такой

Pronunciation: [tɐˈkoj]

“такой” is a Russian word. Its 20 meanings in English:

determiner

such (a), such, that/this kind/sort/type of, those/these kinds/sorts/types of, like that/this/those/these; in the negative also: no such (often translated as simply "that" or "this", meaning not only the specific thing in question but also any instance of that thing resembling it)
such (a), such (used to indicate a sufficient degree of something, such that the following clause is true)
used with a pronoun, name or noun to specify the meaning of кто (kto) as "what's the nature/essence (of)" and not just a request to identify someone. Usually not translated.
used with (usually after) a noun when speaking of the existence of something resembling what has just been observed or mentioned; usually not translated
used after an adjective for intensification
a kind/sort/type of, some kind/sort/type of
not great, meh, mediocre, middling, so-so

like that, like this (sometimes translated as simply "that"/"those"" or "this"/"these")
such (in such a way that the following clause is true)
as, the way, like (in the way described in the following clause)
one like that/this, ones like that/this
one; in the plural: ones, those
someone, a person, anyone, whoever; in the plural: those, (the/those) people, anyone, whoever, some (people)
the kind/sort/type (of [noun]), the kinds/sorts/types (of [noun in plural])
the kind/sort/type of person/people, the type (to), one(s) (to)

so; in the negative: that (to a high degree)
so (to a sufficient degree, such that the following clause is true) (including in the negative)
that (to that degree, to the previously mentioned or demonstrated degree) (including in the negative; often followed by уж и (už i) in the negative)
as (to the same or a similar degree)
used to report speech, emotion or action; am/are/is like, was/were like

Inherited from Old East Slavic такъ (takŭ), from Proto-Slavic *takъ.

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