Changes: An

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==Translingual==

===Abbreviation===

'''an'''

# {{ISO 639-1|Aragonese}}

====Synonyms====

* [[arg#Translingual|arg]] (ISO 639-3)

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==English==

{{rank|one|so|me|41|an|we|who|said}}

===Pronunciation===

* {{qualifier|stressed}}

** {{IPA|/æn/}}, {{SAMPA|/{n/}}

** {{audio|en-us-an.ogg|Audio (US)}}

**: {{rhymes|æn}}

* {{qualifier|unstressed}}

** {{IPA|/ən/}}, {{SAMPA|/@n/}}

** {{audio|en-us-an-unstressed.ogg|Audio (US), unstressed in the phrase "an egg"}}

===Etymology 1===

From {{etyl|ang|en}} {{term|an|ān|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=====

{{mainapp|English articles#Indefinite articles}}

* The article {{term|an}} is used before vowel sounds, and {{term|a}} before consonant sounds.

=====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: [[一]] (yī), [[一个]] (yīge)

* [[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}}

* [[Galician]]: {{t+|gl|un|m|xs=Galician}}, {{t+|gl|unha|f|xs=Galician}}

* Georgian: ''not used''

* German: {{t+|de|ein|m}}, {{t+|de|eine|f}}, {{t+|de|ein|n}}

* Greek: {{t+|el|ένας|tr=énas}}

* [[Haitian Creole]]: {{tø|ht|yon}}

* Hebrew: ''not used''

* Hindi: {{t+|hi|एक|xs=Hindi}}

* [[Huave]]: [[nop]]

* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|egy}}

* Icelandic: ''not used''

* [[Interlingua]]: [[un]]

* Irish: ''not used''

* Italian: [[un#Italian|un]] {{m}}, [[uno#Italian|uno]] {{m}}, [[una#Italian|una]] {{f}}, [[un']] {{f}} ''before a vowel''

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* Japanese: ''not used''

* [[Kannada]]: [[ಒಂದು]]

* Korean: ''not used''

* Kurdish: {{t+|ku|yek}}, {{t+|ku|-ek}}, {{t+|ku|-yek}}

* Latin: ''not used''

* Lithuanian: ''not used''

* [[Macedonian]]: ''not used''

* [[Manx]]: ''not used''

* Norwegian:

*: [[Bokmål]]: {{t+|no|en|m}}, {{t+|no|ei|f}}, {{t+|no|et|n}}

*: [[Nynorsk]]: {{t-|nn|ein|m|xs=Norwegian Nynorsk}}, {{t-|nn|ei|f|xs=Norwegian Nynorsk}}, {{t-|nn|eit|n|xs=Norwegian Nynorsk}}

* [[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]]: [[ఒక]]

* Thai: {{t+|th|หนึ่ง|tr=nèùng}}

* Turkish: [[bir]]<!--"Küçük bir kebap, lütfen!" = "A small kebab, please!"-->

* [[Tz'utujil]]: [[jun]]

* Vietnamese: [[cái]] (''for inanimate objects''), [[con]] (''for animals, people, etc.''), [[cuốn]] (''for books, etc.''), [[người]] (''for people''), [[quả]] (''for fruit')

* [[Võro]]: ''not used''

* [[West Frisian]]: [[in#West Frisian|in]]

* Yiddish: {{t+|yi|אַ|xs=Yiddish}}, {{t-|yi|אַן|xs=Yiddish}}

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===Etymology 2===

From {{etyl|enm|en}} {{term|an|lang=enm}}

====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}}

* Italian: {{t+|it|se}}

* [[Novial]]: [[si]]

{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 3===

From {{etyl|ka}}.

====Noun====

{{en-noun}}

# The first [[letter]] of the [[Georgian]] [[alphabet]], [[ა]] ([[mkhedruli]]), [[Ⴀ]] ([[asomtavruli]]) or [[ⴀ]] ([[nuskhuri]]).

===Etymology 4===

From the {{etyl|ang|en}} preposition {{term|an|lang=ang}}/{{term|on|lang=ang}}.

