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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English English.

Symbol

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

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛn/, /ˈiː.ɛn/

Noun

Abbreviation of English.

Etymology 2

The name of the letter comes from Latin en. The typographic sense dates to 1793.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) enPR: ĕn, IPA^(key): /ˈɛn/
Rhymes: -ɛn
- (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /ɪn/
- Homophones: in, inn

Noun

en (plural ens)

The name of the Latin-script letter N/n.
(typography) A unit of measurement equal to half an em (half the height of the type in use).

Derived terms

(letter):

enby

(typography, printing):

en dash
ennage
en quad
en space

Translations

Etymology 3

From French.

Pronunciation

(imitating the French pronunciation) IPA^(key): [ɑ̃], [õ]
(anglicised) IPA^(key): /ɒn/, /ɑn/

Preposition

Used in various phrases borrowed from French or formed as if borrowed from French (see "Derived terms" below).

Derived terms

Etymology 4

From Old English hine.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ən/

Pronoun

(dialectal, Newfoundland) him
(dialectal, Newfoundland) it (when the thing being referred to is masculine)

Etymology 5

Noun

en (plural ens)

The name of the Cyrillic script letter Н / н.

Anagrams

nê, né, Ne., ne, -ne-, NE, ne., -ne

Afar

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈen/ [ˈʔɛn]

Verb

én

(intransitive) be, exist

Conjugation

References

E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 283
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[3], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch en.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛn/

(unstressed) IPA^(key): /ən/

Conjunction

and
Ek sit en drink koeldrank ― I sit and drink a cold drink.
well
En? ― well?

Ainu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [e̞n]

Pronoun

en= (Kana spelling エン)

me (first-person singular object pronoun)

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German ein, from Old High German ein, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos. Cognate with German ein, German Low German en, ein, Dutch een, English one, Icelandic einn, Swedish en.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ən/

Article

(indefinite) a, an
- 1835, Jakob Stutz, Gemälde aus dem Volksleben nach der Natur aufgenommen und treu dargestellt in gereimten Gesprächen Zürcherischer Mundart, first part, 2nd ed., pp. 27, 49, 97, 109:
  - Ih wött dih jetz nu duße möge-n-
    Auh noh en einzigs Wörtli fröge.
  - [...] as en einzigs Mol, [...]
  - Denn ist er si Lebtig e stills Büebli gsi.
  - Aber es wot e chüels Windli goh.
- 1864, J. C. Ott, Rosen und Dornen. Gedichte und Gerichte, gewachsen auf Bernerboden, 1st small volume, 2nd ed., pp. 53, 57:
  - „„Nu, wenn i öppis by d'r gilte,““
    Seit Franz, – „„so mach en End myr Qual!
    [...]““
  - „[...]
    O, schenk-mer, Herr, es gnädig's End,
    Nimm uf my Geist i dyni Händ!“
- 1864, J. C. Ott, Rosen und Dornen. Gedichte und Gerichte, gewachsen auf Bernerboden, 1st small volume, 2nd ed., pp. 43, 76, 106, 186:
  - E Mezgerbursch i syne schönste Jahre
    Mit rothe Backe, schwarze, chruse Haare,
    Chunt spät am Aabe ganz allei
    Vom Erlebacher-Märit hei.
  - Im Berner Alpeg'länd sitzt vor sym chlyne Hüsi
    [...]
    En alte Veteran vom Cheiserrych
    Na Dörflerg'wohnheit i d'r Gartenlaube.
  - [...] Da villicht en alte Jud, [...]
  - En Ehrebrecher isch sy Kamerad, [...]
- Joh. Schönauer, Beschreibung miner Heimat, in: 1876, Volksthümliches aus dem Kanton Bern. Localsagen und Satzungen des Aberglaubens. Gesammelt von Heinrich Grunholzer durch seine Seminarzöglinge. Zusammengestellt und herausgegeben von J. E. Rothenbach. Separat-Abdruck aus der „Neuen Alpenpost“, p. 5:
  Vor zwei Jahra ist z' Höchstetta, das 20 Minuta vo Zäziwyl ist, emene Länder-Güterfuhrma der Waga verbrönnt worda.

