any

See also -any, -ány, and ăn ý

English

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Alternative forms

• anie (obsolete)

Etymology

Middle English eny, from Old English æniġ.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈæni/, /ˈɛni/, X-SAMPA: /"{ni/, /"EnI/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɛni/, X-SAMPA: /"Eni/

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• Rhymes: -ɛni
• (US) Homophone: innie (some dialects)
• (Ireland) IPA: /ˈæni/, X-SAMPA: /"{ni/
• Rhymes: -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!

   • 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 58:

     I wasn't any too easy in my mind.

Translations

at all

• Dutch: enig (nl)
• Finnish: yhtään (fi)
• Italian: affatto (it)

• Scots: onie, ony
• Spanish: algo (es)

Determiner

any

1. At least one; of at least one kind. One at all.

   Do you have any biscuits?

   Do you have any food?

   (With negative:) I haven't got any money.

   It won't do you any good.

2. No matter what kind.

   Choose any items you want.

   Any person may apply.

Derived terms

Derived terms

any and all any old any press is good press any time anybody anyhow anymore anyone anyplace anyroad anything

anytime anyway anywhen anywhence anywhere anywhither anywho anywhom in any case just any

Translations

at least one (kind)

• Arabic: أي (ar) ('ayy) m, كل (ar) (kull)

  Egyptian Arabic: أي (ay)

• Armenian: որևէ (hy) (vorevē)
• Bulgarian: някакъв, никакъв, какъв да е, какъвто и да е, всякакъв, малко
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 任意 (cmn) (rènyì), 任何 (cmn) (rènhé)

• Dutch: enig (nl)
• Esperanto: iu (eo)
• Estonian: iga, mistahes, suvaline, ükskõik milline, keegi
• German: jeder (de), jeglicher (de), alle (de) pl
• Greek: καθένας (el) (kathénas), όποιος (el) (ópoios)
• Hebrew: מישהי (he), מִישֶׁהוּ (he) (míshehu), כל (he) (kol)
• Hindi: कोई (hi) (koī), कोई भी (hi) (koī bhī)

• Ido: irga (at all), ula (some)
• Interlingua: ulle (ia)
• Italian: qualche (it)
• Korean: 어떤 (ko) (eotteon)
• Latin: ullus (la)
• Macedonian: некаков (mk) (nékakov), никаков (mk) (níkakov) (with negative)
• Marathi: कोणतेही
• Old High German: einag
• Polish: jakiś m, (with negative) żaden m
• Portuguese: algum (pt)
• Scots: onie, ony
• Urdu: کوئی (ur) (koī)
• Volapük: seimik (vo)

no matter what kind

• Czech: kterýkoliv (cs)
• Finnish: tahansa (fi)
• French: n'importe quel (fr), quelconque (fr)
• Irish: aon (ga)
• Italian: qualsiasi (it)
• Japanese: 任意 (ja) (にんい, nin'i)
• Macedonian: било кој (mk) (bílo koj), секој (mk) (sékoj)
• Polish: którykolwiek m, jakikolwiek m, każdy m
• Portuguese: qualquer (pt)

• Romanian: orice (ro), oricare (ro), nici un (ro), nici o (ro)
• Russian: любой (ru) (ljubój), -нибудь (ru) (-nibúd’), всякий (ru) (vsjákij)
• Scots: onie, ony
• Scottish Gaelic: aon, sam bith (gd)
• Slovak: akýkoľvek (sk)
• Spanish: cualquier (es), cualquiera (es)

See also

• some

Pronoun

any

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

   Any may apply.

Translations

Any things or persons

• Arabic: أي (ar) ('ayy), كل (ar) (kull), أية (ar) ('áyya) f, أيما (ar) ('áyyma)
• Bulgarian: кой да е, който и да е, всеки, някой, никой
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 誰 (cmn), 谁 (cmn) (shuí, shéi)

• Czech: kdokoliv (anyone), cokoliv (anything)
• Dutch: elk (nl)
• Finnish: tahansa (fi)
• German: jeder (de) m
• Japanese: どれも (ja) (doremo), どれでも (ja) (doredemo)

• Latin: ullus (la)
• Polish: ktokolwiek (pl)
• Romanian: orice (anything), oricare, oricine (anyone)
• Russian: любой (ru) (ljubój), всякий (ru) (vsjákij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: свак (sh) m

  Roman: svak (sh) m

• Slovak: (anyone) ktokoľvek (sk), (anything) čokoľvek (sk)
• Spanish: alguno (es) m, alguna (es) f

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: into · up · your · #58: any · what · do · has

Anagrams

• Ayn, AYN
• nay, NAY
• NYA
• yan

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Etymology

From Latin annus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /aɲ/, X-SAMPA: /aJ/
• Rhymes: -aɲ

Noun

any m (plural anys)

1. year

   un home de 26 anys

   a 25-year-old man

   quants anys tens?

   How old are you?