indefinite article

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Noun

indefinite article (plural indefinite articles)

1. (grammar) A word preceding a noun to indicate that the noun refers to any member of the class of objects named by the noun.

Usage notes

• In English, this term can be represented as a (before a consonant sound) or an (before a vowel sound) in the singular; in the plural, an article isn't used at all, or the pronoun some is used instead.

Translations

word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects

• Catalan: article indefinit
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不定冠詞 (cmn), 不定冠词 (cmn) (bùdìng guàncí)

• Czech: neurčitý člen (cs) m
• Dutch: lidwoord van onbepaaldheid, onbepaald lidwoord n
• Esperanto: artikolo nedefinida, nedefinida artikolo
• Finnish: epämääräinen artikkeli (fi)
• French: article indéfini (fr) m
• German: unbestimmter Artikel (de) m
• Greek: αόριστο άρθρο (el) (aóristo árthro) n 
• Hungarian: határozatlan névelő (hu)

• Icelandic: óákveðinn greinir (is) m, óákv. gr. (is) m
• Italian: articolo indefinito (it) m
• Japanese: 不定冠詞 (ja) (ふていかんし, futei kanshi)
• Jèrriais: articl'ye îndéfinnie f
• Romanian: articol nehotărât (ro) n
• Russian: неопределённый артикль (ru) (neopredeljónnyj artíkl') m 
• Scottish Gaelic: alt neo-chinnteach (gd)
• Spanish: artículo indefinido (es) m, artículo indeterminado (es)
• Swedish: obestämd artikel (sv) c
• Turkish: belirsiz artikel (tr), belirsiz tanımlık (tr)