"qualcuno" meaning in Italian

See qualcuno in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /kwalˈku.no/ Forms: qualcuna [feminine], qualcun [alternative, apocopic], qualcheduno [alternative, Tuscany, uncommon]
Rhymes: -uno Etymology: Univerbation of qualche (“some”) + uno (“one”). Akin to French quelqu'un. Etymology templates: {{univ|it|qualche|uno|gloss1=some|gloss2=one}} Univerbation of qualche (“some”) + uno (“one”), {{cog|fr|quelqu'un}} French quelqu'un Head templates: {{it-pron-adj|pl=-}} qualcuno (feminine qualcuna, no plural)
  1. someone, somebody Tags: error-lua-exec, no-plural
    Sense id: en-qualcuno-it-pron-0GYSbXYJ
  2. (in a question) anyone, anybody Tags: error-lua-exec, no-plural
    Sense id: en-qualcuno-it-pron-GSaCyDCO
  3. some (of them) Tags: error-lua-exec, no-plural Synonyms: alcuni, alcune
    Sense id: en-qualcuno-it-pron-DX~vK3Ba
  4. (in a question) any (of us etc.) Tags: error-lua-exec, no-plural
    Sense id: en-qualcuno-it-pron-bI4kKaE6 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian pronouns, Italian univerbations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 6 0 0 94 Disambiguation of Italian pronouns: 24 20 20 36 Disambiguation of Italian univerbations: 20 0 0 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 0 0 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 0 0 96

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "uno#Italian"
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      "quelqu'un#French"
    ]
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      "ipa": "/kwalˈku.no/"
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        "apocopic"
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        "no-plural"
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    {
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    }
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}

Download raw JSONL data for qualcuno meaning in Italian (2.0kB)

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