see|Appendix:Variations of "an"
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English
Pronunciation
qualifier|stressed
- IPA|/æn/, SAMPA|/{n/
- audio|en-us-an.ogg|Audio (US)
*:rhymes|æn
qualifier|unstressed
- IPA|/Én/, SAMPA|/@n/
- audio|en-us-an-unstressed.ogg|Audio (US), unstressed in the phrase "an egg"
Etymology 1
OE. term|an|Än|lang=ang.
Article
infl|en|article
- Indefinite article; used when the noun may refer to one of several possibilities. An egg could be any of several eggs, while the egg refers to a specific egg (already mentioned or known).
Usage notes
sense|indefinite article|preposition The word term|an is used before vowel sounds, and term|a before consonant sounds:
There is one occasional exception. The form an is sometimes used before h even when the h is pronounced. The usual example is an historic occasion. Though current in some dialects that pronounce the h, this is considered by many to be affected, pedantic or obsolete. One good test as to whether a speaker's dialect truly supports an before pronounced h as opposed to just being the typical an historic occasion affectation is whether such person would say I'm going to go on an hike right now. There would appear to be no linguistic or phonological reason to distinguish historical and hike in this manner.
See also the w:article (grammar)|Wikipedia article about articles.
Translations
trans-top|indefinite article
Afrikaans: 'n
Arabic: not used
Aragonese: un m, una f
Breton: un (before the letters n, d, t and h); ul (before the letter l); ur (before other letters)
Catalan: un m, una f
Chinese: ä¸ (yÄ«), ä¸ä¸ª (yÄ«ge)
Cornish: not used
Czech: not used
Danish: t+|da|en|c, t-|da|et|n
Dutch: t+|nl|een
Esperanto: not translated
Fijian: e dua na
Finnish: not used
French: t+|fr|un|m, t+|fr|une|f
Frisian: in#Frisian|in
Galician: um#Galician|um m, umha f
Georgian: not used
German: t+|de|ein|m, t+|de|eine|f, t+|de|ein|n
Greek, Modern: ÎÎ½Î±Ï m nominative (follow the link for table of inflections)
Hebrew: not used
Hindi: t+|hi|à¤à¤|scDeva|xsHindi
Huave: nop
Hungarian: t+|hu|egy
trans-mid
Interlingua: un
Irish: not used
Italian: un#Italian|un m, uno#Italian|uno m, una#Italian|una f, un' f before a vowel
Japanese: not used
Korean: not used
Kurdish: t+|ku|yek, t-|ku|-ek, t+|ku|-yek
Latin: not used
Lithuanian: not used
Manx: not used
Norwegian: t+|no|en|m, t+|no|ei|f, t+|no|et|n
Novial: usually not used, otherwise un
Polish: not used
Portuguese: t+|pt|um|m, t+|pt|uma|f
Romanian: t-|ro|un|m, t-|ro|o|f
Russian: not used
Scottish Gaelic: not used
Slovak: not used
Spanish: t+|es|un|m, t-|es|una|f
Swedish: t+|sv|en|c, t+|sv|ett|n
Telugu: à°à°
Thai: THchar|หà¸à¸¶à¹à¸ (nèùng)
Turkish: bir<!--"Küçük bir kebap, lütfen!" = "A small kebab, please!"-->
Tz'utujil: jun
Vietnamese: cái (for inanimate objects), con (for animals, people, etc.), cuá»n (for books, etc.), ngÆ°á»i (for people), quả (for fruit')
Võro: not used
Yiddish: t-|yi|×Ö·|scHebr|xsYiddish, t-|yi|×Ö·×|scHebr|xsYiddish
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Etymology 2
ME. #Middle English|an''
Conjunction
en-conj
- archaic If, so long as.
#: An it please you, my lord.
Translations
trans-top|if; so long as
Esperanto: t-|eo|se|xs=Esperanto
Fijian: e dua na
German: t+|de|so
trans-mid
Novial: si
trans-bottom
Etymology 3
From Georgian.
Noun
en-noun|-
- The first letter of the Georgian alphabet.
Etymology 4
From the OE. preposition an#Old English|an/on#Old English|on.
Preposition
en-prep
- In each; to or for each; per.
#:I was only going twenty miles an hour.
Usage notes
This is the same as the word a in such contexts, modified because of preceding an unpronounced h. The train was speeding along at a mile a minute.