Declension

Zürich:

Bern:

Asturian

Alternative forms

in (Paḷḷuezu)

Etymology

From Latin in, from Proto-Italic *en, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /en/, [ẽŋ]

Preposition

in
(+ gerund) after

Usage notes

The preposition en contracts to n' before a word beginning with a vowel or h-: n'Asturies (in Asturias), n'honor (in honor)

Derived terms

Aukan

Etymology

From English and.

Noun

Australian Kriol

Etymology

From English and.

Conjunction

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ēn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [en]

Noun

en (definite accusative eni, plural enlər)

width
Synonym: genişlik

Declension

Derived terms

en dairəsi (“latitude”)

References

“en” in Obastan.com.

Breton

Contraction

e (preposition "in") + un (indefinite article "a(n)")
e (preposition "in") + an (definite article "the")

Catalan

Etymology 1

From the final syllable of Latin domine (“Mister”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ən]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [en]

Article

en m sg (elided n', feminine na)

(Eastern) Personal article used before masculine given names instead of the definite article el.

Usage notes

While this article (and its feminine counterpart na) is standard in Balearic Catalan, in other Eastern Catalan dialects its use is waning, and the elided of the definite article, l', is used before names beginning with vowels. There is no plural personal article, so the plural definite article els is used in all dialects.

Derived terms

can (contraction of ca and ne)

Etymology 2

From Latin in (“in, inside”), from Proto-Italic *en, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ən]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [en]

Preposition

Etymology 3

Inherited from Latin inde (“thence”). Compare French en, Italian ne.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ən]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [en]

Pronoun

en (proclitic, contracted n', enclitic ne, contracted enclitic 'n)

Represents an indeterminate number or quantity of a given noun.
Represents a place (associated with the action described by the verb) that would be introduced by the preposition de.
Replaces a phrase introduced by the preposition de.
Replaces the object of a causative verb.

Usage notes

en cannot be used more than once as the object of a given verb.
While en is usually used to replace phrases beginning with the preposition de, adverbial phrases (e.g., de pressa) are replaced with hi.
en is sometimes used instead of ho to replace an adjective or indefinite noun as the predicate of a verb.
en is sometimes used popularly to add emphasis to a sentence: in this sense, it has no translation in English.
en is the reinforced (reforçada) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs beginning with a consonant.

Declension

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈen]

Noun

en f (plural ens)

(traditional) Alternative form of ena (“the letter N”)

Central Franconian

Etymology 1

From Old High German in.

Alternative forms

on, ön (Eifel)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /en/

Preposition

(most dialects) in; into

Adverb

(most dialects) in

Etymology 2

From Old High German indi.

Alternative forms

on, un (predominant)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /en/

Conjunction

(some western dialects) and

Etymology 3

From Old High German ein.

Alternative forms

e (neuter and in some dialects masculine, before non-dental consonants)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ən/

Article

en (indefinite)

(most dialects) feminine nominative and accusative
(most dialects) neuter nominative and accusative, used before vowels and alternatively before h and dental consonants
(some dialects) masculine nominative, used before vowels and alternatively before h and dental consonants
(some dialects) masculine accusative, used before vowels and alternatively before h and dental consonants

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ən/

Pronoun

en (personal, reduced)

(most dialects) him; masculine accusative
(some dialects) he; masculine nominative
(most dialects) them; plural dative

Chamorro

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /en/

Pronoun

ye, you (plural)

Usage notes

en is used as a subject of a transitive verb in realis mood, and as a subject with all verbs in irrealis mood. It is in complementary distribution with hamyo, which is generally used as an object of a transitive verb, and also as a subject of an intransitive verb in realis mood.

