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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English in, inn, from Old English inn (“a dwelling, house, chamber, lodging”); akin to Icelandic inni (“a dwelling place, home, abode”), Faroese inni (“home”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
inn (plural inns)
- Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
- 1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Adventure of My Uncle”, in Tales of a Traveller, part 1 (Strange Stories. […]), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC, page 21:
- [H]ow much more agreeable to himself to get into snug quarters in a chateau, [...] rather than take up with the miserable lodgement, and miserable fare of a country inn.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, pages 46–47:
- One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.
- A tavern.
- One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.
- the Inns of Court the Inns of Chancery Serjeants’ Inns
- (Britain, dated) The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.
- Leicester Inn
- (obsolete) A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.
- 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Tale of the Wẏf of Bathe”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 62, recto:
- For who so wolde senge a cattes skyn / Thanne wolde the cat wel dwellen in his In
- For if someone wants to singe a cat’s skin, the cat would rather stay in its house.
- 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Nouember. Aegloga Vndecima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC; reprinted as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, The Shepheardes Calender […], London: John C. Nimmo, […], 1890, →OCLC, folio 44, verso:
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 33, page 12:
- Therefore with me ye may take vp your In / For this ſame night.
Synonyms[edit]
- (pub): See also Thesaurus:pub
- (lodging place): See also Thesaurus:lodging place
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
lodging
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tavern — see tavern
Verb[edit]
inn (third-person singular simple present inns, present participle inning, simple past and past participle inned)
- (obsolete, transitive) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) To house; to lodge.
- 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Knẏghtes Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 29, verso:
- […] Whan he hadde broght hem ǁ in to his citee / and Inned hem ǁ […]
- […] when he had brought them into his city and lodged them, […]
- (obsolete, intransitive) To take lodging; to lodge.
- 1714 March 16 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 22. Friday, March 5. [1714.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, →OCLC:
- But where do you intend to inn to-night?
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Cimbrian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- in (preposition)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German in, from Old High German in, from Proto-Germanic *in. Cognate with German in, English in. The sense “east” may be reinforced by or a semantic loan from Venetian: vago dentro a Axiago (“I go east to Asiago”, literally “I go inward to Asiago”).
Preposition[edit]
inn
- (Sette Comuni, + dative) in
Derived terms[edit]
Adverb[edit]
inn
- (Sette Comuni, Luserna) inside
- Synonym: indar
- (Sette Comuni) east
- Ich ghéa inn ka Sléeghe.
- I'm going east to Asiago.
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “inn” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
German[edit]
Preposition[edit]
inn
- Obsolete spelling of in
Gothic[edit]
Romanization[edit]
inn
- Romanization of 𐌹𐌽𐌽
Icelandic[edit]
Adverb[edit]
inn
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Mauritian Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Contraction of finn, from French finir (“finish”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
inn (medial form inn)
- (auxiliary) Used to indicate present perfect tense or past tense.
Related terms[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
inn
- Alternative form of in (“inn”)
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse inn (“in, into”), from Proto-Germanic *inn (“in, into”), from *in (“in, into”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
inn
- inside, in (indicating movement into)
- La oss gå inn. ― Let's go inside.
- in, into
- Hun gikk inn i huset. ― She went into the house.
Derived terms[edit]
- gripe inn
- innad
- innbefatte
- innblikk
- innbygd
- innbygger
- inndele
- innfall
- innfart
- innflytter
- innføre
- inngifte
- inngjerding
- inngravere
- inngå
- innhegning
- innhente
- inni
- innland
- innlede
- innløp
- innover
- innsamling
- innse
- innside
- innsikt
- innslag
- innspill
- innspilling
- innsprøytning
- innstifte
- innstille
- innstrømmende
- innstrømming
- innsyn
- innta
- inntak
- inntjening
- inntrenger
- innvandre
- innvie
- innånde
- male seg inn i et hjørne
References[edit]
- “inn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Anagrams[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
inn
- inside, in (indicating movement into)
- Lat oss gå inn. ― Let's go inside.
- in, into
- Ho gjekk inn i huset. ― She went into the house.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “inn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *inn.
Adverb[edit]
inn
- in (with allative direction)
- c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Festival of St. Peter the Apostle"
- Petrus cnocode forþ oþ þæt hīe hine inn lēton.
- Peter kept knocking until they let him in.
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 25:35
- Iċ wæs cuma and ġē mē inn laðodon.
- I was a stranger and you invited me in.
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 7:13
- Gangaþ inn þurh þæt nearwe ġeat.
- Go in through the narrow gate.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Festival of St. Peter the Apostle"
- inside (with allative direction)
- Hit ongann riġnan, þȳ iċ ēode inn.
- It started raining, so I went inside.
Antonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Probably from inne (“in, inside”).
Noun[edit]
inn n
Related terms[edit]
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *inn (“in, into”).
Adverb[edit]
inn (comparative innarr, superlative innstr)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Norwegian Bokmål: inn
References[edit]
- “inn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *jainaz (“that over there, yon”). Cognate with Old English ġeon, Old Frisian jen, jena, Old High German jēner, Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (jains).
Alternative forms[edit]
Article[edit]
- the (definite article)
Usage notes[edit]
The article is often used enclitically, at the end of the noun. This later developed into the definite forms of the noun.
Declension[edit]
Declension of inn
References[edit]
- “inn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Piedmontese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
inn m
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Skolt Sami[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
inn
Inflection[edit]
| Even â-stem, nˈn-nn gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | inn | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | iinn | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | inn | iinn | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | iinn | iinnid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | iinn | iinni | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | iʹnne | iinnid | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | iinnâst | iinnin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | iinnin | iinnivuiʹm | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Abessive | iinntää | iinnitää | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | innân | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Partitive | innâd | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading[edit]
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Tedim Chin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔim, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kim (“house, womb”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
inn
References[edit]
- Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip
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