English - Etymology 1

Abbreviation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛn/, /i.ɛn/

Noun

en

1. English

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): /ɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɛn
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /ɪn/
  • Homophones: in, inn

Noun

en (plural ens)

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

   The ems and ens at the beginnings and ends.

2. (typography) A unit of measurement equal to half of an em (half of the height of the type in use).

Derived terms

• (typography): en dash
• (typography): en quad
• (typography): en space

Translations

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee/zed ^{(Category: en:Latin letter names)}

English - Etymology 3

From French

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

en

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

Derived terms

English - Anagrams

• ne, NE, né

Afrikaans - Conjunction

en

1. and

   Ek sit en drink koeldrank — I sit and drink a cold drink.

2. well

   En? — well?

Alemannic German - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ən/

Alemannic German - Article

en m

1. (indefinite) a, an

Declension

• Short forms of the dative – eme, ere, eme – are also common.

Asturian - Etymology

From Latin in.

Asturian - Preposition

en

1. in

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

English

Breton - Contraction

en

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

Catalan - Etymology 1

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

Article

en m sg (elided n', feminine na)

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

Derived terms

• can (contraction of ca and ne)

Usage notes

• While this article (and its feminine counterpart na) is standard in Baleric 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.

Catalan - Etymology 2

From Latin in (“in, inside”).

Preposition

en

1. in

Catalan - Etymology 3

From Latin inde (“thence”).

Pronoun

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

1. represents an indeterminate number or quantity of a given noun
2. represents a place (associated with the action described by the verb) that would be introduced by the preposition de
3. replaces a phrase introduced by the preposition de
4. 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 prepostion 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.
• When en is used as a preposition to introduce the object of a verb, this object is replaced not by en but by hi:

  No crec en Déu → No hi crec.

Declension

See also

• hi
• ho

Crimean Tatar - Noun

en

1. width

Dalmatian - Alternative Forms

• in

Dalmatian - Etymology

From Latin in.

Dalmatian - Preposition

en

1. in

Related terms

• nel, nei, nela

Danish - Etymology

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

Danish - Article

en (neuter et)

1. a, an

Danish - Numeral

en (neuter et)

1. (cardinal) one

Danish - Pronoun

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

1. one

Dutch - Etymology

From Dutch ende, from Middle Dutch ende, from Old Dutch enda, anda, from Proto-Germanic *andi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entí. Compare Low German un, German und, West Frisian en, English and, Danish end.

Dutch - Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛn
• Stressed: IPA^(key): /ɛn/
• Unstressed: IPA^(key): /ən/

Dutch - Conjunction

en

1. and

   De oude man en de zee.

   The Old Man and the Sea.

2. well, so

   En, hoe gaat het ermee?

   Well, how're you doing?

   En?

   Well?

   En, wat zou dat?

   So what?

3. (mathematics) plus, and

   Drie en vier is zeven.

   Three plus four is seven.

Derived terms

• door en door
• en dan
• en of
• en toch
• nou en

Dutch - See Also

• dus
• maar
• of

Dutch - Anagrams

• ne

Esperanto - Preposition

en

1. in, within, inside

   Ĝi estas en la domo.

   It is in (within, inside) the house.

2. into (when followed by a noun or phrase in the accusative case)

   Li iras en la domon.

   He goes into the house.

Derived terms

• ene

Fala - Etymology

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

Fala - Preposition

en

1. in

Finnish - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [en]
• Hyphenation: en

Finnish - Verb

en

1. The first-person singular form of the negation verb. The English translations include do not/don’t and not (with auxiliary verbs and be).

Conjugation

• The negative verb has no infinitive form. The negative verb is the same with indicative, conditional and potential mood and, with those moods, it is conjugated only in person. (For the negative verb in the imperative mood, see älä/älköön/älkäämme/älkää/älkööt — the first person singular, naturally, does not have an imperative form. An archaic optative mood has a second-person singular form, ällös.)