References

Donald M. Topping (1973) Chamorro Reference Grammar‎^[4], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

Chuukese

Pronoun

Second-person singular pronoun; you

Determiner

en (plural ekkan)

this (not in possession of the speaker)

Cimbrian

Pronoun

Alternative form of in (“him”)

Crimean Tatar

Noun

width

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɛn]

Noun

en n (indeclinable)

The name of the Latin-script letter N/n.

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin in.

Preposition

Related terms

nel, nei, nela

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one, some”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“one”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /en/, [en], (stressed) [ˈeːˀn]

Article

en (neuter et)

a, an

Numeral

en (neuter et)

Pronoun

en or én (neuter et or ét, definite ene)

Usage notes

Used as the oblique form of the generic pronoun man:

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

(stressed) IPA^(key): /ɛn/
(unstressed) IPA^(key): /ən/
Hyphenation: en
Rhymes: -ɛn

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ende, from Old Dutch ande, inde, from Proto-Germanic *andi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entí.

Conjunction

and
De oude man en de zee. ― The Old Man and the Sea.
well, so
En, hoe gaat het ermee? ― Well, how're you doing?

En? ― Well?

En, wat zou dat? ― So what?
(mathematics) plus, and
Synonym: plus

Drie en vier is zeven. ― Three plus four is seven.

Alternative forms

ende (archaic)

Derived terms

Descendants

Afrikaans: en
Berbice Creole Dutch: an
Jersey Dutch: en
Negerhollands: en, an
Petjo: en
Sranan Tongo: èn

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch ne, en, from Old Dutch ne, from Proto-Germanic *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *ne.

Adverb

(colloquial or dialectal in Belgium, obsolete elsewhere) not (often with another negator, see usage notes)
- 1544, "Van proper Janneken" (song 123), in Dieuwke E. van der Poel, Dirk Geirnaert, Hermina Joldersma, J.B. Oosterman & Louis Peter Grijp (eds.) Het Antwerps liedboek, vol. 1, Lannoo (publ. 2004), page 283.
- 1632, Jacob Cats, Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen tijt, bestaende uyt spreeckwoorden ende sinspreucken, "Een rotten appel in de mande, maeckt oock het gave fruyt te schande.", in J. van Vloten (ed.), Alle de werken, vol. 1, 1862, page 649.
- "Herr Halewyn", A.H. Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Horae Belgicae, page 41.
...dat aldaer binnen Utrecht niet meer geacht ende respecteert en wordt, ... ― that in Utrecht is no longer valued and respected...
(obsolete) only, merely, no other than, none other than (together with maar)

Usage notes

In historical usage, en is always used directly before the finite verb. When used to negate it is commonly accompanied by another negator: gij en zult niet stelen (“thou shalt not steal”), en wat er niet en deugt (“and what is not of decent quality”), ik en zoude certein geen ander boelken kiezen (“I would certainly not choose another girlfriend”). Also when used as a stand-alone negator or when combined with maar, it still stands directly before the finite verb. Use of the particle does not trigger a change in the word order.
In Belgian Dutch it is still sometimes used in certain regional lects and in the tussentaal (“informal registers influenced by both Standard Belgian Dutch and the regional lects”). Details and frequency of use depend on what regional language variety influences a given speaker's idiom, as well as on the speaker's preferences.
- In West Flemish usage broadly conforms to historical use: the negation particle may be used along with other negators, independentely or it may be omitted. It is also used as a stand-alone negator to contradict a previous statement that was phrased with positive polarity: Gij zegt dat 't Vlaams te niet zal gaan: / 't en zal! (“You say that Flemish will go extinct: / no, it won't!”)
- In Belgian Brabantian it is frequently omitted, but it may also be used directly before another negator rather than before the finite verb: en niet.
In contemporary Netherlands Dutch the use of the particle is limited to old proverbs, such as wat baten kaars en bril als de uil niet zien en wil.

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

Primarily from French en.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [en]
Hyphenation: en

Preposition

in, within, inside
Ĝi estas en la domo. ― It is in (within, inside) the house.
into (when followed by a noun or phrase in the accusative case)
Li iras en la domon. ― He goes into the house.

