20": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "head": ""
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      "name": "head"
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "anyone",
      "name": "en-pron"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "pron",
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    {
      "word": "anything"
    },
    {
      "word": "anywhere"
    },
    {
      "word": "no one"
    },
    {
      "word": "nobody"
    },
    {
      "word": "everybody"
    },
    {
      "word": "everyone"
    },
    {
      "word": "somebody"
    },
    {
      "word": "someone"
    }
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        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English compound determinatives",
        "English compound terms",
        "English indefinite pronouns",
        "English lemmas",
        "English pronouns",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English third person pronouns",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Terms with redundant transliterations/cmn"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Almost anyone can change a light bulb."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1891, George Bernard Shaw, Quintessence of Ibsenism",
          "text": "The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1935, George Goodchild, chapter 8, in Death on the Centre Court",
          "text": "“[…] Anyone who knows me will tell you I'm straight, but this time I had six thousand quid at stake. […] I laid 'em long odds because it wasn't in the nature of things that Wynbolt could beat all of them champs. Then—then he smashed one after another, until I got windy—nervous as you might say. […]”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013-06-07, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36",
          "text": "It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Any person; anybody."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Any",
          "any"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "anybody",
          "anybody"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛniˌwʌn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæniˌwʌn/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-anyone.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/62/En-us-anyone.ogg/En-us-anyone.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/En-us-anyone.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "anybody"
    },
    {
      "word": "any one"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔayy wāḥed",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "أي واحد"
    },
    {
      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔayy ḥadd",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "أي حد"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "amen mekə",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "ամեն մեկը"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "orewē mekə",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "որևէ մեկը"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "edonor"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "xto-njébudzʹ",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "хто-не́будзь"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "nixtó",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "with-negation"
      ],
      "word": "ніхто́"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "aby-xtó",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "абы-хто́"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vséki",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "все́ки"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "njákoj",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "ня́кой"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kójto i da e",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "ко́йто и да е"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "qualsevol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "tothom"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "english": "questions",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "algú"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ],
      "word": "ningú"
    },
    {
      "code": "ccc",
      "lang": "Chamicuro",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "ana'shanaye"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Mandarin Chinese",
      "roman": "hérén",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "何人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "kdokoliv"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "nogen"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "hvemsomhelst"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "iemand"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "iu"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "iu ajn"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "keegi"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "igaüks"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "joku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "affirmative"
      ],
      "word": "kuka tahansa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ],
      "word": "ketään"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quelqu'un"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "quelqu'une"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "n'importe qui"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "personne"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "vinme",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "ვინმე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "nebismieri",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "ნებისმიერი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "jemand"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "wer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "irgendjemand"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "irgendwer"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "áf ekhád",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ],
      "word": "אף אחד"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mishehú",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ],
      "word": "מישהו"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "bárki"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "akárki"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "einhver"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "irgu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "aon duine"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "chiunque"
    },
    {
      "alt": "だれも, dare mo",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "used with affirmative verbs",
      "roman": "dare de mo",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "誰も 誰でも"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "ninuman"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "ninumo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "amu",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "아무"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "kes",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "کەس"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "herçîkes",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "ھەرچیکەس"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "herkes",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "ھەرکەس"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "quisquam"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ],
      "word": "سياڤا٢"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ],
      "word": "سسياڤا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "Rumi"
      ],
      "word": "siapa-siapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "Rumi"
      ],
      "word": "sesiapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "swb",
      "lang": "Maore Comorian",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "with-negation"
      ],
      "word": "ata mutru"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "class-1"
      ],
      "word": "mndru"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "with-negation"
      ],
      "word": "mdzima"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "noen"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "enhver"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "hvem som helst"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "ǣniġ mann"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "man"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "hwā"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kasi",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "کسی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "ktokolwiek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "kto bądź"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "byle kto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alguém"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alguma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "qualquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "quaisquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "qualquer um"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "oricine"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vsjákij",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вся́кий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljubój",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "любо́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kto ugódno",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "кто уго́дно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kto by to ní bylo",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "кто бы то ни́ было"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "niktó",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "with-negation"
      ],
      "word": "никто́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "któ-nibúdʹ",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ],
      "word": "кто́-нибу́дь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "któ-libo",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "кто́-либо"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kto ugódno",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "кто уго́дно"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "bilotko"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "itko"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "tkogod"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "kdorkoli"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "cualquiera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "quien"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "alguien"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "någon"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "vem som helst"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "sinuman"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "balana"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "evarainā",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "ఎవరైనా"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xto-nébudʹ",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "хто-не́будь"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nixtó",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "tags": [
        "with-negation"
      ],
      "word": "ніхто́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "budʹ-xto",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "будь-хто"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "budʹ-jakýj",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "будь-яки́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "ai"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "người ta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "immen"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "anybody",
      "word": "ẹnikẹ́ni"
    }
  ],
  "word": "anyone"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": だれでも vs. だれも, dare mo",
  "path": [
    "anyone"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "anyone",
  "trace": null
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2023-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2023-05-20 using wiktextract.

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