en

See also: Appendix:Variations of "en"

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛn/, /i.ɛn/

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

en

1. 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): /ɛn/

• Audio (UK)

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

Noun

en (plural ens)

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

   The ems and ens at the beginnings and ends.

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

Derived terms

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

Translations

name of the letter N, n

• Arabic: إِن‎ (ar) m (ʾen)
• Asturian: ene (ast) f
• Catalan: ena (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists)

• Esperanto: no (eo)
• Finnish: än (fi), ännä (fi)
• French: enne (fr) m
• Galician: ene (gl) m
• Greek: εν (el) n (en)
• Hawaiian: nū
• Hindi: एन (hi) (en)
• Ido: ne (io)
• Irish: ein, nion

• Italian: enne (it) f
• Japanese: エヌ (enu)
• Korean: 엔 (ko) (en)
• Latin: en (la)
• Malay: en
• Marathi: एन (en)
• Occitan: èna f
• Persian: ان‎ (fa) (en)
• Portuguese: ene (pt) m
• Russian: эн (ru) n (en)
• Spanish: ene (es) f
• Thai: เอ็น (th) (en)
• Turkish: ne (tr)
• Vietnamese: en-nờ (vi), en (vi), nờ (vi)
• Welsh: en f

typographic unit

• Hungarian: félkvirt

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} enne (it) m or f

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

Etymology 3

From French.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (UK)

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Preposition

en

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

Derived terms

• en ami
• en banc
• en bloc
• en brochette
• en clair
• en effet
• en famille
• en femme
• en garçon
• en garde
• en masse
• en pantoufles
• en passant
• en règle
• en retard
• en retraite
• en revanche
• en route
• en secondes noces
• en suite

 

Etymology 4

From Old English hine

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ən/

• Audio (UK)

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Pronoun

en

1. (dialectal, Newfoundland) him
   • 1895, Thomas Hardy, A Pair of Blue Eyes‎^[2], 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)

Anagrams

• -ne-, NE, Ne., ne, ne., né, nê

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Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈen/

Verb

en

1. (intransitive) to be, exist

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[3], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛn/

• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /ən/

Conjunction

en

1. and

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

2. well

   En? ― well?

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Alemannic German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ən/

Article

en m

1. (indefinite) a, an

Declension

Declension of en
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative/accusative	en	e	es	-
dative	emene	enere	emene	-

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

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Asturian

Etymology

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

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

• n'
• na
• nel
• nes
• no
• nos

 

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Aukan

Etymology

From English and.

Noun

en

1. and

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Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ēn.

Noun

en (definite accusative eni, plural enlər)

1. width

   Synonym: genişlik

Declension

Declension of en

	singular	plural
nominative	en	enlər
definite accusative	eni	enləri
dative	enə	enlərə
locative	endə	enlərdə
ablative	endən	enlərdən
definite genitive	enin	enlərin

Possessive forms of en

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	enim	enlərim
sənin (“your”)	enin	enlərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	eni	enləri
bizim (“our”)	enimiz	enlərimiz
sizin (“your”)	eniniz	enləriniz
onların (“their”)	eni or enləri	enləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	enimi	enlərimi
sənin (“your”)	enini	enlərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	enini	enlərini
bizim (“our”)	enimizi	enlərimizi
sizin (“your”)	eninizi	enlərinizi
onların (“their”)	enini or enlərini	enlərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	enimə	enlərimə
sənin (“your”)	eninə	enlərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	eninə	enlərinə
bizim (“our”)	enimizə	enlərimizə
sizin (“your”)	eninizə	enlərinizə
onların (“their”)	eninə or enlərinə	enlərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	enimdə	enlərimdə
sənin (“your”)	enində	enlərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	enində	enlərində
bizim (“our”)	enimizdə	enlərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	eninizdə	enlərinizdə
onların (“their”)	enində or enlərində	enlərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	enimdən	enlərimdən
sənin (“your”)	enindən	enlərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	enindən	enlərindən
bizim (“our”)	enimizdən	enlərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	eninizdən	enlərinizdən
onların (“their”)	enindən or enlərindən	enlərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	enimin	enlərimin
sənin (“your”)	eninin	enlərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	eninin	enlərinin
bizim (“our”)	enimizin	enlərimizin
sizin (“your”)	eninizin	enlərinizin
onların (“their”)	eninin or enlərinin	enlərinin

Derived terms

• en dairəsi (“latitude”)

References

• “en” in Obastan.com.

