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See also: INN, Inn, -inn, and inn-

Translingual

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inn

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

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English

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Etymology

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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”).

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Noun

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inn (plural inns)

  1. Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lodging place
  2. A tavern.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pub
  3. 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
  4. (UK, dated) The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.
    Leicester Inn
  5. (obsolete) A place of shelter; hence, dwelling, residence, abode.

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Translations

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Verb

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inn (third-person singular simple present inns, present participle inning, simple past and past participle inned)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To take lodging; to lodge or house oneself.
    • 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?
    • circa 1570, Foxe, A. & M. (1596), 1554/2:
      We inned at the signe of the Swan.
    • 1606, Sir G. Goosecappe I, iii, in Bullen O. Pl. III:
      I never innd in the Towne but once.
    • 1726, Brice's Weekly Journal, 18 February, 3:
      John Welch, Cornish Carrier, who formerly Inn'd at the Mermaid in Exon, is now removed to the Bear-Inn.
    • 1885, M. J. Colquhoun, Primes in Indis, I, xiv, 217:
      I inned at the best house, the Star and Garter.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To lodge or house (someone or something).
    • 2018 [1607], Thomas Middleton, Michaelmas term and a trick to catch the old one, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, →ISBN, page 27:
      I have but Inn'd my horse since, master Cockstone.
    • 1710, New Map Trav. High Church Apostle, 7, quoted in 1901, James Augustus Henry Murray, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: part 1. H (1901), page 309:
      These Inn'd themselves all Night in Knights-bridge Fields.

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Anagrams

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Cimbrian

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Alternative forms

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  • in (preposition)

Etymology

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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 Venetan: vago dentro a Axiago (“I go east to Asiago”, literally “I go inward to Asiago”).

Preposition

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inn

  1. (Sette Comuni, + dative) in

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Adverb

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inn

  1. (Sette Comuni, Luserna) inside
    Synonym: indar
  2. (Sette Comuni) east
    Ich ghéa inn ka Sléeghe.
    I'm going east to Asiago.
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References

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  • “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

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Preposition

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inn [with dative (indicating location) or accusative (indicating movement)]

  1. obsolete spelling of in

Gothic

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Romanization

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inn

  1. romanization of 𐌹𐌽𐌽

Icelandic

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Adverb

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inn

  1. in, inside
    Hvenær komumst við inn?
    When can we get inside?

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Mauritian Creole

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Contraction of finn, from French finir (“finish”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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inn (medial form inn)

  1. (auxiliary) Used to indicate present perfect tense or past tense.
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References

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  • Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 360

Middle English

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Noun

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inn

  1. alternative form of in (“inn”)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse inn (“in, into”), from Proto-Germanic *inn (“in, into”), from *in (“in, into”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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inn

  1. inside, in (indicating movement into)
    La oss gå inn. ― Let's go inside.
  2. in, into
    Hun gikk inn i huset. ― She went into the house.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse inn.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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inn

  1. inside, in (indicating movement into)
    Lat oss gå inn. ― Let's go inside.
  2. in, into
    Ho gjekk inn i huset. ― She went into the house.

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *inn.

Adverb

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inn

  1. in (with allative direction)
  2. inside (with allative direction)
    Hit ongann riġnan, þȳ iċ ēode inn.
    It started raining, so I went inside.
Antonyms
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Etymology 2

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Probably from inne (“in, inside”).

Noun

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inn n

  1. inn
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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *inn (“in, into”).

Adverb

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inn (comparative innarr, superlative innstr)

  1. in, into
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Descendants
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  • Icelandic: inn
  • Faroese: inn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: inn
  • Old Swedish: in
    • Swedish: in
  • Danish: ind
    • Norwegian Bokmål: inn

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “inn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *jainaz (“that over there, yon”). Cognate with Old English ġeon, Old Frisian jen, jena, Old High German jēner, Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (jains).

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Article

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inn (feminine in, neuter it)

  1. the (definite article)
Usage notes
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The article is often used enclitically, at the end of the noun. This later developed into the definite forms of the noun.

Declension
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Declension of inn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative inn in it, iþ
accusative inn ina it, iþ
dative inum inni inu
genitive ins innar ins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative inir inar in
accusative ina inar in
dative inum inum inum
genitive inna inna inna

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “inn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Piedmontese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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inn m

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Réunion Creole French

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Réunion Creole French numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: inn

Etymology

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    From French un.

    Numeral

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    inn

    1. one
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    References

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    • Armand, Alain (1987), Dictionnaire Kréol rénioné/Français [Reunionese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Océan Éditions, →ISBN, page 133

    Skolt Sami

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    Etymology

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Noun

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    inn

    1. night

    Inflection

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    Even â-stem, nˈn-nn gradation
    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
    Possessive forms
    Singular Dual Plural
    1st person — — —
    2nd person — — —
    3rd person — — —

    Further reading

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    • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔim, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kim (“house, womb”).

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    Noun

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    inn

    1. house

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    • Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

    West Masela

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    Noun

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    inn

    1. nose

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    • Charles E. Grimes, Owen Edwards, The Austronesian languages of eastern Indonesia and Timor Leste (2026), page 228
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