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English

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Etymology
ME. < OE. æt < PG. *at, *az < PIE. *ad- (to, near, at).

Pronunciation
enPR|�t, IPA|/æt/, reduced form /�t/, SAMPA|/{t/, reduced form <tt title="SAMPA pronunciation">/@t/</tt>
audio|en-us-at.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|æt

Preposition
en-prep

1. In or very near a particular place.

#: At that precise position, at Jim�s house.

1. italbrac|indicating time simultaneous|Simultaneous .

#: At six o�clock, at closing time.

1. In the direction of (often in an unfocused or uncaring manner).

#: He threw the ball at me, he shouted at her.

1. occupy|Occupied in (activity).

#: Men at work.

1. The logogram @.

Usage notes
#: He threw the ball to me &mdash; (so I could catch it).
#: He threw the ball at me &mdash; (trying to hit me with it).

#: He talked to her &mdash; (conversationally).
#: He shouted at her &mdash; (aggressively).

Translations
trans-top|in or very near a particular place
Arabic: Arab|ع�د (unicode|�and)
Breton: e#Breton|e
Bulgarian: в#Bulgarian|в (v), на#Bulgarian|на (na), п�и#Bulgarian|п�и (pri), до#Bulgarian|до (do)
Catalan: a
Chinese: � (zài)
Czech: u#Czech|u
Danish: på
Dutch: op, bij
Esperanto: sur#Esperanto|sur
Faeroese: í / á / hjá / til
Finnish: -lla / -llä (adessive case); <br> -ssa / -ssä (inessive case)
French: à, en#French|en
German: an#German|an, auf, bei, in#German|in
Greek: ��ον (ston) m, ��η (sti) f, ��ο (sto) n; ��ο�� (stous) m|p, ��ι� (stis) f|p, ��α (sta) n|p
Hungarian: -n / -on / -en / -ön (superessive case); -nál / -nél (adessive case)
Ido: ye
Interlingua: a#Interlingua|a, in#Interlingua|in
Irish: ag#Irish|ag
Italian: a#Italian|a, in#Italian|in
Japanese: � (de), � (ni)
Korean: ~�� (~eseo)
Kurdish: Kurdish: li (Kurmanji), le (Soranî)
Latin: locative case
trans-mid
Novial: che, an, sur
Norwegian: på
Persian: FAchar|در|د�ر (dær)
Polish: u, przy
Portuguese: a#Portuguese|a, em
Romanian: la
Russian: в#Russian|в (v), на (na), п�и (pri), �#Russian|� (u), возле (vózle)
Slovak: v#Slovak|v; pri#Slovak|pri; na#Slovak|na
:At home = doma
:At work = v práci
:At the table = pri stole
:At the top = na vrchu
Slovene: pri, na, ob
Spanish: en#Spanish|en
Swedish: på, vid
:At home = hemma
:At work = på jobbet
:At the table = vid bordet
Telugu: వద�ద (vadda)
Thai: THchar|� (n�)
Turkish: -da, -de
Vietnamese: � tại, lúc, vào, �
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trans-top|indicating time
Albanian: në
Arabic: ARchar|�� (fi)
Breton: da#Breton|da
Bulgarian: в#Bulgarian|в (v)
Catalan: a
Czech: v#Czech|v
Danish: på
Dutch: om
Esperanto: je#Esperanto|je
Finnish: -lta / -ltä (ablative case); <br> -na / -nä (essive case)
French: à
German: um
Greek: ��ον (ston) m, ��η (sti) f, ��ο (sto) n; ��ο�� (stous) m|p, ��ι� (stis) f|p, ��α (sta) n|p
Hungarian: -kor (temporalis case)
Interlingua: a#Interlingua|a
trans-mid
Italian: a#Italian|a
Japanese: � (ni)
Korean: ~� (~e)
Kurdish: Kurdish: li (Kurmanji), le (Soranî)
Latin: ablative case
Maltese: fi
Novial: ye
Polish: o, w#Polish|w
Portuguese: a#Portuguese|a
Romanian: la
Russian: в#Russian|в (v)
Slovak: o#Slovak|o
Slovene: ob
Spanish: a#Spanish|a
Swedish: vid
:At five o�clock = klockan fem or vid fem (informal)
:At midnight = vid midnatt
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trans-top|in the direction of
Arabic: ARchar|�� (fi)
Bulgarian: в#Bulgarian|в (v), на#Bulgarian|на (na)
Chinese: � (zài)
Czech: na#Czech|na, do#Czech|do
Danish: til
Dutch: op
Esperanto: al#Esperanto|al
Faeroese: eftir (dative case)
Finnish: -lle (allative case); kohti
French: à
German: nach, zu
Greek: ��ον (ston) m, ��η (sti) f, ��ο (sto) n; ��ο�� (stous) m|p, ��ι� (stis) f|p, ��α (sta) n|p
Hungarian: -t (accusative case)
Interlingua: a#Interlingua|a
Irish: ag#Irish|ag
Italian: a#Italian|a
trans-mid
Japanese: � (ni), � (o)
Korean: ~�� (-ege)
Kurdish: Kurdish: li (Kurmanji), le (Soranî)
Novial: vers, a
Norwegian: på
Polish: na#Polish|na, do#Polish|do
Portuguese: a#Portuguese|a
Romanian: înspre
Russian: в#Russian|в (v), на (na)
Slovak: do#Slovak|do
Spanish: a#Spanish|a
Swedish: på, mot#Swedish|mot
:Han kastade sten mot mig He threw stones at (towards) me
:Han kastade sten på mig = He threw stones at me (...and hit me)
Thai: THchar|� (n�)
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Noun
en-noun

