Any

Quantifier

Some people call any a quantifying adjective, others refer to it as a quantifying determiner. (which is when it is isn't a pronoun summarizing an entire noun phrase).

It is most often used with uncountable nouns and with plural countables.

• Do you have any idea who wrote this? (when unstressed: une idée, when stressed: le moindre idée)
• I don't have any time free this week. Maybe next Thursday? (pas de temps)
• Have you seen any good movies lately? (when unstressed: un bon film, des bons films, when stressed: au moins un bon film)

Pronoun (Fused NP head)

• Late at night, you could hear that the building was full of mice. I never saw any in my apartment, though. Neither did my cat. ^^

anywhere

anyway / any way / [anyhow]

any which way

any old way, however you please, [i]n'importe comment[/i]

Cf. every which way -- [i]dans tous les sens[/i]