====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}}

* Italian: {{t+|it|al}}, {{t+|it|allo}}, {{t+|it|alla}}, {{t-|it|all'}}

{{trans-mid}}

* [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|по|tr=po}}

* [[Novial]]: [[po]]

* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|o|m}}, {{t+|pt|a|f}}, {{t+|pt|por}}

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===References===

* {{R:1913}}

===Anagrams===

* {{alphagram|an}}

* [[na#English|na]], [[n/a#English|n/a]], [[NA#English|NA]], [[n.a.#English|n.a.]]

[[Category:100 English basic words]]

[[Category:English two-letter words]]

[[Category:English words with multiple etymologies]]

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==Arin==

===Noun===

{{infl|xrn|noun}}

# [[haunch]]

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==Breton==

===Article===

{{infl|br|article}}

# [[the]]

====See also====

* [[ar#Breton|ar]]

* [[al#Breton|al]]

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==Crimean Tatar==

===Noun===

{{infl|crh|noun}}

# [[moment]]

====Declension====

{{crh-latin-noun|niñ|ge|ni|de|den}}

====References====

* {{R:Useinov-Mireev 2002}}

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==Danish==

===Verb===

{{infl|da|verb form}}

# {{form of|imperative|ane|lang=Danish}}

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==French==

===Pronunciation===

* {{audio|Fr-an.ogg|audio}}

* {{IPA|[ɑ̃]|lang=fr}}

===Noun===

{{fr-noun|m}}

# A [[year]].

====Synonyms====

* [[année]]

===Anagrams===

* {{alphagram|an}}

* [[n'a#French|n'a]]

[[Category:fr:Time]]

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==German==

===Etymology===

From {{etyl|goh|de}} {{term|ana|lang=goh}}.

===Pronunciation===

* {{audio|De-an.ogg|audio}}

===Preposition===

{{infl|de|preposition|with an [[accusative]] or [[dative]] case object}}

# {{context|with a location in the dative case}} [[on]]; [[upon]]; [[at]]; [[in]]; [[against]]

#: ''Das Bild hängt '''an''' der Wand.'' — “The picture hangs on the wall.”

# {{context|with a time in the dative case}} [[on]]; [[in]]

# {{context|with a dative case object}} [[by]]; [[near]]; [[close]] to; [[next]] to

# {{context|with a dative case object}} [[by]] means of; [[by]]

# {{context|with an accusative case object}} [[on]]; [[onto]]

#: ''Ich hänge das Bild '''an''' die Wand.'' — “I hang the picture on the wall.”

# {{context|with an accusative case object}} [[at]]; [[against]]

#: ''Schauen Sie '''an''' die Tafel.'' — “Look at the blackboard.”

# {{context|with an accusative case object}} [[to]]; [[for]]

====Usage notes====

* The preposition {{term|an}} is used with an object in the accusative case if it indicates movement from one place to another, whereas it is used with the dative case if it indicates a location.

* When followed by the masculine article in the dative case (i.e. {{term|dem||lang=de|the}}), the two words contract to {{term|am||lang=de|on the}} and for the neuter article in the accusative case (i.e. {{term|das||lang=de|the}}), the two words contract to {{term|ans||lang=de|on the}}.

===Adverb===

{{infl|de|adverb}}

# [[onward]]; [[on]]

#: ''von heute '''an''''' — “from today on”

[[Category:2000 German basic words]]

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==Haitian Creole==

===Article===

{{infl|ht|article}}

# [[the]] ([[definite article]])

====Usage notes====

Use this word when:

* It modifies a singular noun, and

* It is preceded by a word that ends with either:

** A [[nasal]] vowel, or

** A [[nasal]] consonant and an [[oral]] (non-[[nasal]]) vowel, in that order.

====See also====

* [[a]]

* [[la]]

* [[lan]]

* [[nan]]

* [[yo]]

* [[yon]]

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==Irish==

===Etymology===

From {{etyl|sga|ga}} {{term|in|lang=sga}}.

