"such-and-such" meaning in English

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Determiner

Head templates: {{head|en|determiner|head=such-and-such}} such-and-such
  1. indefinite; some or other, not stated Related terms: thus and such, thus and so Translations (indefinite; some or other): фәлән (fələn) (Bashkir), фәлән-фәлән (fələn-fələn) (Bashkir), някой си (njakoj si) (Bulgarian), se ja se (Finnish), tal e tal (Portuguese), тако́й-то (takój-to) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-such-and-such-en-det-UHygxhx7 Categories (other): English determiners, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English determiners: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: such and such Related terms: so-and-so

Noun

Forms: such-and-suches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} such-and-such (plural such-and-suches)
  1. A placeholder or generic thing. Translations (generic placeholder): δεῖνα (deîna) [feminine, masculine, neuter] (Ancient Greek), كَذَا وَكَذَا (kaḏā wa-kaḏā) (Arabic), كَذَا (kaḏā) (Arabic), فِڵان و فیسار (fillan û fîsar) (Central Kurdish), 某某 (mǒumǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), tio kaj alio (Esperanto), se ja se (Finnish), Untel [masculine] (French), dies und das (German), tal dei tali [masculine] (Italian), 何々 (naninani) (alt: なになに) (Japanese), فلان و بهمان (folân o bahmân) (Persian), چنین و چنان (čonin o čonân) (Persian), tal e tal (Portuguese), то́-то и то́-то (tó-to i tó-to) [neuter] (Russian), и то и сё (i to i sjo) [neuter] (Russian), tal o cual (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-such-and-such-en-noun-JUoqBdWv Categories (other): English determiners, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English determiners: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 48 52 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: such and such Related terms: so-and-so

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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