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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Homophones 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Preposition 1.2.1.1 Related terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Adverb 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.3.2 Noun 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.3.2.2 Antonyms 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Preposition 2.2.1 Derived terms 3 German 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Preposition 3.2.1 Usage notes 3.2.2 Derived terms 4 Interlingua 4.1 Preposition 5 Italian 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Preposition 5.3 Usage notes 6 Japanese 6.1 Noun 7 Latin 7.1 Preposition 7.2 Preposition 7.2.1 Derived terms 8 Min Nan 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Pronoun 8.3 Usage notes 8.4 See also 8.5 External links 9 Old English 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Preposition 10 Old High German 10.1 Etymology 10.2 Preposition 11 Romanian 11.1 Etymology 11.2 Noun 11.2.1 Declension 12 Romansch 12.1 Article 12.2 Number 13 Slovene 13.1 Conjunction 14 Swedish 14.1 Pronunciation 14.2 Adverb 14.2.1 Antonyms 14.3 See also 15 Volapük 15.1 Preposition

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: /ĭn/, IPA: /ɪn/, SAMPA: /In/
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  Rhymes: -ɪn

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• inn

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English in

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in

1. Contained by.

   The dog is in the kennel.

2. Surrounded by.

   We are in the enemy camp.

   Her plane is in the air.

3. Part of; a member of.

   One in a million.

4. Pertaining to (that particular thing).

   He has passed in English.

5. After a period of time.

   They said they would call us in a week.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Old English inne

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in (not comparable)

1. Located indoors, especially: at home or the office and available for conversation.

   Is Mr. Smith in?

2. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.

   Suddenly a strange man walked in.

3. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.

   He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.

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in (plural ins)

1. A position of power or a way to get it.

   His parents got him an in with the company

2. (in games) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting

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• out

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[edit] Dutch

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/In/

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in

1. expressing containment.

   De geest in de fles — the genie in the bottle

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• invoeren
• induiken
• indruk
• ingaan
• inkomen
• inroepen
• insluiten

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[edit] German

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in

1. (in + dative) in; within; at; contained by

   Es ist im Haus. - "It is in the house."

2. (in + dative) pertaining to
3. (in + accusative) into

   Er geht ins Haus. - "He goes into the house."

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The preposition in is used with accusative case if the verb shows movement from one place to another, whereas it is used with dative case if the verb shows location.

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• (in + dem) im m. and n.
• (in + das) ins n.
• in der Zwickmühle stecken

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[edit] Interlingua

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in

1. in

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[edit] Italian

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• IPA: [in]

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in

1. in
2. to
3. into
4. by

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When followed by a definite article, in is combined with the article to give the following combined forms:

In + article	Combined form
in + il	nel
in + lo	nello
in + l'	nell'
in + i	nei
in + gli	negli
in + la	nella
in + le	nelle

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[edit] Japanese

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in (hiragana いん)

1. 員: member
2. 因: cause
3. 韻: rhyme

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[edit] Latin

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in (+ Abung)

1. in, at, on (space)
2. within (time)

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in (+ accusative)

1. into
2. about
3. according to

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• in cassum
• in nuce

• For examples of the usage of this word see the citations page.

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[edit] Min Nan

simpl. and trad.

亻因

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• IPA: [ in˥˥ ]

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in (POJ, traditional and simplified 亻因)

1. they
2. their
3. them

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• 亻因 should actually be written as a single character, but it is not included in the list of displayable characters.

[edit] See also

• (Mandarin) trad. 他們, simpl. 他们 (tāmen) ("they", human)
• (Mandarin) trad. 她們, simpl. 她们 (tāmen) ("they", human females only)
• (Mandarin) trad. 它們, simpl. 它们 (tāmen) ("they", non-human)

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[edit] Old English

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Common Germanic *in, whence also Old High German in, Old Norse í

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in

1. in

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Common Germanic *in, whence also Old English in, Old Norse í

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in

1. in

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Latin linum

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in n. (plural inuri)

1. flax

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in m. (feminine ina)

1. (cardinal) a, an

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in m. (feminine ina)

1. (cardinal) one

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in

1. and

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[edit] Adverb

in

1. into, the direction "from out to in"

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• ut

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• inne

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[edit] Volapük

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in

1. in