Usage notes

• The negative verb is used with the connegative form of the main verb. That form is identical to the second-person singular imperative in the indicative present. The potential mood connegative ends in the marker for the mood, -ne-, and the conditional mood connegative ends in the marker for the mood, -isi-. In the indicative past, conditional past and potential past, the active past participle singular (ending -ut/-yt) is used. The connegative form of the main verb is always used without the personal suffix.

• Usage of en:

• Indicative:

• Minä näen. (I see.) -> Minä en näe. (I do not see.)
• Minä näin. (I saw.) -> Minä en nähnyt. (I did not see.)
• Minä olen nähnyt. (I have seen.) -> Minä en ole nähnyt. (I have not seen.)
• Minä olin nähnyt. (I had seen.) -> Minä en ollut nähnyt. (I had not seen.)

• Conditional:

• Minä näkisin. (I would see.) -> Minä en näkisi. (I would not see.)
• Minä olisin nähnyt. (I would have seen.) -> Minä en olisi nähnyt. (I would not have seen.)

• Potential:

• Minä nähnen. (I probably see.) -> Minä en nähne. (I probably do not see.)
• Minä lienen nähnyt. (I have probably seen.) -> Minä en liene nähnyt. (I have probably not seen.)

Finnish - Anagrams

• ne

French - Etymology

From Latin in, inde.

French - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃/
• Homophones: an

French - Pronoun

en

1. Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)

   Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. — How many books do you have? I have three (of them).

   Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. — Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them).

   Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. - Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).

   Il y en a combien ? - How many of them are there?

   Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin - I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.

2. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned.

   Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. — Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.

Related terms

French - Preposition

en

1. in (used to indicate space)

   J'habite en Angleterre.

   I live in England.

2. by (used to indicate means)

   aller en bus

   go by bus

   partir en voiture

   leave by car

3. as

   Il me traite en ami.

   He treats me as a friend.

4. at (used to describe an ability)

   fort en histoire

   good at history

5. 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

6. in (during the following time (used for months and years))

   en 1993

   in 1993

   en janvier

   in January

   en septembre 2001

   in September 2001

7. (as a gerund, followed by a present participle) while

   C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion.

   It was by cheating that he became champion.

8. (as a gerund, followed by a present participle) by, in (describing a way of getting something)
9. in (used to describe color)

   une photo en noir et blanc

   a photo in black and white

10. in (used to describe feelings)

    en détresse

    in distress

    en bonne humeur

    in a good mood

11. in (as part of something)

    en équipe

    on a team

Usage notes

• En in the sense of while is often not translated into English.

French - Anagrams

• N.-É., NE, NÉ, ne, né

French - External Links

• “en” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician - Etymology

From Latin in.

Galician - Preposition

en

1. in

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• na, nas, no, nos
• nalgún, nalgunha, nalgunhas, nalgúns
• nel, nela, nelas, neles
• neste, nesta, nestes, nestas
• noutra, noutras, noutro, noutros
• nun, nunha, nunhas, nuns

German Low German - Etymology

From Old Saxon ēn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Compare Dutch een, German ein, West Frisian ien, English one.

German Low German - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɪ̯n/, /'eːn/, /'æɪ̯n/, /'eːɪ̯n/

German Low German - Alternative Forms

• (in other dialects, including Low Prussian) een
• (in some dialects) ein

German Low German - Article

en m, n (indefinite article)

1. (in some dialects) a, an

German Low German - Numeral

en

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

German Low German - See Also

• Dutch Low Saxon: een
• Plautdietsch een, (cardinal number) eent

Haitian Creole - Etymology

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

Haitian Creole - Numeral

en

1. one

Synonyms

• youn

Haitian Creole - See Also

• zewo 0
• de 2
• twa 3
• kat 4
• senk 5
• sis 6
• sèt 7
• uit 8
• nèf 9
• dis 10
• san 100

Icelandic - Adverb

en

1. how

   Nei, Elín? En gaman að sjá þig!

   Elín? How good to see you!

Icelandic - Conjunction

en

1. but

   Bjóðum Önnu en ekki Björk.

