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alcuno

alcuno

See also: alcuño

Interlingua

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Pronoun

alcuno

  1. Some person: somebody, someone.

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈku.no/, [ älˈkuːno]

Adjective

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

  1. (chiefly in the plural) some, a few
  2. (in negative phrases) none

References

  1. Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, ISBN 88-15-08638-2, page 140

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