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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old English ān.

Article

An

  1. Indefinite article; used when the noun may refer to one of several possibilities. An egg could be any of several eggs, while the egg refers to a specific egg (already mentioned or known).

Notes

Main appendix: English articles#Indefinite articles
  • The article an is used before vowel sounds, and a before consonant sounds.

Translations

indefinite article

Etymology 2

From Middle English an

Conjunction

An

  1. (archaic) If, so long as.
    An it please you, my lord.

Translations

if; so long as

Etymology 3

From Georgian.

Noun

An (plural Ans)
  1. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (mkhedruli), Ⴀ (asomtavruli) or ⴀ (nuskhuri).

Etymology 4

From the Old English preposition an/on.

Preposition

An

  1. In each; to or for each; per.
    I was only going twenty miles an hour.

Notes

  • This is the same as the word a in such contexts, modified because of preceding an unpronounced h. The train was speeding along at a mile a minute.

Synonyms

Translations

in each; to or for each; per

References

Statistics

Anagrams

Arin

Noun

An

  1. haunch

Breton

Article

An

  1. the

See also

Crimean Tatar

Noun

An

  1. moment

Declension

    declension of An</small>
nominative An
genitive Anniñ
dative Ange
accusative Anni
locative Ande
ablative Anden

References

  • Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

Danish

Verb

An

  1. imperative of ane

French

Pronunciation

Noun

An m. (plural Ans)

  1. A year.

Synonyms

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Old High German ana.

Pronunciation

Preposition

An (with an accusative or dative case object)

  1. (with a location in the dative case) on; upon; at; in; against
    Das Bild hängt an der Wand. — “The picture hangs on the wall.”
  2. (with a time in the dative case) on; in
  3. (with a dative case object) by; near; close to; next to
  4. (with a dative case object) by means of; by
  5. (with an accusative case object) on; onto
    Ich hänge das Bild an die Wand. — “I hang the picture on the wall.”
  6. (with an accusative case object) at; against
    Schauen Sie an die Tafel. — “Look at the blackboard.”
  7. (with an accusative case object) to; for

Notes

  • The preposition an is used with an object in the accusative case if it indicates movement from one place to another, whereas it is used with the dative case if it indicates a location.
  • When followed by the masculine article in the dative case (i.e. dem (“the”)), the two words contract to am (“on the”) and for the neuter article in the accusative case (i.e. das (“the”)), the two words contract to ans (“on the”).

Adverb

An

  1. onward; on
    von heute an — “from today on”

Haitian Creole

Etymology 1

Article

An

  1. the (definite article)

Notes

Use this word when:

  • It modifies a singular noun, and
  • It is preceded by a word that ends with either:

See also

Etymology 2

From French an (“year”)

Noun

An

  1. year

Synonyms

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish in.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ənˠ]; between consonants [ə]

Article

An

  1. the

Notes

Related terms

Particle

An (interrogative)

  1. Used to form direct and indirect questions; triggers eclipsis; takes the dependent form (when available) of irregular verbs.
    An bhfuil tú ag éisteacht? – "Are you listening?"
    Níl a fhios agam an bhfuil sé anseo – "I don't know if/whether he is here"

Japanese

Noun

An (hiragana あん)

  1. 案: plan, scheme
  2. 餡: bean paste

Latin

Etymology

The etymology of an is very obscure.

Conjunction

An (interrogative)

  1. (introduces questions expecting negative answer or further question) can it be that
    An refert, ubi et in qua arrigas?
    Does it make any difference to me who made you horny, or when?
  2. whether
  3. or, either
    Vide utrum vis an...
    Consider whether you want to or...

Notes

  • Used with utrum (“whether”) in the construction utrum...an (“whether...or”):
    Nescio quid intersit, utrum nunc veniam, an ad decem annos.
    I know not what matter it is, whether I come now or after ten years.

Derived terms

Luxembourgish

Conjunction

An

  1. and

Mandarin

Verb

An (Pinyin an4, traditional and simplified 按)

  1. press

Preposition

An (Pinyin an4, traditional and simplified 按)

  1. according to

Derived terms

Pinyin syllable

an

  1. Nonstandard spelling of ān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of án.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of ǎn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of àn.

Notes

  • English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian ān, Old Saxon ēn (Dutch een), Old High German ein (German ein), Old Norse einn (Swedish en), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (ains). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin unus, Ancient Greek οἶος (oios), Old Irish oen.

Pronunciation

Cardinal number

ān

  1. (cardinal) one

Notes

As in modern English, usage doubles as both a numeral and a pronoun.

Article

ān

  1. a, an (indefinite article)

Adjective

ān

  1. lone
  2. sole

Derived terms

Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin annus (“year”).

Noun

An m. (plural Ans)

  1. year

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin annus (“year”).

Pronunciation

Noun

An m. (plural ani)

  1. year

Declension

declension of An
singular plural
gender m. indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative un An Anul niște Ani Anii
genitive/dative unui An Anului unor Ani Anilor
vocative — — — —
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Derived terms

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) onn
  • (Sutsilvan, Vallader) on

Etymology

From Latin annus.

Noun

An m. (plural Ans)

  1. (Puter) year

Scots

Conjunction

An

  1. and

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /an/, /ən/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish a.

Pronoun

An

  1. their

Notes

  • This form of possessive pronoun is not used before nouns beginning with b, f, m or p, where am is used instead.

Etymology 2

From Old Irish i.

Preposition

An

  1. in

Notes

  • This form is not used before nouns beginning with b, f, m or p, where ann am is used instead.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • The following prepositional pronouns:
Combining

pronoun

Prepositional

pronoun

Prepositional

pronoun (emphatic)

mi annam annamsa
tu annad annadsa
e ann annsan
i innte inntese
sinn annainn annainne
sibh annaibh annaibhse
iad annta anntasan

Etymology 3

From Old Irish in.

Article

An

  1. the

Notes

This is the most common singular form. The most common plural form is na. For other forms and their specific uses, see pages listed in "See also" below.

See also

See also

Swedish

Adverb

An

  1. used as a verb particle, similar to German preposition an (“at, in, on, to”)

Related terms

Preposition

An

  1. (accounting) to

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English hand.

Noun

An

  1. hand, lower arm
  2. flipper

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic.

Noun

An

  1. moment

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese, from Chinese 安

Adjective

an

  1. safe, secure

Synonyms






scn:an



wo:an

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