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so-and-so in Arabic

فُلَان fulān

so-and-so in Arabic: فُلَان (fulān), فُلَانَة (fulāna), كَذَا وَكَذَا (kaḏā wakaḏā), كَذَا (kaḏā). In English, so-and-so means a placeholder name for a person or thing, used when a name is not known; a generic person or thing.

Arabic words for so-and-so

placeholder name
فُلَان fulān, فُلَانَة fulāna
anything generic
فُلَان fulān, كَذَا وَكَذَا kaḏā wakaḏā, كَذَا kaḏā

English meaning of so-and-so

  1. noun A placeholder name for a person or thing, used when a name is not known; a generic person or thing.
  2. noun Used in place of epithets such as SOB, bastard, etc.

Full definition of so-and-so

so-and-so in a sentence

  • She told me to ask so-and-so, but he didn't know, either.
  • Business letters normally begin "Dear Mr So-and-So".
  • He will tell you to do so-and-so, but read the instructions first, anyway.

so-and-so in other languages

Questions about so-and-so in Arabic

What is the meaning of so-and-so in Arabic?
So-and-so in Arabic is فُلَان (fulān), فُلَانَة (fulāna), كَذَا وَكَذَا (kaḏā wakaḏā), كَذَا (kaḏā).
ما معنى كلمة so-and-so؟
So-and-so: فُلَان (fulān), فُلَانَة (fulāna), كَذَا وَكَذَا (kaḏā wakaḏā), كَذَا (kaḏā).
What does so-and-so mean in English?
So-and-so means a placeholder name for a person or thing, used when a name is not known; a generic person or thing.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: so-and-so (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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