ansa

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 Anagrams 2 Finnish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 2.2.2 Derived terms 2.3 Anagrams 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Verb 4 Icelandic 4.1 Alternative spellings 4.2 Etymology 4.3 Verb 4.3.1 Synonyms 5 Italian 5.1 Noun 5.2 Verb 5.3 Anagrams 6 Latin 6.1 Noun 7 Swedish 7.1 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin ansa (“handle”)

[edit] Noun

ansa (plural ansae)

1. (astronomy) the most protruding part of planetary rings as seen from distance

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aans
• NASA
• Saan

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[edit] Finnish

(index an)

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈɑnsɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnsɑ
• Hyphenation: an‧sa

[edit] Noun

ansa (stem ans-^*)

1. A trap
2. A booby trap

[edit] Declension

Declension of ansa (type kala) singular plural nominative ansa ansat genitive ansan ansojen ansain1 partitive ansaa ansoja accusative ansa ansan ansat inessive ansassa ansoissa elative ansasta ansoista illative ansaan ansoihin adessive ansalla ansoilla ablative ansalta ansoilta allative ansalle ansoille essive ansana ansoina translative ansaksi ansoiksi instructive – ansoin abessive ansatta ansoitta comitative – ansoineen 1) Rare.

[edit] Derived terms

• ansoittaa
• ansoittaja

[edit] Anagrams

• saan
• sana

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑ̃.sa/

[edit] Verb

ansa

1. third-person singular past historic of anser.

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Alternative spellings

• (obsolete) anza

[edit] Etymology

Once written as anza, but then changed into ansa when the letter 'z' was eliminated from Icelandic. From anz (“‘answer’”) + -a (“‘turns nouns into verbs’”). Literally meaning "to answer".

[edit] Verb

ansa

1. to answer, to reply

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• (to answer): svara

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

ansa f. (plural anse)

1. handle
2. curve or bend (in a river)
3. loop

[edit] Verb

ansa

1. Third-person singular present tense of ansare.
2. Second-person singular imperative of ansare.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aans
• ANAS
• sana

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Noun

ansa (plural ansae)

1. handle

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Verb

ansa

1. prune (trim a tree or shrub)