quelcom

Catalan

FWOTD – 21 January 2013

Etymology

From Old Catalan queacom, queucom, calcom, caucom, from Latin quale-cumque or quiddam-cumque, although Spitzer suggests quale-quomodo. Compare Occitan calacom, quezacom, queacom.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kəlˈkɔm/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /kelˈkɔm/

Pronoun

quelcom

something
- 1919, Claudi Planas i Font, En Pere i altres contes
  ...tenia quelcom de brutal l'espectacle d'aquell home decrèpit...
  ...there was something brutal about the spectacle of that decrepit man...
(in questions) anything

Usage notes

In colloquial speech alguna cosa, res or the nonstandard Castilianism algo are used instead.

Synonyms

alguna cosa
res
qualque cosa

Adverb

quelcom

(literary) a bit, somewhat, rather

References

Diccionari català-valencià-balear (DCVB)

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