1. context|currency A subdivision of the Laotian kip, 100 at=1 kip

Category:100 English basic words
Category:Currency
Category:English two-letter words

Danish

Conjunction
at

1. that

Particle
at

1. A particle used to mark the following verb as an infinitive.

#:Det er menneskeligt at fejle. (To err is human.)

Category:Danish conjunctions
Category:Danish particles

Dutch

Verb form
at

1. Singular past tense of eten.

Category:Dutch verb forms

Faroese

Preposition
at (+ dat)

1. at, towards, to

Conjunction
at

1. that

Particle
at

1. to (A particle used to mark the following verb as an infinitive.)

Category:Faroese conjunctions
Category:Faroese particles
Category:Faroese prepositions

Irish

Noun
at m

1. A swelling.

Declension
ga noun m1|a|t|it|pltanna|strongyes

Category:Irish nouns

Latin

Conjunction
at

1. but

Derived terms
atque

Category:Latin conjunctions

Norwegian

Conjunction
at

1. that#Conjunction|that

Category:Norwegian conjunctions

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology
From E.|tcs heart.

Noun
at

1. heart

Category:Torres Strait Creole nouns
Category:tcs:Anatomy

Turkish

Pronunciation
audio|Tur-at.ogg|audio

Noun
at (objective definite atı)

1. horse
2. knight chess|lang=tr

Category:Turkish nouns

Turkmen

Etymology 1

Pronunciation
IPA|/at/

Noun
at

1. horse

Etymology 2

Pronunciation
IPA|/a�t/

Noun
at

1. name

Category:Turkmen nouns

af:at
ar:at
az:at
da:at
de:at
et:at
el:at
es:at
fr:at
ko:at
hy:at
io:at
it:at
ky:at
ku:at
la:at
hu:at
nl:at
ja:at
pl:at
pt:at
ru:at
sq:at
simple:at
sl:at
fi:at
sv:at
ta:at
te:at
vi:at
tr:at
uk:at
vo:at
zh:at

• 2007-12-23 13:42 - Stephen G. Brown - Latin has vestiges of a locative case in names of towns and some other words

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