Definitions for ANən; when stressed æn
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an*ən; when stressed æn(indefinite article.)
an historian.
Category: Function Word, Usage Note
Ref: the form of a1 2 1 before an initial vowel sound
* Usage: See a1 .
Origin of an:
bef. 950; ME; OE ānone
an*ən; when stressed æn(prep.)
14 dollars an ounce; 55 miles an hour.
Category: Usage Note
Ref: the form of a2 2 2 before an initial vowel sound
* Usage: See per.
anən; when stressed æn(conj.)
or an' ; 'n, 'n'
Pron. Spelling.
Category: Function Word
Ref: and.
Archaic.
Category: Function Word
Ref: if. 1
Origin of an:
1125–75; ME, unstressed phonetic var. of and
an-
a prefix occurring orig. in loanwords from Greek, with the meanings “not,”“without,”“lacking” (
anaerobic; anhydrous; anonymous
Category: Affix
Ref: Compare a -6. 11 6
Origin of an-:
< Gk
an-
var. of ad- before
n: announce.
Category: Affix
an-
var. of ana- before a vowel:
anion.
Category: Affix
-an
a suffix with the general sense “of, pertaining to, having qualities of,” occurring orig. in adjectives borrowed from Latin and formed from nouns denoting places (
Roman; urban
Augustan
Category: Common Vocabulary, Affix
Origin of -an:
ME < L -ānus; or r. -ain, -en < OF < L
-an
a suffix used in the names of organic chemical compounds, esp. polysaccharides:
pentosan; xanthan.
Category: Affix, Chemistry
Origin of -an:
of uncert. orig.
An
Chem. Symbol. actinon.
Category: Chemistry
an.
in the year.
Origin of an.:
< L annō
Princeton's WordNet
Associate in Nursing, AN(noun)
an associate degree in nursing
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
anən; when stressed æn
indicates a single person or thing, not a particular one
a woman; an apple
anən; when stressed æn
one
a million dollars
anən; when stressed æn
a person or thing of a particular type
It's a Toyota.; I'm an architect.
anən; when stressed æn
each or every
twice a day; A dog needs love.
anən; when stressed æn
indicates an amount
a lot of people; a few times; a little help; an endless supply
Wiktionary
an(Contraction)
and
She'll be ridin' an' comin' up soon. The smart girl an' the silly boy.
AN(Noun)
A set of sizes for screw threads agreed upon and jointly used by the United States Army and Navy.
Origin: From the preposition an/on.
Webster Dictionary
An(u)
this word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the singular number only, and signifies one, or any, but somewhat less emphatically. In such expressions as "twice an hour," "once an age," a shilling an ounce (see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalent to each, every
An(u)
if; -- a word used by old English authors
Translations for AN
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- 'nAfrikaans
- واحِدArabic
- един, една, едноBulgarian
- um/aPortuguese (BR)
- jeden, nějakýCzech
- ein/eGerman
- enDanish
- έναςGreek
- un, unaSpanish
- (umbmäärane artikkel, jääb enamasti tõlkimata) üks, mingi, mingisuguneEstonian
- یکFarsi
- yksiFinnish
- un, uneFrench
- אֶחָד, אַחַתHebrew
- एकHindi
- jedan, jedna, jednoCroatian
- egyHungarian
- satu, seorangIndonesian
- óákveðinn greinir, án samsvörunar í ísl.; notað sem fylgiorð á undan no. er táknar hlut af teljanlegu tagiIcelandic
- un, uno, unaItalian
- １つのJapanese
- 어떤 하나의Korean
- seorangMalay
- eenDutch
- en, ei, etNorwegian
- یکPersian
- يوPashto
- um/aPortuguese
- un, oRomanian
- одинRussian
- jeden, nejaký, akýsiSlovak
- en, edenSlovenian
- jedanSerbian
- en, ettSwedish
- หนึ่งThai
- birTurkish
- 一(數量詞)Chinese (Trad.)
- одинUkrainian
- ایکUrdu
- mộtVietnamese
- 一（个）Chinese (Simp.)
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