any

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Translingual

Etymology

English Anyin

Symbol

any

1. (international standards) language code for Anyin.

English

Alternative forms

• anie (obsolete)
• anny (pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

From Middle English any, eny, ony, ani, aniȝ, eniȝ, æniȝ, from Old English ǣniġ (“any”), from Proto-West Germanic *ainīg, *ainag, from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), equivalent to one +‎ -y.

Cognate to Saterland Frisian eenich (“some”), West Frisian iennich (“only”), Dutch enig (“any, some”), Afrikaans enig (“any”), German Low German enig (“some”), German einig (“some”), Italian unico (“unique”), French unique (“unique”). Piecewise doublet of unique.

Pronunciation

• (Conservative RP) IPA^(key): /ˈɛnɪ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛni/, (obsolete, dialectal and historical) /ˈæni/
• (Ireland, Newfoundland) IPA^(key): /ˈæni/
• (Ireland, Newfoundland, UK obsolete) Homophone: Annie
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛni/
• • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɪni/
• Homophone: innie (US, pin–pen merger)
• Rhymes: -ɛni, -æni

Adverb

any (not comparable)

1. To even the slightest extent, at all.

   I will not remain here any longer.

   If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!

   That doesn't bother me any. (chiefly US usage)

Translations

Determiner

any

1. (chiefly in the negative or interrogative, chiefly with plural or uncountable nouns) One at all; at least one; at least one kind of; some; a positive quantity of.

   Antonyms: zero, no

   Hyponyms: (countable) one; a few, a couple of, a handful of, several; multiple, various; a lot of, many, numerous; countless; (uncountable) a little, much

   Near-synonym: some
2. A/an, each or some, no matter its/their identity or nature.
3. (with time designations) An unspecified but imminent (second, minute, day etc.).

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• some
• anny

Pronoun

any

1. Any thing(s) or person(s).

Translations

References

• “any”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• AYN, Ayn, NAY, NYA, Nay, Yan, ayn, nay, yan

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin annus, from Proto-Italic *atnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-no-, probably from *h₂et- (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈaɲ]
• Rhymes: -aɲ

Noun

any m (plural anys)

1. year

   un home de 26 anys ― a 26-year-old man

   Quants anys tens? ― How old are you?

   Bon any nou! ― Happy new year!

   Avui faig anys ― Today is my birthday

Derived terms

Related terms

• aniversari
• annals
• anual / anyal
• ninou
• perenne

Further reading

• “any” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “any” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

any

1. Alternative form of ani

Etymology 2

Noun

any

1. Alternative form of anoy

Etymology 3

Verb

any

1. Alternative form of anoyen

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈnɨ/

Noun

any

1. Alternative form of anũ

References

• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida; 2013; Dicionário do Tupi Antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil; São Paulo: Global.

Yola

Adjective

any

1. Alternative form of aany

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 86