ens

See also -ens, ENS, and Ens.

English

Etymology 1

Noun

ens

1. Plural form of en

Etymology 2

Latin, ens (“thing”), entis (“thing”). See entity.

Noun

ens

1. (obsolete, metaphysics) Entity, being, or existence; an actually existing being.
   • 1860, John Henry Macmahon, A treatise on metaphysics: chiefly in reference to revealed religion (page 195)

     the Nature of the Supreme Ens

2. (obsolete, chemistry) Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; essence.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Anagrams

• ESN, NES, Sen, Sen., sen, SNe

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Catalan

Pronoun

ens (proclitic, enclitic nos, contracted enclitic 'ns)

1. us (direct or indirect object)

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi2	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal4	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person  very formal1	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l’3	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal1	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en, n’	-ne, ’n
locative		hi	-hi
1) Behaves grammatically as third person. 2) Only as object of a preposition.			3) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. 4) Behaves grammatically as second person plural.

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse eins, from Middle Low German eines.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /eːns/, [eːˀns]

Adjective

ens

1. identical
2. alike

Pronoun

ens

1. genitive of en

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Latin

Etymology

Formed by analogy with compound verbs from esse, "to be", such as praesens or absens.

Noun

ens (genitive entis); n, third declension

1. being. Active present participle of sum.
2. thing

Usage notes

"Ens" is the active present participle of sum in medieval Latin. Classical Latin had no active present participle for sum/esse. See also essentia for a similar formation.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	ens	enta
genitive	entis	entum
dative	entī	entibus
accusative	ens	enta
ablative	ente	entibus
vocative	ens	enta

Descendants

• Italian: ente
• Portuguese: ente
• Spanish: ente

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Middle French

Etymology

Old French.

Preposition

ens

1. in; inside

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Old French

Alternative forms

• enz

Etymology

From en + les.

Preposition

ens

1. in; inside

Synonyms

• dedens

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Swedish

Adverb

ens

Derived terms

• inte ens
• med ens

Noun

ens

1. indefinite genitive singular of en

Pronoun

ens

1. genitive of the indefinite pronoun "man"; one's

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

	subject	object	possessive
singular	full	full	common	neuter	plural
1st person	jag	mig	min	mitt	mina
2nd person	du	dig	din	ditt	dina
3rd person masculine	han	honom	hans
3rd person feminine	hon	henne	hennes
3rd person common	den	den	dess
3rd person neuter	det	det	dess
3rd person indefinite	man	en	ens
3rd person reflexive	—	sig	sin	sitt	sina
plural
1st person	vi	oss	vår	vårt	våra
2nd person	ni	er	er	ert	era
3rd person	de	dem	deras
3rd person reflexive	—	sig	sin	sitt	sina