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Breton

Contraction

en

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

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Central) IPA^(key): /ən/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /en/

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.

   En Pau i na Maria arribaran demà.

   Pau and Maria will be arriving tomorrow.

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

Preposition

en

1. in

Etymology 3

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

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 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.

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi3	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
1st person majestic1	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal1	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person very formal2	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’4	-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 formal2	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 plural. 2) Behaves grammatically as third person.			3) Only as object of a preposition. 4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

See also

• hi
• ho

Further reading

• “en” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Central Franconian

Etymology 1

From Old High German in.

Alternative forms

• on, ön (Eifel)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /en/

Preposition

en

1. (most dialects) in; into

Adverb

en

1. (most dialects) in

Etymology 2

From Old High German indi.

Alternative forms

• on, un (predominant)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /en/

Conjunction

en

1. (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)

1. (most dialects) feminine nominative and accusative
2. (most dialects) neuter nominative and accusative, used before vowels and alternatively before h and dental consonants
3. (some dialects) masculine nominative, used before vowels and alternatively before h and dental consonants
4. (some dialects) masculine accusative, used before vowels and alternatively before h and dental consonants

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ən/

Pronoun

en (personal, reduced)

1. (most dialects) him; masculine accusative
2. (some dialects) he; masculine nominative
3. (most dialects) them; plural dative

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Chamorro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /en/

Pronoun

en

1. ye, you (plural)

Usage notes

• en is used solely as a subject of a transitive verb, while hamyo is used either as a subject of an intransitive verb or an object of a transitive verb.

See also

Chamorro personal pronouns

hu-type pronouns
	singular	plural inclusive	plural exclusive
1st person	hu	ta	in
2nd person	un	en
3rd person	ha	ma
yoʼ-type pronouns
	singular	plural inclusive	plural exclusive
1st person	yoʼ	hit	ham
2nd person	hao	hamyo
3rd person	gueʼ	siha
emphatic pronouns
	singular	plural inclusive	plural exclusive
1st person	guahu	hita	hami
2nd person	hagu	hamyo
3rd person	guiya	siha

References

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

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Chuukese

Pronoun

en

1. Second-person singular pronoun; you

See also

Chuukese personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		ngaang, nganga, ngang	áám, am (exclusive) kiich, kich (inclusive)
2nd person		een, en	áámi, ami
3rd person		iiy, i	iir, ir

Determiner

en (plural ekkan)

1. this (not in possession of the speaker)

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Cimbrian

Pronoun

en

1. Alternative form of in (“him”)

Further reading

• “en” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

en

1. width

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛn]

Noun

en n

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

Further reading

• en in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• en in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• in

Etymology

From Latin in.

Preposition

en

1. in

Related terms

• nel, nei, nela

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Danish

Danish cardinal numbers

<  0	1	2  >
Cardinal : en     Ordinal : første

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Article

en (neuter et)

1. a, an

Numeral

en (neuter et)

1. one

Pronoun

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

1. one

Usage notes

• Used as the oblique form of the generic pronoun man:

  Hvis ens lærer behandler en uretfærdigt, kan man klage til skolens leder

  If your teacher treats you unfairly, you can complain to the head of the school

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• (stressed) IPA^(key): /ɛn/
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /ən/

• audio

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• 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

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.

Alternative forms

• ende (archaic)

Derived terms

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

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: en

See also

• dus
• maar
• of

Etymology 2

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

Adverb

en

1. (obsolete) (en ... niet) not
   • "Herr Halewyn", A.H. Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Horae Belgicae, page 41.

     ‘Uw zoon heer Halewyn is gaen jagen, / g’ en ziet hem weêr uw levens dagen.’

     'Your son Lord Halewyn has gone hunting / you won't see him again for the rest of your life.'

