alcuno

See also: alcuño

Interlingua

Alternative forms

Pronoun

alcuno

  1. Some person: somebody, someone.

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *alicūnus, from Classical Latin aliquem (“someone, something”) + ūnum (“one”).[1] Cognate with French aucun, Spanish alguno, Galician algún, Portuguese algum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /alˈku.no/, [älˈkuːn̺o]
  • Stress: alcùno
  • Hyphenation: al‧cu‧no
  • Rhymes: -uno

Adjective

alcuno (feminine singular alcuna, masculine plural alcuni, feminine plural alcune)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) some, a few
    Synonym: qualche
  2. (in negative phrases) no
    Synonym: nessuno

References
  1. Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 140

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