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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Abbreviation 1.1.1 Synonyms 2 English 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 1 2.2.1 Article 2.2.1.1 Usage notes 2.2.1.2 Translations 2.3 Etymology 2 2.3.1 Conjunction 2.3.1.1 Translations 2.4 Etymology 3 2.4.1 Noun 2.5 Etymology 4 2.5.1 Preposition 2.5.1.1 Usage notes 2.5.1.2 Synonyms 2.5.1.3 Translations 2.6 References 3 Breton 3.1 Article 3.1.1 See also 4 Crimean Tatar 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Declension 4.1.2 References 5 French 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Synonyms 6 German 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Pronunciation 6.3 Preposition 6.3.1 Usage notes 7 Irish 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Article 7.2.1 Usage notes 7.2.2 Related terms 7.3 Particle 8 Japanese 8.1 Romaji 9 Latin 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Conjunction 9.3 Usage notes 9.3.1 Derived terms 10 Mandarin 10.1 Pinyin syllable 10.1.1 Usage notes 11 Old English 11.1 Etymology 11.2 Pronunciation 11.3 Cardinal number 11.3.1 Usage notes 11.4 Article 11.5 Adjective 11.6 Derived terms 12 Romanian 12.1 Etymology 12.2 Pronunciation 12.3 Noun 12.3.1 Declension 12.3.2 Derived terms 13 Scottish Gaelic 13.1 Pronunciation 13.2 Article 14 Torres Strait Creole 14.1 Etymology 14.2 Noun 15 Turkish 15.1 Noun

[ Translingual

[ Abbreviation

an

1. The ISO 639-1 official language code of Aragonese

[ Synonyms

• arg (ISO 639-3)

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[ English

[ Pronunciation

• (stressed)
  • IPA: /æn/, SAMPA: /{n/
  •  Audio (US)^{help, file}

    Rhymes: -æn

• (unstressed)
  • IPA: /ən/, SAMPA: /@n/
  •  Audio (US), unstressed in the phrase "an egg"^{help, file}

[ Etymology 1

Old English ān.

[ Article

an

1. 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

• (indefinite article, preposition): The word an is used before vowel sounds, and a before consonant sounds:

a dog

an egg

an hour (the h is not pronounced)

a hog (the h is pronounced)

a yak (y is a consonant sound in this word)

a user (has /j/ as its initial sound, which is a consonant)

an umbrella (has /ʌ/ as its initial sound, which is a vowel)

a woman (/w/ is a consonant)

a one (has /w/ as its initial sound, which is a consonant)

an onion (has /ʌ/ as its initial sound, which is a vowel)

• 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 Wikipedia article about articles.

[ Translations

[ Etymology 2

Middle English an

[ Conjunction

an

1. (archaic) If, so long as.

   An it please you, my lord.

[ Translations

[ Etymology 3

From Georgian.

[ Noun

an (plural ans)

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

[ Etymology 4

From the Old English preposition an/on.

[ Preposition

an

1. 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

[ References

• “an” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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[ Breton

[ Article

an

1. the

[ See also

• ar
• al

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[ Crimean Tatar

[ Noun

an

1. moment

[ Declension

Nominative an

Genitive anniñ

Dative ange

Accusative anni

Locative ande

Ablative anden

[ References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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[ French

[ Pronunciation

•  audio^{help, file}
• IPA: [ɑ̃]

[ Noun

an m. (plural ans)

1. A year.

[ Synonyms

• année

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[ German

[ Etymology

Old High German ana.

[ Pronunciation

•  audio^{help, file}

[ Preposition

an (+ accusative/dative)

1. on
2. by
3. 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.

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[ Irish

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: [ənˠ]; between consonants [ə]

[ Article

an

1. 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 bhean 'the woman')

  genitive singular masculine (triggers lenition, e.g. an pháiste 'of the child')

  dative singular masculine and feminine (triggers eclipsis, e.g. ag an gcailín 'at the girl')

[ Related terms

• na

[ Particle

an (interrogative)

1. 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

[ Romaji

an (hiragana あん)

1. 案: plan, scheme
2. 餡: bean paste

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[ Latin

[ Etymology

The etymology of an is very obscure.

[ Conjunction

an (interrogative)

1. (introduces questions expecting negative answer or further question) can it be that
2. whether
3. or, either

   Vide utrum vis an...

   Consider whether you want to or...

[ Usage notes

• Used with utrum (“‘whether’”) in the construction 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

[ Pinyin syllable

an

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, ān, án, ǎn, or àn.

[ 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.

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[ Old English

[ Etymology

Common Germanic *ainaz, from Indo-European *oinos. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian ān, Old Saxon ēn (Dutch een), Old High German ein (German ein), Old Norse einn (Swedish en), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃. The IE root is also thee source of Latin unus, Greek οινος (oinos), Old Irish oen.

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑːn/

[ Cardinal number

ān

1. (cardinal) one

[ Usage notes

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

[ Article

ān

1. a, an (indefinite article)

[ Adjective

ān

1. lone
2. sole

[ Derived terms

• ānġenga

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