Derived terms

Fala

Alternative forms

in (Valverdeñu)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese en, from Latin in (“in”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én.

Preposition

Usage notes

When followed by the articles u/o, a, us/os, as; it contracts to nu/no, na, nus/nos, nas respectively.
The form in is more common in Valverdeñu.

References

Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[5], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Finnish

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈen/, [ˈe̞n]
Rhymes: -en
Hyphenation^(key): en

Verb

first-person singular indicative of ei

Anagrams

-ne, -ne-, ne

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑ̃/, (before a vowel) /ɑ̃.n‿/
Homophones: an, ans
Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Etymology 1

From Middle French en, from Old French en, from Latin in, from Proto-Italic *en, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”).

Preposition

in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes)
J’habite en Angleterre. ― I live in England.
to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes)
Il est allé en France. ― He went to France.
by (used to indicate means)
aller en bus ― go by bus

partir en voiture ― leave by car
as
Il me traite en ami. ― He treats me as a friend.

habillé en père Noël ― dressed as Father Christmas
at (used to describe an ability)
fort en histoire ― good at history
of, made of (used to describe composition)
une chaise en hêtre ― a chair made of beech/a beech chair

une fourchette en métal ― a fork made of metal/a metal fork
in (during the following time (used for months and years))
en 1993 ― in 1993

en janvier ― in January

en septembre 2001 ― in September 2001
(followed by a gerund) while
(followed by a gerund) by, in (describing a way of getting something)
C’est en trichant qu’il est devenu champion. ― It was by cheating that he became champion.
in (used to describe color)
une photo en noir et blanc ― a photo in black and white
in (used to describe feelings)
en détresse ― in distress
in (as part of something)
en équipe ― on a team

Usage notes

En in the sense of while is often not translated into English.
When referring to location in countries, provinces, or similar subdivisions in sense 1 and direction in sense 2, en must be used when the name for that very large location is either a feminine singular noun or a vowel-initial masculine singular noun. If the name for the very large location is a consonant-initial masculine singular noun, au is used, while if the name of the very large location is plural, aux is used.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin inde (“thence”). Compare Catalan en, Italian ne.

Pronoun

Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)
Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici.

Related terms

Anagrams

N.-É., NE, NÉ, ne, né

Fula

Pronoun

first person plural inclusive pronoun;short form we

Usage notes

Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

References

Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
Ritsuko Miyamoto (1993) “A Study of Fula Dialects : Examining the Continuous/Stative Constructions”, in Senri Ethnological Studies‎^[6], volume 35, →DOI, pages 215-230

Gagauz

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jen/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اَكْ (äŋ), from Proto-Turkic *eŋ. Compare Turkish en, Azerbaijani ən.

Adverb

used to make superlatives from the following adjective or adverb, most, -est.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

en (definite accusative eni, plural enlär)

sleeve, cuff

References

Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 30
Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 61
N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “en”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 176

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese en, from Latin in, from Proto-Italic *en, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eŋ/

Preposition

in
when preceding a verb or a complement of a verb it can denote an unfinished or continued action:
O Manuel vai na casa ― Manuel went home (implying that eventually he'll be back)

María beberrica no licor ― María is sipping the liquor

Usage notes

The preposition en contracts to n- before articles, before third-person tonic pronouns, and before the determiners algún and outro.

Derived terms

nalgún, nalgunha, nalgunhas, nalgúns
nel, nela, nelas, neles
nese, nesa, neses, nesas, niso
neste, nesta, nestes, nestas, nisto
noutra, noutras, noutro, noutros
nestoutro, nestoutra, nestoutros, nestoutras

naquel, naquela, naqueles, naquelas

Etymology 2

Probably from Old Galician-Portuguese en, from Latin inde.