   Let's invite Anna but not Björk.

   Ég ætla að fá brauð en ekki mjólk.

   I'll have bread but not milk.

2. than (with an adjective in the comparative)

   Ég er betri en bróðir minn.

   I'm better than my brother.

Derived terms

• áður en
• nær dauða en lífi
• heldur en
• betri er krókur en kelda
• betur sjá augu en auga
• sveltur sitjandi kráka en fljúgandi fær

Usage notes

• Sometimes Icelandic uses en where English would use and:

  Jón var sonur hans, en Ása dóttir

  John was his son, and Ása his daughter

  "Veðrið var ekki gott framan af: rigning á fjallinu, en þoka í byggð."

  Rannsókn embættis sérstaks saksóknara á meintum innherjasvikum Baldurs Guðlaugssonar stóð yfir í rúmlega ár, en FME kærði málið með bréfi til embættisins hinn 9. júlí á síðasta ári.

• In the sentence

  Hún er skemmtilegri en ég.

  She is more fun than I am.

the word en (“than”) may be omitted, and the subject (which is ég (“I”) in this example) may be used in the dative case.

Hún er skemmtilegri mér.

Now the sentence has the same meaning, only much more formal. In order to make the sentence more casual- one can reposition the subject (in the dative).

Hún er mér skemmtilegri.

Icelandic - References

1. ^ http://www.visir.is/baldur-akaerdur-fyrir-innherjasvik-og-brot-i-opinberu-starfi-/article/2010914009530&sp=1

Ido - Etymology

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

Ido - Preposition

en

1. in

Japanese - Romanization

en

1. rōmaji reading of えん

Jersey Dutch - Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch een, from Old Dutch ēn, ein, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.

Article

en

1. the

Jersey Dutch - Etymology 2

Cognate to Dutch en (“and”). Compare English and.

Conjunction

en

1. and
   • 1912, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche taal— en letterkunde, volumes 31-32, page 309:

     Hai waz nît tevrêde täus en […]

     He was not content at home and […]

Kott - Etymology

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

Kott - Noun

en

1. plural form of ei

Latin - Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /arːn/

Interjection

ēn!

1. lookǃ beholdǃ (presenting something in a lively or indignant manner)
2. reallyǃ? (surprise or anger in questions)
3. c'monǃ (exhortation to action in imperatives)

Latin - Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /arn/

Noun

en (indeclinable)

1. 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’s names for the letters of its own alphabet): ā (A), bē (B), cē (C), dē (D), ē (E), ef (F), gē (G), hā (H), ī (I), kā (K), el (L), em (M), en (N), ō (O), pē (P), kū (Q), er (R), es (S), tē (T), ū (V), ix / īx / ex (X), ȳ (Y), zēta (Z)

Latin - References

• 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
• “en” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879.

Latvian - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛn]

Latvian - Noun

en m (invariable)

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

See also

• Latvian letter names:

  a (A), garais ā (Ā), bē (B), cē (C), čē (Č), dē (D), e (E), garais ē (Ē), ef (F), gā (G), ģē (Ģ), hā (H), i (I), garais ī (Ī), jē (J), kā (K), ķē (Ķ), el (L), eļ (Ļ), em (M), en (N), eņ (Ņ), o (O), pē (P), er (R), es (S), eš (Š), tē (T), u (U), garais ū (Ū), vē (V), zē (Z), žē (Ž)

Luxembourgish - Etymology

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

Luxembourgish - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ən/

  Rhymes: -ən

Luxembourgish - Article

en m, n

1. 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

Luxembourgish - Pronoun

en

1. third-person masculine singular, accusative: him

   Hues du e gefrot?

   Have you asked him?

2. unstressed form of hien
3. unstressed form of hinnen

Declension

Luxembourgish - Usage Notes

• Due to the Eifel Rule, the final -n is lost when the following word begins with a consonant other than , , , or .

