ans

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ans"

Translingual

Symbol

ans

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Anserma.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Anserma terms

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈænz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

ans

1. plural of an

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• ans.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæns/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːns/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

ans

1. Abbreviation of answer.

Verb

ans

1. Abbreviation of answer.
   • 1979 February 3, Billy Smith, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 27, page 14:

     GWM, release July 79, would like to hear from sincere gays. I will ans all letters.

Anagrams

• -san, NAS, NAs, NSA, SAN, SAn, SNA, San, san

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• oans (West Central Bavarian)

Etymology

From the numeral aans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˑns/, [ɑːns]

Pronoun

ans n

1. one

See also

Declension of a

	m	n	f
nominative	a (determiner) ana (pronoun)	a (determiner) ans (pronoun)	a (determiner) ane (pronoun)
accusative	an
dative	am		ana

• a (“a”, article)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈans]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adverb

ans

1. (formal) before, in a previous time

   Synonym: abans

   Ans teníem terres i ens guanyàvem bé la vida. ― We used to have land and made a good living.

Conjunction

ans

1. (formal) but rather, but

   Synonym: sinó que

   No m'ho va explicar, ans jo era allà quan va succeir. ― He didn't explain it to me, since I was there when it happened.

   I no permeteu que nosaltres caiguem en la temptació, ans deslliureu-nos de qualsevol mal. ― And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

   ans el contrari ― on the contrary

Further reading

• “ans”, 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
• “ans”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “ans” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ans” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Franco-Provençal

Noun

ans

1. plural of an

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Homophones: an, en

Noun

ans m pl

1. plural of an

   Suzanne a deux ans de plus que moi. ― Suzanne is two years older than me.

Anagrams

• san

German

Alternative forms

• an's

Etymology

Contraction of an + das

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Contraction

ans (+ optionally: adjective in accusative case + neuter noun in accusative case)

1. an + das, on(to) the, to the

Gothic

Romanization

ans

1. romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐍃

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• anz (obsolete)

Etymology

From ansa.

Noun

ans n (genitive singular ans, nominative plural öns)

1. (rare) an answer

   Synonym: svar (n)

Declension

Declension of ans (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ans	ansið	öns	önsin
accusative	ans	ansið	öns	önsin
dative	ansi	ansinu	önsum	önsunum
genitive	ans	ansins	ansa	ansanna

Related terms

• ansa

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “ans”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “ans”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið

Occitan

Noun

ans

1. plural of an

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ansu, from Proto-Germanic *ansuz.

Noun

ans m

1. (in compounds) deity, god

Old Occitan

Noun

ans m pl

1. nominative plural of an
2. oblique singular of an

Volapük

Pronoun

ans

1. some people