ann

English Online Dictionary. What means ann‎? What does ann mean?

Translingual

Symbol

ann

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Obolo.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Obolo terms

English

Alternative forms

• annat

Etymology

From Latin annata (“income of a year; income of half a year”), from annus (“year”): compare French annate (“annats”), Spanish anata (“annats”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /æn/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /an/
• Rhymes: -æn, -an
• Homophone: an (stressed)

Noun

ann (plural anns)

1. (obsolete) An annate.

See also

• hooley-ann

Anagrams

• NAN, NaN, Nan, nan

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Contraction of annou, from French à nous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ãn/

Adverb

ann

1. contraction of annou; let's

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish and.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /aun̪ˠ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /an̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): (stressed) /ɞn̪ˠ/, (unstressed) /ən̪ˠ/

Adverb

ann

1. there

Derived terms

• bí ann

Pronoun

ann (emphatic annsan)

1. third-person singular masculine of i: in him, in it m

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “ann”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 46; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “ann”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Etymology 2

Reduced form of inmhe

Noun

ann

1. only used in in ann

References

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin annus.

Noun

ann m (plural agn)

1. year

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin annus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanː/

Noun

ann m (usually invariable, plural agn)

1. year

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑnn/, [ɑn]

Verb

ann

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of unnan

Old Norse

Verb

ann

1. first/third-person singular present active indicative of unna

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish and. Cognates include Irish ann and Manx ayn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ãũn̪ˠ/, (unstressed) /an̪ˠ/
• (Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ɛ̃ũn̪ˠ/, (unstressed) /ãn̪ˠ/

Adverb

ann

1. there, present

   A bheil thu ann? ― Are you there?

2. in existence, alive

Derived terms

Pronoun

ann (emphatic annsan)

1. third-person singular masculine of an; in him, in it

   Chan eil coire sam bith ann. ― There is no fault in him at all.

   Chan eil ann ach crochair. ― He is but a rascal. (literally, “It is but a rascal that is in him.”)

Inflection

References

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “ann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC

Vilamovian

Noun

ann

1. plural of ān