Mandarin - Romanization

en

1. Nonstandard spelling of ēn.
2. Nonstandard spelling of én.
3. Nonstandard spelling of ěn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of èn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle Dutch - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arn/

Middle Dutch - Conjunction

en

1. alternative form of ende

Middle French - Etymology

Old French < Latin in.

Middle French - Preposition

en

1. on; on to

Norwegian Bokmål - Etymology

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

Norwegian Bokmål - Article

en m (feminine ei, neuter et)

1. a, an (indefinite article)

Norwegian Bokmål - Numeral

en m (feminine ei, neuter ett)

1. one

Old French - Preposition

en

1. in; inside
2. on; upon

Descendants

• French: en

Old Frisian - Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ainaz.

Old Frisian - Numeral

ēn

1. one

Descendants

• West Frisian: ien

Old Portuguese - Etymology

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

Old Portuguese - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈẽ/

Old Portuguese - Preposition

en

1. in
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 294 (facsimile):

     Como hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedra aa omagen de ſ[ant]a mari[a] por q̇ perdera ⁊ parou un angeo de pedra que y eſtava 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 Saxon - Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ainaz.

Old Saxon - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːn/

Old Saxon - Numeral

ēn

1. one
   • thoh uui hēr te meti habdin garu im te geƀanne sō uui mahtin fargelden mēst tueho uuāri is noh than that iro ēnig thar ēnes gināmi

     Though we had food that we should buy to give him. The most doubt is still there that anyone once felt

     (Heliand, verse 2637)

Old Saxon - Article

ēn

1. a, an (rarely used)

Declension

Descendants

• Low German: een, en

Old Swedish - Etymology

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

Old Swedish - Numeral

ēn m, f

1. one

Slovene - Etymology

Contraction of earlier êden, from Proto-Slavic *(j)edinъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one, single”).

Slovene - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ́n/
• Tonal orthography: ȅn

Slovene - Numeral

èn

1. one

Declension

Usage notes

The form êden is used when the word does not modify a noun directly, but stands in predicate position. When counting or reciting numbers, the feminine form êna is normally used.

Spanish - Etymology

From Latin in.

Spanish - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [en]
• Rhymes: -en

Spanish - Preposition

en

1. in, at, on

   Estoy en casa - I am at home

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

   en esta página - on this page

2. in (a time)

   en la antigüedad - in antiquity

   en 1999 - in 1999

3. in (a language)

   No conozco esta palabra en francés - I don't know this word in French

   en todos los idiomas - in all languages

4. (used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English)

   Pienso en tí - I think of you.

5. in (used in various expressions)

   en el sentido - in the sense.

   en nuestro afán - in our eagerness

Sranan Tongo - Pronoun

en

1. he
2. him

Swedish - Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnː/

Pronoun

en

1. One (possessive: ens)
2. Someone

Declension

Usage notes

En has in recent years been used as a more gender-conscious alternative to the impersonal pronoun man. The development is in some ways parallel to the gender-neutral pronoun hen. Usage is common among certain speaker groups, but not universally acknowledged in the standard language.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnː/

Numeral

en (neuter ett)

1. (cardinal) one

Related terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnː/

Article

en c (neuter ett)

1. the indefinite article: a, an.

Swedish - Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arːn/

Noun

en c

1. juniper

Declension

Related terms

• enbacke
• enbuske
• enbär
• ene
• enebuske
• enris
• enrisrökt
• enruska
• entita

Swedish - References

• han in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• en in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

Turkish - Etymology 1

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

Noun

en (definite accusative eni, plural enler)

1. width
2. a cachet on an animal or bonded goods

Declension

Turkish - Etymology 2

From Old Turkic eŋ, from Proto-Turkic.

Adverb

en

1. An adverb which makes the adjective after it superlative. Examples: büyük: big; en büyük: the biggest

West Frisian - Etymology

From Old Frisian and, ende, from Proto-Germanic *andi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entí. Compare North Frisian en, English and, Low German un, Dutch en, German und, West Frisian en, Danish end.

West Frisian - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛn/

West Frisian - Conjunction

en

1. and

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