   ...dat aldaer binnen Utrecht niet meer geacht ende respecteert en wordt, ... ― that in Utrecht is no longer valued and respected...

Anagrams

• ne

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Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• IPA^(key): /en/
• Hyphenation: en

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

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Fala

Etymology

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

Preposition

en

1. in
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 2: Númerus:

     Cumu to é custión de proporciós, sin que sirva de argumentu por nun fel falta, poemus vel que en a misma Europa hai Estaus Soberarius con menus territoriu que os tres lugaris nossus, cumu: […]

     As everything is a matter of proportions, without its presence being an argument, we can see that even in Europe there are Sovereign States with less territory than our three places, such as: […]

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Finnish

Etymology

See ei. Has the regular verb ending -n.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

en

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

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.)

Conjugation

• The negation verb has no infinitive form.
• Indicative, conditional and potential moods use the indicative forms (stem e-), for which the verb is conjugated only in person.
• In the imperative mood the negation verb has the stem äl-.
• An archaic optative mood exists and is used mainly in poetry.

person	indicative mood	imperative mood	optative mood
1st sing.	en	(älkääni, älkäämi)	(ällön)
2nd sing.	et	älä	(ällös)
3rd sing.	ei	älköön	(älköön)
1st plur.	emme	älkäämme	(älköömme)
2nd plur.	ette	älkää	(älköötte)
3rd plur.	eivät	älkööt	(älkööt)

Anagrams

• -ne, -ne-, ne

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃/

• audio

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• Homophone: an
• 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

en

1. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes)

   J'habite en Angleterre. ― I live in England.

2. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes)

   Il est allé en France. ― He went to France.

3. by (used to indicate means)

   aller en bus ― go by bus

   partir en voiture ― leave by car

4. as

   Il me traite en ami. ― He treats me as a friend.

   habillé en père Noël ― dressed as Father Christmas

5. at (used to describe an ability)

   fort en histoire ― good at history

6. 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

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

   en 1993 ― in 1993

   en janvier ― in January

   en septembre 2001 ― in September 2001

8. (followed by a gerund) while
9. (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.

10. in (used to describe color)

    une photo en noir et blanc ― a photo in black and white

11. in (used to describe feelings)

    en détresse ― in distress

12. 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.

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

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

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.)

   Essaies-en !

   Try some (of it / them)!

   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.

   • 1654, Blaise Pascal, Traité du triangle arithmétique :

     J'en donnerai ici la méthode, que je poursuivrai seulement en deux ou trois exemples, qui seront si aisés à continuer qu'il ne sera pas nécessaire d'en donner davantage.

     I shall give (of it) here the method that I shall pursue only in two or three examples, which will be so easy to continue that it will not be necessary to give more of them.

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 personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative (subject)	Accusative (direct complement)	Dative (indirect complement)	Locative (at)	Genitive (of)	Disjunctive (tonic)
Singular	First	—	je, j’	me, m’		—	—	moi
	Second	—	tu	te, t’		—	—	toi
	Third	Masculine	il	le, l’	lui	y	en	lui
		Feminine	elle	la, l’				elle
		Indeterminate	on1	—	—	—	—	—
		Reflexive	—	se, s’4		—	—	soi4
Plural	First	—	nous	nous		—	—	nous
	Second	—	vous2	vous2,3		—	—	vous2
	Third	Masculine	ils3	les	leur	y	en	eux3
		Feminine	elles					elles

¹ Also used as the first person plural.

² Also used as the polite singular form.

³ Also used when a group has both men and women.

⁴ Also used as third person plural reflexive.

Anagrams

• N.-É., NE, NÉ, ne, né

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Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eŋ/

Preposition

en

1. in
2. When preceding a complement of a verb it can denote a 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 his 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

• na, nas, no, nos
• 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
• nun, nunha, nunhas, nuns
• naquel, naquela, naqueles, naquelas

Adverb

en

1. 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

   • 1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I. E. O. P. F., page 111:

     Et o conde, en chegando et ferindo logo ẽnos mouros, todo en hũu o fezo

     And the count, [just] arriving, and hurting promptly the Moors, all in one he did that

