an

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[edit] English

Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (stressed)
  • (unstressed)
    • IPA: /ən/, X-SAMPA: /@n/
    • Audio (US), unstressed in the phrase "an egg"
      		(file)
  • Homophone: in (in some accents)

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English ān.

[edit] Article

an

  1. Form, used before a vowel sound, of a
[edit] Usage notes
Main appendix: English articles#Indefinite articles
  • The article an is used before vowel sounds, and a before consonant sounds.
  • The various article senses of a, q.v., all are senses of an.
[edit] Translations
indefinite article

[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle English an

[edit] Conjunction

an

  1. (archaic) If, so long as.
    An it please you, my lord.
  2. (archaic) as if; as though.
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere (Original Version of 1797) 61-64:
    At length did cross an Albatross, Thorough the Fog it came; And an it were a Christian Soul, We hail'd it in God's Name.
[edit] Translations
if; so long as

[edit] Etymology 3

From Georgian.

[edit] Noun

an (plural ans)

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

[edit] Etymology 4

From the Old English preposition an/on.

[edit] Preposition

an

  1. In each; to or for each; per.
    I was only going twenty miles an hour.
[edit] Usage 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.
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Translations
in each; to or for each; per

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[edit] Arin

[edit] Noun

an

  1. haunch

[edit] Aromanian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin annus.

[edit] Noun

an n. (plural anj)

  1. year

[edit] Breton

[edit] Article

an

  1. the

[edit] See also

[edit] Crimean Tatar

[edit] Noun

an

  1. moment

[edit] Declension

    declension of an
nominative an
genitive anniñ
dative ange
accusative anni
locative ande
ablative anden

[edit] References

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

[edit] Danish

[edit] Verb

an

  1. imperative of ane

[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

an m. (plural ans)

  1. A year.

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[edit] Anagrams

[edit] German

[edit] Etymology

From Old High German ana.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] 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

[edit] Usage 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”).

[edit] Adverb

an

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

[edit] Gothic

[edit] Romanization

an

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌽

[edit] Guernésiais

[edit] Etymology

From Latin annus.

[edit] Noun

an m. (plural ans)

  1. year

[edit] Haitian Creole

[edit] Etymology 1

French un.

[edit] Article

an

  1. the (definite article)
[edit] Usage notes

Use this word when:

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

[edit] See also

[edit] Etymology 2

From French an (“year”)

[edit] Noun

an

  1. year
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[edit] Irish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish in.

[edit] Pronunciation

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

[edit] Article

an

  1. the

[edit] Usage notes

Used in the following situations:

[edit] Related terms

[edit] 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"

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

an (hiragana あん)

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

[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

The etymology of an is very obscure.

[edit] 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...

[edit] Usage 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.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Luxembourgish

[edit] Conjunction

an

  1. and

[edit] Preposition

an

  1. in

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Romanization

an

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

[edit] Usage 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.

[edit] Middle Dutch

[edit] Preposition

an

  1. Alternative form of ane. (sense "on")

[edit] Middle English

[edit] Preposition

an

  1. in

[edit] Conjunction

an

  1. and

[edit] Occitan

[edit] Etymology

Old Provençal an < Latin annus.

[edit] Noun

an m. (plural ans)

  1. year

[edit] Usage notes

  • Also used with the verb aver (“to have”) to indicate age

[edit] Old English

[edit] 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.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Cardinal number

ān

  1. (cardinal) one

[edit] Usage notes

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

[edit] Article

ān

  1. a, an (indefinite article)

[edit] Adjective

ān

  1. lone
  2. sole

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Old Provençal

[edit] Etymology

From Latin annus (“year”).

[edit] Noun

an m. (oblique plural ans, nominative singular ans, nominative plural an)

  1. year

[edit] Old Saxon

[edit] Preposition

an

  1. on, in

[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin annus (“year”).

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

an m. (plural ani)

  1. year

[edit] 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

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Romansch

[edit] Alternative forms

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

[edit] Etymology

From Latin annus.

[edit] Noun

an m. (plural ans)

  1. (Puter) year

[edit] Scots

[edit] Conjunction

an

  1. and

[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /an/, /ən/

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Irish a.

[edit] Pronoun

an

  1. their
[edit] Usage notes
  • This form of possessive pronoun is not used before nouns beginning with b, f, m or p, where am is used instead.

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Irish i.

[edit] Preposition

an

  1. in
[edit] Usage notes
  • This form is not used before nouns beginning with b, f, m or p, where ann am is used instead.
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] 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

[edit] Etymology 3

From Old Irish in.

[edit] Article

an

  1. the
[edit] Usage 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.

[edit] See also

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Adverb

an

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

[edit] Related terms

[edit] Preposition

an

  1. (accounting) to

[edit] Torres Strait Creole

[edit] Etymology

From English hand.

[edit] Noun

an

  1. hand, lower arm
  2. flipper

[edit] Turkish

[edit] Etymology

From Arabic آن (ʾān).

[edit] Noun

an (definite accusative anı, plural anlar)

  1. moment

[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese, from Chinese 安

[edit] Adjective

an

  1. safe, secure

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Vilamovian

[edit] Conjunction

an

  1. and

[edit] Related terms

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