see|Appendix:Variations of "en"
English

Pronunciation
AHD|�n, IPA|/�n/, SAMPA|/En/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�n|-�n

abbreviation
en

1. English

Noun
en-noun

1. The letter N, n.
2. In typesetting, the width of an average letter in a font.

Prefix
en-

1. defn|English

Preposition
en<!--italicised-->

1. Used in various phrases borrowed from French (see "Derived terms" below).

Derived terms
top3
en ami
en banc
en bloc
en brochette
en clair
en effet
en famille
mid3
en garçon
en garde
en masse
en pantoufles
en passant
en règle
en retard
mid3
en retraite
en revanche
en route
en secondes noces
en suite

Suffix
-en

1. Added to some adjectives to form intransitive verbs meaning "to become (the adjective)" and transitive verbs meaning "to make (the adjective").

#:redden
#:deafen
<!--This is not a suffix as it is not appended to another word. Irregular verbs ending in -en are not formed by appending -en to another word, but have different origins.

1. Used in forming the past participle of some irregular verbs.

#:broken-->

1. Used to form the plural of some irregular nouns.

#:oxen

Category:English two-letter words

Dutch

Pronunciation
IPA|/�n/

Conjunction
en

1. and

#: De oude man en de zee &mdash; The old man and the sea.

1. well, so

#: En, hoe gaat het ermee? &mdash; Well, how're you doing?
#: En? &mdash; Well?
#: En, wat zou dat? &mdash; So what?

1. mathematics|lang=nl and, plus

#: Drie en vier is tien. &mdash; Three plus four is ten.<!--this is meant to be a joke-->

Derived terms
door en door
en dan
en of
en toch
nou en

See also
dus
maar
of

Category:Dutch conjunctions

Esperanto

Preposition
en

1. in, within, inside

#: �i estas en la domo. It is in (within, inside) the house.

1. into (when followed by a noun or phrase in the accusative case)

#: Li iras en la domon. He goes into the house.

Category:Esperanto BRO1
Category:Esperanto prepositions

Finnish

Pronunciation
Hyphenation: en
IPA|lang=fi|[en]

Verb
en

1. The first-person singular form of the negation verb. The English translations include do not/don't|don�t and not (with auxiliary verbs and be).

Conjugation
The negative verb has no infinitive form. The negative verb is conjugated only in person, not in tense or mood. (For the negative verb in the imperative mood, see älä/älköön/älkäämme/älkää/älkööt &ndash; the first person singular, naturally, does not have an imperative form.)

{| border"1" cellspacing"0" cellpadding"1" style"border-collapse: collapse;"
|-
| || singular || plural
|-
| first person || en || emme#Finnish|emme
|-
| second person || et#Finnish|et || ette#Finnish|ette
|-
| third person || ei#Finnish|ei || eivät#Finnish|eivät
|}

Usage notes
The negative verb is used with the connegative form of the main verb. That form is identical to the second-person singular imperative in the indicative present. The potential mood connegative ends in the marker for the mood, -ne-, and the conditional mood connegative ends in the marker for the mood, -isi-. In the indicative past, conditional past and potential past, the active past participle singular (ending -ut/-yt) is used. The connegative form of the main verb is always used without the personal suffix.

:*Usage of en:
::*Indicative:

:::*minä|Minä nähdä|näen. (I see.) -> Minä en näe. (I do not see.)
:::*Minä näin. (I saw.) -> Minä en nähnyt. (I did not see.)
:::*Minä olla|olen nähnyt. (I have seen.) -> Minä en ole nähnyt. (I have not seen.)
:::*Minä olin nähnyt. (I had seen.) -> Minä en ollut nähnyt. (I had not seen.)

::*Conditional:
:::*Minä näkisin. (I would see.) -> Minä en näkisi. (I would not see.)
:::*Minä olisin nähnyt. (I would have seen.) -> Minä en olisi nähnyt. (I would not have seen.)