Alternative forms

ende (now literary)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eŋ/

Adverb

while; as soon as (followed by the gerund of a verb, expresses immediacy or simultaneity)
En chegando mudas a roupa mollada ― As soon as you arrive change your wet clothes
- 1461, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 141:

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “en”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “en”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “en”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “en”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

German Low German

Alternative forms

'n, -'n
(in other dialects, including Low Prussian) een
(in some dialects) ein
(East Pomeranian) ain

Etymology

From Middle Low German ên, from Old Saxon ēn. Compare Dutch een, German ein, West Frisian ien, English one.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛɪ̯n/, /ˈeːn/, /ˈæɪ̯n/, /ˈeːɪ̯n/

Article

en m or n (indefinite article)

(in some dialects) a, an

Numeral

(in some dialects, including Low Prussian) one (1)

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French un (“one”), from Latin ūnus (“one”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̃/

Numeral

Synonyms

youn

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /n̩/, /eːn/

Determiner

en (indefinite)

a, an

Pronoun

unstressed accusative of er: him.

Inflection

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse en. The comparative superior conjunction and the hesitational conjunction have developed separately into the same form. The comparative conjunction is -an in the old language; -þan on runestone probably is related to -then, while the other form (hesitational) has formed from the augmentive.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛːn/

Adverb

how
Nei, Elín? En gaman að sjá þig! ― Elín? How good to see you!

Conjunction

but
Ég drekk kaffi en ég drekk ekki te. ― I drink coffee but I don't drink tea.

Ég ætla að fá brauð en ekki mjólk. ― I'll have bread but not milk.
than (with an adjective in the comparative)
Ég er betri en bróðir minn. ― I'm better than my brother.

Hún er skemmtilegri en ég. ― She is more fun than I am.
(formal written language) used to join closely linked sentences, similar to a semicolon in English
conjunction similar to and
Sonur hans hét Jón, en dóttir hans Ása. ― His son was named John and his daughter was named Ása.

Veðrið var ekki gott framan af: rigning á fjallinu, en þoka í byggð. ― The weather was not good to begin with: rain in the mountains, and fog in the countryside.

Derived terms

References

Ido

Etymology

From French en, Spanish en, from Latin in, inde from Proto-Indo-European *én (“in”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /en/

Preposition

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch en.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛn/, [ɛn]

Noun

èn

The name of the Latin-script letter N/n.

Ingrian

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈen/, [ˈe̞n]
(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈen/, [ˈe̞n]
(Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈen/, [ˈe̞n]
Rhymes: -en
Hyphenation: en

Verb

first-person singular indicative of ei

References

Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 29
Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 24

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

Rōmaji transcription of えん

Jersey Dutch

Etymology 1

From Dutch een (“a”). Cognates include Afrikaans 'n.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /en/, /ən/

Article

(indefinite article) Placed before a singular noun, indicating a general case of a person or thing: a, an.

Etymology 2

From Dutch en. Cognates include Afrikaans en.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ən/

Conjunction

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese em.

Preposition

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

(Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /ʔen/ [ʔen]
Rhymes: -en
Syllabification: en

Article

oblique argument
1. a singular proper nominal marker
2. a personal pronoun marker, wherein "en" is followed by a class III pronoun

References

Janet L. Allen (2014) Kankanaey: A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis‎^[8] (overall work in English), →ISBN, page 128

Kott

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔäń (˜x-) ("wave").

Noun

en (plural ēnaŋ)

wave

Noun

plural of ei

Ladino

Preposition

en (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אין)

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eːn/, [eːn]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /en/, [ɛn]

Interjection

ēn

look! behold! (presenting something in a lively or indignant manner)
really!? (surprise or anger in questions)
come on! (exhortation to action in imperatives)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /en/, [ɛn]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /en/, [ɛn]

Noun

en f (indeclinable)

The name of the letter N.

Usage notes

Multiple Latin names for the letter N, n have been suggested. The most common is en or a syllabic n, although there is some evidence which also supports, as names for the letter, nē, ən, nə, and even (in the fourth- or fifth-century first Antinoë papyrus, which gives Greek transliterations of the Latin names of the Roman alphabet’s letters) ιννε (inne).

