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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Preposition 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Related terms 2 Finnish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Synonyms 2.2.2 Derived terms 2.2.3 Compounds 2.3 Anagrams 3 Old English 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Preposition

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
there	more	out	#55: into	up	your	any

[ Etymology

Old English intō

[ Pronunciation

• (stressed)
  • (UK) IPA: /ˈɪn.tuː/, SAMPA: /"Intu:/
  • (US) IPA: /ˈɪn.tu/, SAMPA: /"Intu/
• (unstressed, before consonants) IPA: /ˈɪn.tə/, SAMPA: /"Int@/
• (unstressed, before vowels) IPA: /ˈɪn.tʊ/, SAMPA: /"IntU/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Hyphenation: in·to

[ Preposition

into

1. Going inside (of)

   Mary danced into the house.

2. Producing, becoming

   I carved the piece of driftwood into a sculpture of a whale.

   Right before our eyes, Jake turned into a wolf!

3. (colloquial) Intensely interested in or attracted to.

   I'm really into Shakespeare right now.

   I'm so into you!

4. (mathematics) Taking distinct arguments to distinct values.

   The exponential function maps the set of real numbers into itself.

[ Translations

going inside

Czech: do Greek: σε Hungarian: -ba, -be

Icelandic: inn í Russian: в + accusative case Swedish: in i

producing, becoming

Czech: v Hungarian: -vá, -vé

Russian: в + accusative case Swedish: till

intensely interested in

Czech: do

taking distinct arguments to distinct values

Czech: do

Russian: на + accusative case

[ Related terms

• in
• inside
• onto
• to

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[ Finnish

[ Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: in·to
• IPA: ['in̪t̪o̞]

[ Noun

into (stem in-*)

1. Eagerness, enthusiasm.

   odottaa innolla (+ partitive) = to look forward to

2. Passion, fervour/fervor, ardour/ardor.
3. Zeal, fanaticism.

[ Synonyms

• (eagerness, enthusiasm): innokkuus, innostus
• (passion, fervo(u)r, ardo(u)r): intohimo
• (zeal, fanaticism): kiihko

[ Derived terms

• adjectives: innokas
• verbs: innostaa, innota
• adverbs: innoissaan

[ Compounds

• intohimo
• intomieli

[ Anagrams

• otin
• toin

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[ Old English

[ Etymology

Compound of in and tō

[ Preposition

intō

1. into