anís

See also: anis, Anis, -anis, and a-nis

Catalan

Alternative forms

• anis (Alghero)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anīsum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əˈnis]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [aˈnis]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

anís m (plural anisos)

1. anise, aniseed
2. small confection flavoured with anise
3. anisette (liqueur flavoured with anise)

Synonyms

• (plant): matafaluga
• (liqueur): aniset

Derived terms

• anisar
• aniset
• bolet d'anís

Further reading

• “anís”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Old Irish

Etymology

From an- (“from”) +‎ ís (“below, under”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸīssu, from Proto-Indo-European *pedsú, locative plural of *pṓds (“foot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈn̠ʲiːs/

Adverb

anís

1. from below
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 102^a15

     Itius anúas ⁊ dus·claid anís; air ní foircnea in fíni hithe neich di anúas, amal du·ngní int aīs sechmaill as·mbeir-som .i. air is cuit adaill ad·n-ellat-sidi in fíni du thabairt neich doib dia thorud.

     They eat it from above and he roots it up from below; for it does not exterminate the vine to eat of anything of it from above, as do the passers-by whom he speaks of, i.e. for it is only a passing visit that they make [lit: ‘that they visit’] to the vine to take something for themselves of its fruit.

Descendants

• Irish: aníos
• Manx: neese
• Scottish Gaelic: a-nis

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “anís”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Palula

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anís/

Pronoun

anís (Perso-Arabic spelling انِس)

1. accusative singular of anú

Alternative forms

• hanís (Biori)

Related terms

Phalura pronominal demonstratives

type	parameters			nom	acc	obl	gen
Proximal	sg	m	weak	nu	nis	níi	nisíi
			strong	anú / eenú	anís	aníi	anisíi
		f	weak	ni	nis	níi	nisíi
			strong	aní / eení	anís	aníi	anisíi
	pl		weak	ni	niaám / ninaám	niním	niníi
			strong	aní / eení	aniaám / aninaám	aniním	aniníi
Distal	sg	m	weak	lo / ṛo	las / ṛas	líi / ṛíi	lasíi / ṛasíi
			strong	eeṛó / aṛó	eeṛás / aṛás	eeṛíi / aṛíi	eeṛasíi / aṛasíi
		f	weak	le / ṛe	las / ṛas	líi / ṛíi	lasíi / ṛasíi
			strong	eeṛé / aṛé	eeṛás / aṛás	eeṛíi / aṛíi	eeṛasíi / aṛasíi
	pl		weak	le / ṛe	lanaám / ṛanaám	laním / ṛaním	laníi / ṛaníi
			strong	eeṛé / aṛé	eeṛanaám / aṛanaám	eeṛaním	eeṛaníi
Remote	sg	m	weak	so	tas	tíi	tasíi
			strong	eesó	eetás	eetíi	eetasíi
		m	weak	se	tas	tíi	tasíi
			strong	eesé	eetás	eetíi	eetasíi
	pl		weak	se	tanaám	taním	taníi
			strong	eesé	eetanaám	eetaním	eetaníi

References

• Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011), “anís”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French anis, from Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἄνῑσον (ánīson).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈnis/ [aˈnis]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: a‧nís

Noun

anís m (uncountable)

1. anise

   Synonyms: matalahúva, matalahúga

2. (beverage) anise liquor, pure or combined

   Synonym: anisado

3. (euphemistic, Mexico) the anus (because of similar sound, compare ano)

Derived terms

• anís estrella
• anís estrellado
• anisar
• uva de anís

Further reading

• “anís”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025