   • 1460, Rui Vasques, Corónica de Iria:

     en leendo perlos llibros algũus de canõicas antijgas, et preujlegios goticos dos santos catholicos et deuotos bispos de Yria et porla Escriptura, achey o fundamento para rreduzir aa memoria dos homes quanto durarõ çertas ydades

     [while] reading books, some of them of ancient canons, and Gothic privileges of the saint Catholic and devout bishops of Iria, and through the Bible, I found the foundation for reducing to the mind of men for how long some ages lasted

   • 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:

     dito testigo en seendo moço pequeno con seu tyo Afonso Dominges, guardando o gaando en Curro do Moyño, que le dixera o dito Afonso Domingees "bees, por aquy se parte ho término do conde do de Juan d'Estúñiga

     said witness [while] being a young boy together with his uncle Afonso Domínguez, watching the cattle in Curro do Muíño, he was told by said Afonso Domínguez: "you see, here the term of the count limits with that of Xoán de Estúñiga

References

• “en” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “en” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “en” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “en” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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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)

1. (in some dialects) a, an

Numeral

en

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

See also

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

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

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

Numeral

en

1. one

Synonyms

• youn

See also

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

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n̩/, /eːn/

Determiner

en (indefinite)

1. a, an

   Sie sitze aan em runde Disch.

   They are sitting at a round table.

Pronoun

en

1. unstressed accusative of er: him.

Inflection

Hunsrik personal pronouns

	nominative		accusative		dative
	Proclitic	Enclitic	str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.
1st person singular	ich eich	-ich	mich meich		meer	mer m'r
2nd person singular (informal)	du dau/Dau	-du, -de -Dau, -De	dich deich/Deich		deer	der d'r/D'r
3rd person singular (m.)	er; där	-er	ihn	en	ihm	em
3rd person singular (f.)	sie; die	-se	sie / ihns	se	eer ehr	re
3rd person singular (n.)	es; das et, 't	's	es et	-et, -'t	ihm	em
1st person plural	meer	mer	uns uhs
2nd person plural	deer Ehr, Dehr	der	eich Auch
3rd person plural	sie; die	-se	sie	se	denne

Declension

Hunsrik indefinite articles

	Masculine	Feminine	Neutral
nom./acc.	en e	en e	en e
dative	em	ener	em

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Icelandic

Adverb

en

1. how

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

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.

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.

  The weather was not good to begin with: rain in the mountains, and fog in the countryside.

  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.

Derived terms

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

 

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Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /en/

Preposition

en

1. in

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Ingrian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /en/

Verb

en

1. first-person singular present of ei

References

• Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)‎^[5]

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Japanese

Romanization

en

1. Rōmaji transcription of えん

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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

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 […]

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese em.

Preposition

en

1. in

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Kott

Etymology

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

Noun

en (plural ēnaŋ)

1. wave

Noun

en

1. plural of ei

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Kriol

Etymology

From English and.

Conjunction

en

1. and

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Ladino

Preposition

en (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אין‎)

1. in
   • 2000, David Altabé, “Ay koza triste en ser Sefaradi”, in Esther Benbassa, editor, Les Sépharades en littérature, page 164:

     En todas partes del mundo bivi,
     i pedasos de mi alma abandoni

     I've lived in all parts of the world,
     and abandoned pieces of my soul

   • 2014, Şeli GAON, “La solidaridad”, in Şalom Gazetesi‎^[6]:

     Deke la solidaridad es emportante? Porke la solidaridad es lo djusto. Porke; todos bivimos en una sosyetad...

     Why is solidarity important? Because solidarity is what is right. Because we all live in a society...