Coordinate terms

(Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

References

en in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
en in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), especially pages 30–31, 42–44, and 63

Etymology 3

Preposition

Early Latin form of in (“in”)

Latvian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɛn]

Noun

en m (invariable)

The Latvian name of the Latin script letter N/n.

Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin in.

Preposition

Usage notes

When followed by an article, en is combined with the next word to give the following combined forms:

References

AEDLL

Livvi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈen/
Hyphenation: en
Rhymes: -en

Verb

first-person singular indicative of ei

References

N. Gilojeva, S. Rudakova (2009) Karjalan kielen Livvin murdehen algukursu [Beginners' course of Karelian language's Livvi dialect]‎^[10] (in Livvi), Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 20
Olga Žarinova (2012) Pagizemmo Karjalakse [Let's speak Karelian], St Petersburg, →ISBN, page 142
Tatjana Boiko (2019) “ei”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 38

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛn/

Noun

en m inan

The name of the Latin-script letter n/N.

Lule Sami

Verb

first-person dual present of ij

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German ein, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ən]
Rhymes: -ən
Homophone: Ënn

Article

en m or n

Indefinite article; a, an
Ech droen en Hutt, wann et reent. ― I wear a hat when it rains.

Hues du e bloe Stëft? ― Do you have a blue pen?

Declension

Pronoun

unstressed form of hien
Hues de n e gefrot? ― Have you asked him?
unstressed form of hinnen
Ech hunn et e gesot. ― I told it them

Usage notes

Due to the Eifel Rule, the final -n is lost when the following word begins with a consonant other than <d>, <h>, <n>, <t> or <z>.

Declension

Mandarin

Romanization

en (en⁵ / en⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄣ)

Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗯

Romanization

Nonstandard spelling of ēn.
Nonstandard spelling of én.
Nonstandard spelling of ěn.
Nonstandard spelling of èn.

Usage notes

Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /en/

Adverb

Alternative form of ne (“not”)

Conjunction

Alternative form of ende (“and”)

Middle English

Preposition

Alternative form of in (“in”)

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French en, from Latin in.

Preposition

on; on to

Descendants

French: en

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”).

Pronunciation

Unknown, possibly IPA^(key): /ɛn/ or /ən/.

Particle

en m

not; negates a verb, usage is facultative if it leads to a double negative
unless

Alternative forms

ne (older, Eastphalian)

Movima

Verb

to stand

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one, some”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“one”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eːn/ (stressed)
IPA^(key): /ən/ (unstressed)
Rhymes: -eːn, -ən
Hyphenation: en
Homophone: -en

Article

en m (feminine ei or (non-standard since 1938) e, neuter et)

a, an (indefinite article)

Numeral

en m (feminine ei, neuter ett, stressed én)

Derived terms

References

“en” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Conjunction

(pre-1901) alternative form of enn

Etymology 2

Article

(dialectal, nonstandard) Alternative form of ein

Etymology 3

Preposition

Used as part of set phrases from French

Etymology 4

Conjunction

Used as part of the expression stopp en hal

Old French

Alternative forms

in (10th century)

Etymology

From Latin in.

Pronunciation

(archaic) IPA^(key): /en/
(classical, late) IPA^(key): /an/

Preposition

in; inside
on; upon
in (experiencing an emotion, a feeling, etc.)
en paine ― in pain
in (indicates a language)
en latin ― in Latin

Descendants

Middle French: en
- French: en
Norman: en

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

ān
(Late Old Frisian) een

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ain. Cognates include Old English ān and Old Saxon ēn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeːn/, [ˈɛːn]

Numeral

ēn m or n

one
ēn skilling ― one shilling

Article

ēn m or n

a, an

Declension

Descendants

North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum:
Föhr: een m, ian f or n

Amrum: ään m, ian f or n

Goesharde:
Hoolmer: åån m, iin f or n

Hoorninger: aan m, iin f or n

Halligen: aon m, ian f or n

Heligoland: iaan, jaan

Mooring: ån m, iinj f or n

Sylt: jen

Wiedingharde: oan m, iin f or n
Saterland Frisian: aan m, een f or n
West Frisian: ien

References

Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin in (“in”), from Proto-Italic *en, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈẽ/

Preposition

in
- [C]omo hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedra aa omagen de ſṫa maṙi[a] poꝛ q̇ perdera ⁊ parou un angeo de pedra que y eſtaua a mão ⁊ reçibiu o colpe.
  How a woman who was playing dice in Apulia threw a stone at the statue of Holy Mary because she had lost, and an angel of stone which was there reached out its hand and received the blow.

