ane

See also -ane, Ane, âne, anë, and ʻAne

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḫ-an- 'male or female ancestor'. Cognate to Old High German ano (“grandfather, great-grandfather, forefather”), ana (“grandmother, great-grandmother, ancestress”), Old Prussian ane (“old mother”), Lithuanian anýta (“mother-in-law”).

Noun

ane f

1. old mother

Related terms

• anë

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Balinese

Pronoun

ane

1. that, which

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Danish

Noun

ane c (singular definite anen, plural indefinite aner)

1. forefather

Synonyms

• forfader

Inflection

    Inflection of ane

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	ane	anen	aner	anerne
genitive	anes	anens	aners	anernes

Verb

ane (imperative an, infinitive at ane, present tense aner, past tense anede, past participle har anet)

1. guess
2. suspect (to imagine or suppose (something) to be true without evidence)
3. glimpse

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Finnish

Etymology

From the verb anoa +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑne
• Hyphenation: a‧ne
• Rhymes: sane

Noun

ane

1. Indulgence (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution).

Declension

Declension of ane (type hame) singular plural nominative ane aneet genitive aneen aneiden aneitten partitive anetta aneita accusative ane aneen aneet inessive aneessa aneissa elative aneesta aneista illative aneeseen aneisiin aneihin adessive aneella aneilla ablative aneelta aneilta allative aneelle aneille essive aneena aneina translative aneeksi aneiksi instructive – anein abessive aneetta aneitta comitative – aneineen

Compounds

• anekauppa

Anagrams

• Nea

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Japanese

Romanization

ane

1. See あね

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Latin

Noun

āne

1. vocative singular of ānus

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Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• aen
• an

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈaːnə/

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch ana, from Proto-Germanic *ana.

Preposition

ane

1. on, on top of
2. on, on the side of
3. beside, alongside
4. to, towards (also as strengthening of the dative case)
5. during

Adverb

ane

1. towards, closer

Descendants

• Dutch: aan

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch āna, from Proto-Germanic *ēnō (“without”).

Preposition

ane

1. without
2. against, without regard for

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Middle English

Article

ane

1. a; an

Usage notes

• Early on in the period, this inflection of the indefinite article was reserved for feminine nouns. Later in the period it came to be used in the oblique case with all nouns regardless of gender (alongside the collapse of grammatical gender) and eventually disappeared altogether.

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Scots

Etymology

See English one.

Cardinal number

ane

1. (cardinal) one

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Uab Meto

Noun

ane

1. rice