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Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eːn/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /en/, [ɛn]

Interjection

ēn

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /en/, [ɛn]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /en/, [ɛn]

Noun

en f (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-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

en

1. Early Latin form of in (“in”)

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Latvian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛn]

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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)

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Leonese

Etymology

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

Preposition

en

1. in

Usage notes

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

Contractions of en

en + article	Combined form
en + el	nel
en + la	na
en + lu	nu
en + los	nos
en + las	nas

en + article	Combined form
en + un	nun
en + una	nuna
en + unos	nunos
en + unas	nunas

en + pronoun	Combined form
en + el	nél
en + eilla	neilla
en + eillu	neillu
en + eillos	neillos
en + eillas	neillas

en + dem. adjective	Combined form	en + dem. pronoun	Combined form
en + esti	nesti	en + ésti	nésti
en + esta	nesta	en + ésta	nésta
en + estu	nestu	en + éstu	néstu
en + estos	nestos	en + éstos	néstos
en + estas	nestas	en + éstas	néstas

en + dem. adjective	Combined form	en + dem. pronoun	Combined form
en + esi	nesi	en + ési	nési
en + esa	nesa	en + ésa	nésa
en + esu	nesu	en + ésu	nésu
en + esos	nesos	en + ésos	nésos
en + esas	nesas	en + ésas	nésas

en + dem. adjective	Combined form	en + dem. pronoun	Combined form
en + aquel	naquel	en + aquél	naquél
en + aqueilla	naqueilla	en + aquéilla	naquéilla
en + aqueillu	naqueillu	en + aquéillu	naquéillu
en + aqueillos	naqueillos	en + aquéillos	naquéillos
en + aqueillas	naqueillas	en + aquéillas	naquéillas

References

• AEDLL

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Lule Sami

Verb

en

1. first-person dual present of ij

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /en/, [ən]
• Rhymes: -ən

• audio

  (file)

Article

en m or 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 indefinite articles
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom./acc.	en	eng	en
dative	engem	enger	engem

Pronoun

en

1. unstressed form of hien

   Hues de n e gefrot? ― Have you asked him?

2. unstressed form of hinnen

   Ech hunn et e gesot. ― I told it them

Declension

Luxembourgish personal pronouns

		nominative		accusative		dative		reflexive
		str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.
1st person singular		ech	—	mech	—	mir	mer	like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular (informal)		du	de	dech	—	dir	der	like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular (formal)		Dir	Der	Iech	Iech [əɕ]	Iech	Iech [əɕ]	Iech
3rd person singular	m	hien	en	hien	en	him	em	sech
	f	si	se	si	se	hir	er	sech
	n	hatt	et ('t)	hatt	et ('t)	him	em	sech
1st person plural		mir	mer	eis (ons)	—	eis (ons)	—	eis (ons)
2nd person plural		dir	der	iech	iech [əɕ]	iech	iech [əɕ]	iech
3rd person plural		si	se	si	se	hinnen	en	sech

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>.

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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.

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Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /en/

Conjunction

en

1. Alternative form of ende

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Middle English

Preposition

en

1. Alternative form of in (“in”)

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French [Term?], from Latin in.

Preposition

en

1. on; on to

Descendants

• French: en

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Middle Low German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”).

Pronunciation

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

Particle

en m

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

   Idt en sal nümant syn Erve vryg verkopenn dar ander lüde wat anne hebbet. he en segget den kop to varenn.

   Nobody shall [not] sell his inheritance, to which other people have rights attached, freely, unless he tell this to the buyer beforehand...

2. unless

   Idt en sal nümant syn Erve vryg verkopenn dar ander lüde wat anne hebbet. he en segget den kop to varenn.

   Nobody shall sell his inheritance, to which other people have rights attached, freely, unless he tell this to the buyer beforehand...

Alternative forms

• ne (older, Eastphalian)

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Movima

Verb

en

1. to stand

Further reading

• http://webdoc.ubn.ru.nl/mono/h/haude_k/gramofmo.pdf
• http://www.ioling.org/booklets/iol-2007-indiv-prob.en.pdf

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Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : en     Ordinal : første

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːn/ (stressed)
• IPA^(key): /ən/ (unstressed)

Article

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

1. a, an (indefinite article)

Numeral

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

1. one

Derived terms

• endimensjonal
• ene
• enegget
• enhet
• enslig
• enstemmig
• entydig

 

See also

• ein (Nynorsk)

References

• “en” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Conjunction

en

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1901; superseded by enn

Etymology 2

Article

en

1. (dialectal, nonstandard) Alternative form of ein

Etymology 3

en

1. Used as part of set phrases from French

Etymology 4

en

1. Used as part of the expression stopp en hal

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Old French

Alternative forms

• in (10th century)

