somewhere else

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsʌmwɛə(ɹ) ˈɛls/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

somewhere else (uncountable)

1. A place other than here; another place.

Synonyms

• elsewhere
• someplace else (US)

Translations

another place

• German: anderswo (de)
• Hungarian: máshol (hu)
• Māori: wāhi kē

Adverb

somewhere else

1. In or at some other place.
2. To some other place.
3. (figuratively) Distracted; in a daydream, (of the mind) unable to interact with events in the here and now
   • 1996, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Emmy, volume 18, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, page 38:

     But I get slightly crazy when I'm working on something. I zone out and get lost watching scenes play out in my head. That's why I won't have lunch with friends when I'm writing. My head is somewhere else and they naturally take it personally.

   • 2013, John Bemrose, The Island Walkers: A Novel, page 3:

     Hearing the laughter of his sons, Alf grinned. But he was somewhere else, thinking of the woman moving through the dim house behind him.

Synonyms

• (all): elsewhere, otherwhere, (US) someplace else
• (to some other place): elsewhither, somewhither else

Translations

in or at some other place

• Bulgarian: дру́гаде (drúgade)
• Catalan: en un altre lloc, en una altra banda
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 別處 / 别处 (zh) (biéchù)

• Czech: jinde (cs)
• Danish: andetsteds
• Dutch: ergens anders, elders (nl)
• Esperanto: aliloke
• Faroese: aðrastaðni
• Finnish: jossakin muualla, muualla (fi), toisaalla (fi)
• French: autre part (fr), ailleurs (fr)
• German: woanders (de), anderswo (de)

  Middle High German: anderswar

• Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐍂 (aljar)
• Greek: αλλού (el) (alloú)

  Ancient Greek: ἀλλαχοῦ (allakhoû), αὖθις (aûthis)

• Hungarian: másutt (hu), máshol (hu)
• Irish: in áit éigin eile
• Italian: altrove (it), da qualche altra parte
• Japanese: ほかの場所で (hoka no basho de)
• Latin: alibī (la), alias (la)
• Latvian: citur
• Lithuanian: kitur
• Luxembourgish: anerwäerts
• Māori: wāhi kē
• Navajo: łahgóó
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: annensteds, annetsteds (no)

  Nynorsk: annanstad, annensted

• Old Galician-Portuguese: allur
• Old Norse: annarsstaðar
• Pannonian Rusyn: индзей (indzej)
• Polish: gdzie indziej (pl)
• Portuguese: em outro lugar, alhures (pt), algures (pt)
• Romanian: altundeva (ro), aiurea (ro)
• Russian: где́-то в друго́м ме́сте (gdé-to v drugóm méste), в друго́м ме́сте (v drugóm méste), где́-нибудь ещё (gdé-nibudʹ ješčó)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: другде, другуд

  Latin: drugde, drugud (sh)

• Spanish: en otra parte, en otro lugar
• Swedish: någon annanstans, annorstädes (sv) (dated)
• Welsh: yn rhywle arall

to some other place

• Czech: jinam (cs)
• Dutch: elders (nl), elwaarts (archaic)
• Esperanto: aliloken
• Finnish: muualle (fi), toisaalle
• French: ailleurs (fr)
• German: woanders (de), anderswo (de)
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌸 (aljaþ)
• Greek: άλλοθι (el) (állothi)

  Ancient Greek: ἄλλοθι (állothi)

• Hungarian: máshová (hu), máshova (hu)
• Irish: áit éigin eile
• Italian: altrove (it)
• Japanese: ほかの場所へ (hoka no basho e)
• Latin: aliō
• Māori: wāhi kē
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: annensteds, annetsteds (no)

  Nynorsk: annanstad

• Pannonian Rusyn: инкадзи (inkadzi)
• Polish: gdzie indziej (pl), (archaic) indziej (pl)
• Portuguese: para outro lugar
• Russian: в друго́е ме́сто (v drugóje mésto), куда́-нибудь ещё (kudá-nibudʹ ješčó)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: другамо, другуд

  Latin: drugamo (sh), drugud (sh)

• Spanish: a otra parte (es), a otro lugar (es)
• Swedish: någon annanstans
• Welsh: rywle arall

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Translations to be checked

• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} వేరేచోట (vērēcōṭa)

See also

• anywhere else
• nowhere else
• everywhere else

References

• “somewhere else”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.