Synonyms
per
Translations
trans-top|in each; to or for each; per
Danish: pr., om
German: t+|de|pro, t+|de|den|m, t+|de|das|n, t+|de|die|f
trans-mid
Novial: po
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rank|one|so|me|41|an|we|who|said
References
R:1913
Category:English two-letter words
Category:English words with multiple etymologies
Category:Georgian derivations
Crimean Tatar
Noun
infl|crh|noun
- time, moment
Declension
crh-latin-noun|niñ|ga|nı|da|dan
References
R:Useinov-Mireev 2002
French
Pronunciation
IPA|[ÉÌ]
Noun
fr-noun|m
- A year.
Synonyms
année
Category:fr:Time
German
Etymology
OHG.|de ana.
Preposition
infl|de|preposition (+ accusative/dative)
- on
- by
- at
#: Ich hänge das Bild an die Wand : I hang the picture on the wall.
#: Das Bild hängt an der Wand : The picture hangs on the wall.
#: Schauen Sie an die Tafel : Look at the blackboard.
Usage notes
The preposition "an" is used with accusative case if the verb shows movement from one place to another, whereas it is used with dative case if the verb shows location.
Category:2000 German basic words
Irish
Pronunciation
IPA|[Én]; between consonants IPA|[É]
Article
infl|ga|article
- Form of the definite article.
Usage notes
Used in the following situations:
:nominative singular masculine (attaches t- to a vowel, e.g. an t-uisce 'the water')
:nominative singular feminine (triggers lenition, e.g. an bean#Irish|bhean 'the woman')
:genitive singular masculine (triggers lenition, e.g. an páiste|pháiste 'of the child')
:dative singular masculine and feminine (triggers eclipsis, e.g. ag an cailÃn|gcailÃn 'at the girl')
Particle
infl|ga|particle|interrogative|
- Used to form direct and indirect questions; triggers eclipsis; takes the dependent form (when available) of irregular verbs.
#:An bhfuil tú ag éisteacht? — Are you listening?
#:NÃl a fhios agam an bhfuil sé anseo — I don't know if/whether he is here
Japanese
ja-attention|Romaji header should be replaced with POS header|key=p
Romaji
romaji|ãã
- ja-def|æ¡ plan, scheme
- ja-def|餡 bean paste
Latin
Conjunction
infl|la|conjunction|interrogative|
- Can it be that.
Mandarin
Pinyin syllable
an
- A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, Än, án, Çn, or à n.
Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Category:Mandarin pinyin
Old English
Etymology
Common Ger.|ang *term||ainaz, from IE.|ang *term||oinos. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian term||Än, Old Saxon term|en|Än (Dutch term|een), Old High German term|ein (German term|ein), Old Norse term|einn (Swedish term|en), Gothic term|ð°ð¹ð½ð. The IE root is also the source of Latin term|unus, Greek term|scGrek|οινοÏ|troinos, Old Irish term|oen.
Pronunciation
IPA|/ÉËn/
Numeral
infl|ang|numeral|head=Än
- cardinal|lang=ang one
Usage notes
As in modern English, usage doubles as both a numeral and a pronoun.
Article
infl|ang|article|head=Än
- a, an (indefinite article)
Adjective
infl|ang|adjective|head=Än
- lone
- sole
Derived terms
angenga|ÄnÄ¡enga
Romanian
Etymology
From L.|ro term|annus||year.
Pronunciation
IPA|[an]|lang=ro
Noun
ro-noun|gendm|plani
- year
Declension
ro-noun-m
Derived terms
l|ro|anual
Category:ro:Time
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
IPA|/Én/
Article
infl|gd|article
- the
#: e.g. an taigh - the house
Torres Strait Creole
Etymology
From E.|tcs term|hand|lang=en.
Noun
infl|tcs|noun
- hand, lower arm
- flipper
Category:tcs:Anatomy
Turkish
Noun
infl|tr|noun
- moment
af:an
ast:an
de:an
et:an
el:an
es:an
fr:an
ga:an
gl:an
ko:an
io:an
it:an
sw:an
ku:an
la:an
hu:an
nl:an
ja:an
pl:an
pt:an
ru:an
sq:an
simple:an
fi:an
sv:an
ta:an
te:an
vi:an
tr:an
vo:an
zh:an
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