în

See also: Appendix:Variations of "in"

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔiin (“to drink”), a word missing from VanBik but present in STEDT.

Verb

în

1. to drink

Northern Kurdish

Noun

în f

1. Friday

See also

• days of the week: rojên hefteyê (appendix): duşem · sêşem · çarşem · pêncşem · în · şemî · yekşem ^[edit]

Romanian

Alternative forms

• ын (în) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
• -n — contracted form, after a vowel

Etymology

Inherited from Latin in. Cognate with English in.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɨn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɨn

Preposition

în (+accusative)

1. in, into, within
2. (of dates, months, years) in, on

Usage notes

Any time that one wishes to say "in a", într-un or într-o is used, depending on the gender of the noun, but not *“în un” or *“în o”.

Related terms

• în-

See also

• întru

Further reading

• “în”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025