Etymology

From Latin in.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /en/

Preposition

en

1. in; inside
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):

     Et pour ce qu’il se complaint moult de froit et horipilacion, pour ce au commencement on luy doit mettre les piés et les mains en eaue chaulde

     And if he complains about cold and shivers, to start with one must put his feet and is hands in hot water

2. on; upon
   • 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:

     qi en la crois fu mis

     [He] who was put on the cross

3. in (experiencing an emotion, a feeling, etc.)

   en paine ― in pain

4. in (indicates a language)

   en latin ― in Latin

Descendants

• Middle French: en
  • French: en
• Norman: en

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Old Frisian

Old Frisian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ēn     Ordinal : ērest

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

1. one

   ēn skilling ― one shilling

Article

ēn m or n

1. a, an

Declension

Declension of ēn

	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ēn, ān	ēne	ēn
Accusative	ēnne, ānne	ēne	ēn
Genitive	ēnes	ēnere, ēnre	ēnes
Dative	ēne	ēnere, ēnre	ēne

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

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Old Norse

Conjunction

en

1. but
2. (as a copulative): and
3. than

Synonyms

• (and): ok
• (than): an

References

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

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Old Occitan

Pronoun

en

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

     Ailas! Tan cuidava saber
     D'amor, e tan petit en sai,

     Alas! I thought I knew so much
     about love, and I know so little [of it]!

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈẽ/

Preposition

en

1. in
   • 13th century C.E., 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

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Old Saxon

Old Saxon cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ēn

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ainaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːn/

Numeral

en m

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)

Article

en m

1. a, an (rarely used)

Declension

Declension of ēn

	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine
nominative	ēn	ēn	ēn
accusative	ēnana	ēn	ēna
genitive	ēnes	ēnes	ēnaro
dative	ēnumu	ēnumu	ēnaro

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

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Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Numeral

ēn m or f

1. one

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Pennsylvania German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛn/

Etymology

Compare German ein.

Article

en (indefinite)

1. a, an

Declension

	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	en	en	en
Accusative	en	en	en
Dative	me	re	me

Pronoun

en

1. him

Declension

Declension of en

	Nominative	Accusative	Dative
1st - Singular	ich	mich	mir mer (unstressed)
2nd - Singular	du de (unstressed)	dich	dir der (unstressed)
3rd - Singular Masculine	er	ihn en (unstressed)	ihm em (unstressed)
3rd - Singular Feminine	sie se (unstressed)	sie se (unstressed)	ihre re (unstressed)
3rd - Singular Neuter	es	es	ihm em (unstressed)
1st - Plural	mir mer (unstressed)	uns	uns
2nd - Plural	dihr der (unstressed)	eich	eich
3rd - Plural	sie	sie	ihne ne (unstressed)
2nd - Polite	Sie	Sie	Ihne Ne (unstressed)

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Slovene

Slovene numbers

< 0	1	2 >
Cardinal : èn Ordinal : pŕvi Cardinal adverb : ênkrat Ordinal adverb : pŕvič Multiplicative : enójen

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ́n/

Numeral

ȅn

1. one

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.

Inflection

Declension of en (hard)

singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	èn, êden	êna	êno
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	êno	êno
genitive	ênega	êne	ênega
dative	ênemu	êni	ênemu
locative	ênem	êni	ênem
instrumental	ênim	êno	ênim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	—	—	—
accusative	—	—	—
genitive	—	—	—
dative	—	—	—
locative	—	—	—
instrumental	—	—	—
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	êni	êne	êna
accusative	êne	êne	êna
genitive	ênih	ênih	ênih
dative	ênim	ênim	ênim
locative	ênih	ênih	ênih
instrumental	ênimi	ênimi	ênimi

Derived terms

• enôta

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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]
• IPA^(key): /ˈem/, [ˈẽm] (before b, v, p)

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -en

Preposition

en

1. 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

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'm thinking of you.

5. in (in various expressions)

   en el sentido ― in the sense

   en nuestro afán ― in our eagerness

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From older hem, from English him.