Descendants

Fala: en
Galician: en
Portuguese: em

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *anþi, *andi. Unstressed doublet of enn (“yet, still”).

Conjunction

but
(as a copulative): and
Synonym: ok

Descendants

Icelandic: en
Norwegian Nynorsk: enn, en
Norwegian Bokmål: enn
Old Swedish: æn
- Swedish: än
Danish: end

Etymology 2

From earlier an (“than”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þan, possibly through *þannai, whence cognate with Old English þonne (“than”). For similar loss of þ- compare at from earlier Proto-Norse ᚦᚨᛏ (þat), ᚦᛡᛏ (þᴀt).

Conjunction

than
Synonym: an

Descendants

Icelandic: en
Norwegian Nynorsk: enn
Norwegian Bokmål: enn
Old Swedish: æn
- Swedish: än
Danish: end

References

en in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Occitan

Pronoun

of it; of them
- 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour, Can vei la lauzeta mover

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ain.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛːn/

Numeral

en m

one
(Heliand, verse 2637)

Article

en m

a, an (rarely used)

Declension

Descendants

Middle Low German: ên, ein
- Low German:
  - German Low German: een (Hamburgisch)
  - Westphalian:
    Lippisch: eun
    
    Ravensbergisch: åine
    
    Sauerländisch: ên
    
    Westmünsterländisch: een, eene, ne
- Plautdietsch: een

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos.

Numeral

ēn m or f

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German ein.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛn/

Article

a, an

Declension

Pronoun

accusative of er: him

Declension

Plautdietsch

Preposition

Conjunction

alternative form of un; and

Slovene

Etymology

Contraction of earlier êden, from Proto-Slavic *(j)edinъ.

Pronunciation 1

IPA^(key): /ɛ́n/
Rhymes: -ɛn
Hyphenation: en

Numeral

ȅn

Usage notes

The form éden is used when the word does not modify a noun directly, but stands in predicate position. When counting or reciting numbers, the feminine form éna is normally used (see the number box).

Declension

Derived terms

enóta

Determiner

ȅn

(colloquial) some (someone/something – indefinite determiner)
Synonyms: nekȁk, nekȁkšen

Eni moški stojijo tam. ― Some men are standing there.
(colloquial, also unstressed) some (someone/something arbitrary – unspecified determiner)
Synonyms: kāk, kākšen

Declension

Noun

ȅn m anim

(regional) Alternative form of éden

Pronunciation 2

IPA^(key): /ɛn/

Article

(colloquial, regional) a
To je ena velika izmišljotina! ― This is a big made-up story.

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish en, from Latin in, from Proto-Italic *en, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”). Cognate with Old English in and English in.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /en/ [ẽn]
- Rhymes: -en
- Syllabification: en
IPA^(key): /ˈem/ [ˈẽm] (before b, v, p)

Preposition

in, at, on
Estoy en casa. ― I'm at home.

Estoy sentado en la computadora. ― I'm sitting at the computer.

en esta página ― on this page

en la caja en la mesa ― in the box on the table
in (a time)
en la antigüedad ― in antiquity

en 1999 ― in 1999
in (a language)

en todos los idiomas ― in all languages
used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English
Pienso en ti. ― I'm thinking of you.
in (in various expressions)
en el sentido ― in the sense

en nuestro afán ― in our eagerness

Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

hem (obsolete)

Etymology

From older hem, from English him.

