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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited 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
Pronoun
quelcom
- (formal) something
- Synonyms: alguna cosa, res, qualque cosa, (proscribed) algo
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...
- (formal, in questions) anything
Usage notes
Adverb
quelcom
- (literary) a bit, somewhat, rather
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