::*Potential:
:::*Minä nähnen. (I probably see.) -> Minä en nähne. (I probably do not see.)
:::*Minä lienen nähnyt. (I have probably seen.) -> Minä en liene nähnyt. (I have probably not seen.)

Anagrams
ne

Category:Finnish negation verb forms

French

Pronoun
en

1. Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity.

#:J'ai trois livres. J'en ai trois.
#:Il y a beaucoup de chambres. Il y en a beaucoup.

1. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)

#:Elle vient de Barcelone. Elle en vient.

Preposition
en

1. In. Used mostly to indicate distance in time or space.

Category:French prepositions

Frisian

Pronunciation
IPA|/�n/

Conjunction
en

1. and

Category:Frisian conjunctions

Old Frisian

Numeral
PAGENAME

1. one

Category:Old Frisian numbers

Icelandic

Adverb
en

1. how

#* ''Nei, Elín? En gaman að sjá þig!
#*: Elín? How good to see you!

Conjunction
en

1. but

#* bjóða|Bjóðum Anna|�nnu en ekki Björk.
#*: (lit. [We] invite Anna but not Björk.)
#*: let's|Let's invite Anna but not Björk.
#* ég#Icelandic|�g ætla að fá brauð en ekki mjólk.
#*: I'll have bread but not milk.

1. than (with an adjective in the comparative)

#* ég#Icelandic|�g vera#Icelandic|er betri en bróðir#Icelandic|bróðir minn.
#*: I'm better than my brother.

Category:Icelandic adverbs
Category:Icelandic conjunctions

Ido

Preposition
en

in

1. defn|Ido

Japanese

Noun
ja-noun|r|hira=��

1. �: circle or yen
2. �: brim or fate
3. å¡©: salt (chemical)
4. �: garden

Mandarin

Pinyin syllable
en

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, �n, én, �n, or èn.

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

Norwegian

Article
en

1. a#Indefinite article; masculine gender

Cardinal number
See én

1. defn|Norwegian

Synonyms
et#Norwegian|et
ei#Norwegian|ei

Category:Norwegian articles

Spanish

Etymology
Latin in#Latin|in

Pronunciation
[en] /en/

Preposition
en

1. in, at, on

#:Estoy en casa - I am at home
#:en esta página - on this page

1. in (a time)

#:en la antigüedad - in antiquity
#:en 1999 - in 1999

1. in (a language)

#:No conozco esta palabra en francés - I don't know this word in French
#:en todos los idiomas - in all languages

1. (used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English)

#:Pienso en tí - I think of you.

1. in (used in various expressions)

#:en el sentido - in the sense.
#:en nuestro afán - in our eagerness

Swedish

Pronoun
en

1. one|One (personal: man#Swedish|man, possessive: ens#Swedish|ens)

Pronoun
en

1. context|w:Småland|Småland|strongly colloquial him; accusative and dative of han#Swedish|han

#:Jo, ja' gav'<b>en</b> brevet.
#:Yes, I gave him the letter.

Etymology
rfc-level|Etymology not at level 3
From Old Swedish han, accusative form of han#Swedish|han. In standard Swedish the corresponding dative form (honom, in Old Norse: hanum) instead has taken its place.<ref>Hellqvist, ''Svensk etymologisk ordbok''</ref>

Synonyms
honom

Usage notes
Often merged with previous word. Rarely in written form unless supposed to imitate (dialectal) speech.

See also
an#Swedish|an

Cardinal number
en c

1. one.

Article
en c

1. the indefinite article, common gender: a, an.

See also
ett

Noun
sv-noun-reg-ar
en c

1. juniper.

Turkish

Noun
en

1. width

Category:Turkish nouns

af:en
ar:en
cs:en
da:en
de:en
et:en
el:en
es:en
fo:en
fr:en
ga:en
gl:en
ko:en
hy:en
io:en
is:en
it:en
kl:en
csb:en
ku:en
la:en
li:en
hu:en
nl:en
ja:en
no:en
pl:en
pt:en
ru:en
sk:en
sl:en
fi:en
sv:en
vi:en
tr:en
uk:en
zh:en

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