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See also: Appendix:Variations of "en"
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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English English.

Symbol

en

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

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation.

Pronunciation

Noun

en

  1. Abbreviation of English.

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

en (plural ens)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter N/n.
    The ems and ens at the beginnings and ends.
    • 1773 October, The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged:
      The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.
    • 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:
      I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.
  2. (typography) A unit of measurement equal to half an em (half the height of the type in use).
Derived terms
Translations
See en/translations § Noun.
See also

Etymology 3

From French.

Pronunciation

Preposition

en

  1. 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

Pronoun

en

  1. (dialectal, Newfoundland) Him.
    • 1895, Thomas Hardy, A Pair of Blue Eyes‎, page 236:
      Such a strappen fine gentleman as he was, too. Yes, I rather like en sometimes.
  2. (dialectal, Newfoundland) It (when the thing being referred to is masculine).

Etymology 5

Noun

en (plural ens)

  1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Н / н.

Anagrams

Afar

Pronunciation

Verb

én

  1. (intransitive) be, exist

Conjugation

More information Conjugation of (highly irregular), 1st singular ...
    Conjugation of en (highly irregular)
1st singular 2nd singular 3rd singular 1st plural 2nd plural 3rd plural
m f
perfective V-affirmative enéhtenéhyenéhtenéhnenéhteneeníhyeneeníh
N-affirmative éntényénténnéntenényenén
negative mánanniyománannitománannamánannamánanninománannitonmánannon
imperfective (I) V-affirmative aníhtaníhyaníhtaníhnaníhtaniiníhyaniiníh
N-affirmative ántányántánnántanínyanín
negative máanmátanmáyanmátanmánanmátaninmáyanin
imperfective (II) V-affirmative aniyóhtanitóhyaníhtaníhnaninóhtanitoonúhyaniiníh
N-affirmative aniyótanitóyántánnaninótanitónyanín
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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)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch en.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

en

  1. and
    Ek sit en drink koeldrank ― I sit and drink a cold drink.
  2. well
    En? ― well?
See also: Appendix:Variations of "en"

Ainu

Pronunciation

Pronoun

en= (Kana spelling エン)

  1. me (first-person singular object pronoun)

See also

More information person, isolated form ...
Ainu personal pronouns
person isolated form affix form
nominative objective
first singular kuani, kani1ku=, k=1 (before vowels)en=
exclusive plural ciokay, coka1, ciutarici=, c=1 =asun=
inclusive plural anokay, aoka1, anutaria=, =ani=
second singular eanie=
plural eciokay, ecioka1, eciutarieci=
singular (polite) anokay, aoka1a=, =ani=
plural (polite) anokay, aoka1, anutari
third singular sinuma, anihi∅=
plural okay, oka1
indefinite singular asinumaa=, =ani=
plural anokay, aoka1, anutari
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1. Saru dialect

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

Article

en

  1. (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:

More information Singular, Masculine ...
Singular
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominative enee (before a consonant)
en (before a vowel)
Dative emeeneeme
Accusative enee (before a consonant)
en (before a vowel)
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Bern:

More information Singular, Masculine ...
Singular
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominative e (before a consonant)
en (before a vowel)		e (before a consonant)
en (before a vowel)		es (before a consonant)
Dative emene
Accusative e (before a consonant)e (before a consonant)
en (before a vowel)		es (before a consonant)
en (before a vowel)
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Asturian

Alternative forms

  • in (Paḷḷuezu)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Preposition

en

  1. in
  2. (+ gerund) after
    En comiendo, voi marchar
    After eating, I'll leave

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

en

  1. and

Australian Kriol

Etymology

From English and.

Conjunction

en

  1. and

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Ido

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Turkish

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Zou

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