Pronoun

Third-person singular possessive determiner/pronoun; his, her, its

Pronoun

Third-person singular object pronoun; him, her, it
Contrastive variant of a; he, she, it.

Sumerian

Romanization

Romanization of 𒂗 (en)

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish ēn, æn, from Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one, some”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“one”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛnː/; /ɛŋː/ (numeral and article when used before g in close syntactic connection)
Homophones: än, N, n

Pronoun

en (genitive ens)

object form of the indefinite pronoun man ("one," "you")
(dialectal, colloquial) one, you

Usage notes

Besides being the subject form in some dialects and vernaculars, en is sometimes deliberately used as an alternative subject form of the indefinite pronoun man, which is a homonymous derivative of the noun man ("man"). This development is in some ways parallel to the gender-neutral pronoun hen.

Declension

Numeral

en (neuter ett)

Coordinate terms

Related terms

Article

en c (neuter ett)

the indefinite article: a, an.

Declension

en and ett are invariable in the singular, as nominative en konung (a king) and genitive en konungs (a king's).
The genitive enes and the dative enom are dated.

Etymology 2

From earlier ene (sometimes also ener), from Old Norse einir.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eːn/

Noun

en c

juniper

Declension

Related terms

Descendants

⇒ Middle Low German: eynholz, eynholcz, eynberen holt, eynberenboem, einbeeren struke, enekenbehren, eynikenstrucke
- German Low German: Ênbêrnstrûk, Eenberen, Ehmkenstruk, Eenkenstruk, Euwerbush (Mecklenburg, Pommern, Rügen as of late 19th c.)

References

en in Svensk ordbok (SO)
en in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
en in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
han in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Brüch, Josef (1922) “Lateinische Etymologien”, in Indogermanische Forschungen. Zeitschrift für Indogermanistik und allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft‎^[11] (in German), volume 40, Berlin und Leipzig: Walter de Gruyter & Co., pages 225–226

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English en, the English name of the letter N/n.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔen/ [ʔɛn̪]
Rhymes: -en
Syllabification: en

Noun

en (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔)

the name of the Latin-script letter N/n, in the Filipino alphabet
Synonyms: (in the Abakada alphabet) na, (in the Abecedario) ene

Derived terms

Anagrams

Tedim Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔen, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ken (“to see, to know”).

Verb

to look

References

Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

Turkish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /æn/, /en/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish ان (en), from Proto-Turkic *ēn (“breadth, width”).

Noun

en (definite accusative eni, plural enler)

width
a cachet on an animal or bonded goods

Declension

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “en2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish اڭ (eŋ), from Common Turkic *eŋ. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰭 (ŋ /⁠eŋ⁠/), Azerbaijani ən, Kyrgyz эң (eŋ), Tuvan эң (eñ), Uzbek eng.

Adverb

the most ..., the ...-est (marks the superlative degree of any or most adjectives)

Veps

Verb

first-person singular present of ei

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛn/

Noun

en f (plural eniau)

The name of the Latin-script letter N/n.

Mutation

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian and, ende, from Proto-Germanic *andi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entí.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛn/, /ɪn/

Conjunction

Zou

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔen, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ken. Cognates include Chinese [Term?] 見／见 (jiàn) and Tibetan མཁྱེན་པ (mkhyen pa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /en˧˥/

Verb

én

(intransitive) to look

Etymology 2

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔan (“vegetables”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *h(y)an.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ən˧˥/

Noun

én

food
meal

References

Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41

en

en

Translingual

Etymology

Symbol

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Preposition

Derived terms

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Etymology 5

Noun

Anagrams

Afar

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

References

Afrikaans

Etymology

Pronunciation

Conjunction

Ainu

Pronunciation

Pronoun

See also

Alemannic German

Etymology

Pronunciation

Article

Declension

Asturian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Preposition

Usage notes

Derived terms

Aukan

Etymology

Noun

Australian Kriol

Etymology

Conjunction

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

References

Breton

Contraction

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Article

Usage notes

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Preposition

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Usage notes

Declension

See also