===Pronunciation===

* {{IPA|lang=ga|[ənˠ]}}; between consonants {{IPAchar|[ə]}}

===Article===

{{infl|ga|article}}

# [[the]]

====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]] or [[lenition]], e.g. '''ag an [[cailín|gcailín]]/ag an [[cailín|chailín]]''' 'at the girl')

====Related terms====

* {{l|ga|na}}

===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?"

#: ''Níl a fhios agam '''an''' bhfuil sé anseo'' – "I don't know if/whether he is here"

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==Japanese==

===Noun===

{{ja-noun|r|hira=あん}}

# {{ja-def|案}} [[plan]], [[scheme]]

# {{ja-def|餡}} [[bean paste]]

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==Latin==

===Etymology===

The etymology of ''an'' is very obscure.

===Conjunction===

{{infl|la|conjunction|interrogative|}}

# {{context|introduces questions expecting negative answer or further question}} can it be that

#: '''''An''' refert, ubi et in qua arrigas?'''

#:: '''Does it''' make any difference to me who made you horny, or when?

# [[whether]]

# [[or]], [[either]]

#: ''Vide utrum vis '''an'''...''

#:: Consider whether you want to '''or'''...

====Usage notes====

* Used with {{term|utrum||whether|lang=la}} in the construction {{term||utrum...'''an'''|whether...'''or'''}}:

*: ''Nescio quid intersit, utrum nunc veniam, '''an''' ad decem annos.''

*:: I know not what matter it is, whether I come now '''or''' after ten years.

====Derived terms====

* [[albus an ater sit]]

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==Mandarin==

===Verb===

{{infl|cmn|verb|Pinyin|an4|tra&sim|按}}

# [[press]]

===Preposition===

{{infl|cmn|preposition|Pinyin|an4|tra&sim|按}}

# [[according to]]

====Derived terms====

* [[an bili|an4 bi3li4]]

===Pinyin syllable===

'''an'''

# {{nonstandard spelling of|ān|lang=cmn}}

# {{nonstandard spelling of|án|lang=cmn}}

# {{nonstandard spelling of|ǎn|lang=cmn}}

# {{nonstandard spelling of|àn|lang=cmn}}

====Usage notes====

{{zh-tone}}

[[Category:Mandarin pinyin]]

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==Old English==

===Etymology===

From {{proto|Germanic|ainaz|lang=ang}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|óynos|lang=ang}}. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian {{term|an|ān|lang=ofs}}, Old Saxon {{term|en|ēn|lang=osx}} (Dutch {{term|een|lang=nl}}), Old High German {{term|ein|lang=goh}} (German {{term|ein|lang=de}}), Old Norse {{term|einn|lang=non}} (Swedish {{term|en|lang=sv}}), Gothic {{term|𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃|tr=ains|lang=got|sc=Goth}}. The IE root is also the source of Latin {{term|unus|lang=la}}, Ancient Greek {{term|sc=polytonic|οἶος|tr=oios|lang=grc}}, Old Irish {{term|oen|lang=sga}}.

===Pronunciation===

* {{IPA|/ɑːn/|lang=ang}}

===Cardinal number===

{{infl|ang|numeral|head=ān}}

# {{cardinal|lang=ang}} [[one]]

====Usage notes====

As in modern English, usage doubles as both a numeral and a pronoun.

===Article===

{{infl|ang|article|head=ān}}

# [[a]], [[an]] (indefinite article)

===Adjective===

{{infl|ang|adjective|head=ān}}

# [[lone]]

# [[sole]]

===Derived terms===

* [[angenga|ānġenga]]

* [[anhaga|ānhaga]]

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==Romanian==

===Etymology===

From {{etyl|la|ro}} {{term|annus||year|lang=la}}.

