article
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English [Term?], from Old French [Term?], from Latin articulus (“a joint, limb, member, part, division, the article in grammar, a point of time”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑːtɪkəl/, [ˈɑːtʰɪkʰəɫ]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹtəkl̩/, [ˈɑ(ː)ɹɾɨkɫ]
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪkəl
Noun[edit]
article (plural articles)
- A part or segment of something joined to other parts, or, in combination, forming a structured set.
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Each of the chelicerae is composed of two articles, forming a powerful pincer.
- Paley
- upon each article of human duty
- Habington
- each article of time
- E. Darwin
- the articles which compose the blood
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- A story, report, or opinion piece in a newspaper, magazine, journal, etc.
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2012 March 1, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 128:
- Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)
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- A member of a group or class.
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an article of clothing
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- An object.
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1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 12, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
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a sales article
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- (grammar) A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In some languages the article may appear as an ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Russian, Pashto).
- A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc.
- (derogatory) A person.
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2001, August 4, “Lynne Walker”, in Classical: Musical portrait of the artist as a young man[1]:
- "You dateless article," stormed his father, leaving Bennett to realise in his laconic way that he was, and probably always would be, a disappointment to Dad.
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- (archaic) A wench. A prime article = A handsome girl.
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She's a prime article (whip slang), she's a devilish good piece, a hell of a goer.
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- (dated) Subject matter; concern.
- Addison
- a very great revolution that happened in this article of good breeding
- Daniel Defoe
- This last article will hardly be believed.
- Addison
- (dated) A distinct part.
- (obsolete) A precise point in time; a moment.
- 1683, John Evelyn, Diary, 13 July 1683.
- This fatal news coming to Hick's Hall upon the article of my Lord Russell's trial, was said to have had no little influence on the jury and all the bench to his prejudice.
- 1805, Charles Hall, The Effects of Civilisation on the People in European States, Original Preface:
- […] who has more opportunities of acquiring the knowledge, than a physician? He is admitted into the dwellings of all ranks of people, and into the innermost parts of them; he sees them by their fireside, at their tables, and in their beds; he sees them at work, and at their recreations; he sees them in health, in sickness, and in the article of death; […]
- 1683, John Evelyn, Diary, 13 July 1683.
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from article
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Translations[edit]
story, report, or opinion piece
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member of a group or class
object — see object
part of speech that specifies a noun
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section of a legal document
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Verb[edit]
article (third-person singular simple present articles, present participle articling, simple past and past participle articled)
- (transitive) To bind by articles of apprenticeship.
- to article an apprentice to a mechanic
- 1876, Sabine Baring-Gould, The Vicar of Morwenstow, Chapter LIV
- When the boy left school at Liskeard, he was articled to a lawyer, Mr. Jacobson, at Plymouth, a wealthy man in good practice, first cousin to his mother; but this sort of profession did not at all approve itself to Robert's taste, and he only remained with Mr. Jacobson a few months.
- (obsolete) To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles or accusations.
- 1665, Samuel Pepys, Diary, March 1665
- At noon dined alone with Sir W. Batten, where great discourse of Sir W. Pen, Sir W. Batten being, I perceive, quite out of love with him, thinking him too great and too high, and began to talk that the world do question his courage, upon which I told him plainly I have been told that he was articled against for it, and that Sir H. Vane was his great friend therein.
- Stat. 33 Geo. III
- He shall be articled against in the high court of admiralty.
- 1665, Samuel Pepys, Diary, March 1665
- To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.
- Jeremy Taylor
- If all his errors and follies were articled against him, the man would seem vicious and miserable.
- Jeremy Taylor
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- article in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- article in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Latin articulus. Compare the inherited doublet artell.
Noun[edit]
article m (plural articles)
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French article, a borrowing from Latin articulus. Compare the inherited doublet orteil.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
article m (plural articles)
- article
- joint, articulation
- (Canada) section (of a law)
Related terms[edit]
Related terms
Further reading[edit]
- “article” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Latin articulus
Noun[edit]
article m (oblique plural articles, nominative singular articles, nominative plural article)
- (anatomy) joint; articulation
- (religion) article (of faith)
- article (clause in a legal document or treaty)
Usage notes[edit]
- Occasionally used as a feminine noun
Descendants[edit]
- French: article
References[edit]
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (article, supplement)
- article on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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