such-and-such

See also: such and such

English

Alternative forms

• such and such

Noun

such-and-such (plural such-and-suches)

1. A placeholder or generic thing.

   It's a poor system, because if you want to do such-and-such, you must first find that function in a long and disorderly list.

   • 1941 June, “Great Northern 0-6-2 Tanks”, in Railway Magazine, page 256:

     […] it has answered numerous questions as to what such-and-such a locomotive designer would have done, to keep pace with increasing demand for tractive power, had he held office for just a little longer.

   • 2006, “Master of None”, performed by Beach House:

     We always rub our hands too much / We know the reasons, but such and such

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:whatsaname

Related terms

• so-and-so

Translations

generic placeholder

• Arabic: كَذَا وَكَذَا (kaḏā wa-kaḏā), كَذَا (kaḏā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 某某 (zh) (mǒumǒu)

• Esperanto: tio kaj alio
• Finnish: se ja se (fi)
• French: Untel (fr) m
• German: dies und das (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: δεῖνα m or f or n (deîna)

• Italian: tal dei tali m
• Japanese: 何々 (なになに, naninani)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: فِڵان و فیسار (fillan û fîsar)

• Persian: فلان و بهمان (fa) (folân o bahmân), چنین و چنان (čonin o čonân)
• Portuguese: tal e tal
• Russian: то́-то и то́-то n (tó-to i tó-to), и то и сё n (i to i sjo)
• Spanish: tal o cual

Determiner

such-and-such

1. indefinite; some or other, not stated

   I am troubled by the rush of young researchers attempting to prove that females are not inferior to males in such-and-such an ability or such-and-such a trait, especially when it is by no means clear what difference it makes.

Translations

indefinite; some or other

• Bashkir: фәлән (fələn), фәлән-фәлән (fələn-fələn)
• Bulgarian: някой си (njakoj si)
• Finnish: se ja se (fi)
• Portuguese: tal e tal
• Russian: тако́й-то (ru) (takój-to)

See also

• so-and-so
• thus and such
• thus and so

References

• “such-and-such”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.