===Pronunciation===

* {{IPA|[an]|lang=ro}}

===Noun===

{{ro-noun|m|ani}}

# [[year]]

====Declension====

{{ro-noun-m}}

====Derived terms====

* {{l|ro|anual}}

[[Category:ro:Time]]

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==Scots==

===Conjunction===

{{sco-conj}}

# [[and]]

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==Scottish Gaelic==

===Pronunciation===

* {{IPA|/an/|/ən/|lang=gd}}

===Etymology 1===

From {{etyl|sga|gd}} {{term|a|lang=sga}}.

====Pronoun====

{{infl|gd|pronoun}}

# [[their]]

=====Usage notes=====

* This form of [[possessive pronoun]] is ''not'' used before nouns beginning with '''b''', '''f''', '''m''' or '''p''', where {{term|am|lang=gd}} is used instead.

===Etymology 2===

From {{etyl|sga|gd}} {{term|i|lang=sga}}.

====Preposition====

{{infl|gd|preposition}}

# [[in]]

=====Usage notes=====

* This form is ''not'' used before nouns beginning with '''b''', '''f''', '''m''' or '''p''', where {{term|ann am|lang=gd}} is used instead.

=====Synonyms=====

* {{l|gd|ann an}}

=====Derived terms=====

* The following prepositional pronouns:

{| class="wikitable"

| Combining

pronoun

| Prepositional

pronoun

| Prepositional

pronoun (emphatic)

|-

| {{l|gd|mi}}

| {{l|gd|annam}}

| {{l|gd|annamsa}}

|-

| {{l|gd|tu}}

| {{l|gd|annad}}

| {{l|gd|annadsa}}

|-

| {{l|gd|e}}

| {{l|gd|ann}}

| {{l|gd|annsan}}

|-

| {{l|gd|i}}

| {{l|gd|innte}}

| {{l|gd|inntese}}

|-

| {{l|gd|sinn}}

| {{l|gd|annainn}}

| {{l|gd|annainne}}

|-

| {{l|gd|sibh}}

| {{l|gd|annaibh}}

| {{l|gd|annaibhse}}

|-

| {{l|gd|iad}}

| {{l|gd|annta}}

| {{l|gd|anntasan}}

|}

===Etymology 3===

From {{etyl|sga|gd}} {{term|in|lang=sga}}.

====Article====

{{infl|gd|article}}

# [[the]]

=====Usage notes=====

This is the most common singular form. The most common plural form is {{term|na|lang=gd}}. For other forms and their specific uses, see pages listed in "See also" below.

=====See also=====

{{top2}}

* {{l|gd|a'}}

* {{l|gd|am}}

* {{l|gd|an t-}}

{{mid2}}

* {{l|gd|nam}}

* {{l|gd|nan}}

* {{l|gd|na h-}}

{{bottom}}

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==Torres Strait Creole==

===Etymology===

From {{etyl|en|tcs}} {{term|hand|lang=en}}.

===Noun===

{{infl|tcs|noun}}

# [[hand]], [[lower arm]]

# [[flipper]]

[[Category:tcs:Anatomy]]

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==Turkish==

===Noun===

{{infl|tr|noun}}

# [[moment]]

[[af:an]]

[[ast:an]]

[[br:an]]

[[cs:an]]

[[da:an]]

[[de:an]]

[[et:an]]

[[el:an]]

[[es:an]]

[[fr:an]]

[[ga:an]]

[[gl:an]]

[[ko:an]]

[[hr:an]]

[[io:an]]

[[is:an]]

[[it:an]]

[[ky:an]]

[[sw:an]]

[[ku:an]]

[[lo:an]]

[[la:an]]

[[lv:an]]

[[lt:an]]

[[li:an]]

[[hu:an]]

[[ml:an]]

[[nl:an]]

[[ja:an]]

[[no:an]]

[[oc:an]]

[[pl:an]]

[[pt:an]]

[[ro:an]]

[[ru:an]]

[[sq:an]]

[[scn:an]]

[[simple:an]]

[[fi:an]]

[[sv:an]]

[[ta:an]]

[[te:an]]

[[th:an]]

[[tr:an]]

[[vi:an]]

[[vo:an]]

[[wo:an]]

[[zh:an]]