Alternative forms

• hem (obsolete)

Pronoun

en

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

Pronoun

en

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

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Swedish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnː/
• Homophones: än, N, n

Pronoun

en (genitive ens)

1. one; object form of man (=one)

   Det man inte vet skadar en inte

   What one doesn’t know doesn’t hurt one.

2. one (see usage notes)

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.[7] Previously it has also been used in some dialects.

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
singular	first	—	jag	mig, mej3	min	mitt	mina
	second	—	du	dig, dej3	din	ditt	dina
	third	masculine (person)	han	honom, han2	hans
		feminine (person)	hon	henne	hennes
		gender-neutral (person)1	hen	henom, hen2	hens
		common (noun)	den	den	dess
		neuter (noun)	det	det	dess
		indefinite	man or en4	en	ens
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina
plural	first	—	vi	oss	vår, våran2	vårt, vårat2	våra
	second	—	ni	er	er, eran2, ers5	ert, erat2	era
		archaic	I	eder	eder, eders5	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom3	dem, dom3	deras
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina

¹Not universally accepted neologism.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as a gender-neutral alternative to man.

⁵Formal address

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): (not before g) /ɛnː/, IPA^(key): (before g) /ɛŋː/
• Homophones: än, N, n

Numeral

Swedish cardinal numbers

<  0	1	2  >
Cardinal : en     Ordinal : första

en (neuter ett)

1. one

Coordinate terms

Cardinal numbers from 0 to 99

	—0	—1	—2	—3	—4	—5	—6	—7	—8	—9
0—	noll	ett en	två	tre	fyra	fem	sex	sju	åtta	nio
1—	tio	elva	tolv	tretton	fjorton	femton	sexton	sjutton	arton	nitton
2—	tjugo	tjugoett tjugoen	tjugotvå	tjugotre	tjugofyra	tjugofem	tjugosex	tjugosju	tjugoåtta	tjugonio
3—	trettio	trettioett trettioen	trettiotvå	trettiotre	trettiofyra	trettiofem	trettiosex	trettiosju	trettioåtta	trettionio
4—	fyrtio	fyrtioett fyrtioen	fyrtiotvå	fyrtiotre	fyrtiofyra	fyrtiofem	fyrtiosex	fyrtiosju	fyrtioåtta	fyrtionio
5—	femtio	femtioett femtioen	femtiotvå	femtiotre	femtiofyra	femtiofem	femtiosex	femtiosju	femtioåtta	femtionio
6—	sextio	sextioett sextioen	sextiotvå	sextiotre	sextiofyra	sextiofem	sextiosex	sextiosju	sextioåtta	sextionio
7—	sjuttio	sjuttioett sjuttioen	sjuttiotvå	sjuttiotre	sjuttiofyra	sjuttiofem	sjuttiosex	sjuttiosju	sjuttioåtta	sjuttionio
8—	åttio	åttioett åttioen	åttiotvå	åttiotre	åttiofyra	åttiofem	åttiosex	åttiosju	åttioåtta	åttionio
9—	nittio	nittioett nittioen	nittiotvå	åttiotre	nittiofyra	nittiofem	nittiosex	nittiosju	nittioåtta	nittionio

Cardinal numbers from 100 onward

• 100: hundra
• 10³: tusen
• 10⁴: tiotusen (myriad)
• 10⁶: miljon
• 10⁹: miljard
• 10¹²: biljon
• 10¹⁵: biljard
• 10¹⁸: triljon
• 10²¹: triljard
• 10²⁴: kvadriljon
• 10²⁷: kvadriljard
• 10³⁰: kvintiljon
• 10³³: kvintiljard
• 10³⁶: sextiljon
• 10³⁹: sextiljard
• 10⁴²: septiljon
• 10⁴⁵: septiljard
• 10⁴⁸: oktiljon
• 10⁵¹: oktiljard
• 10⁵⁴: noniljon
• 10⁵⁷: noniljard
• 10⁶⁰: deciljon
• 10⁶³: deciljard
• 10⁶⁶: undeciljon
• 10⁶⁹: undeciljard
• 10⁷²: duodeciljon
• 10⁷⁵: duodeciljard
• 10⁷⁸: tredeciljon
• 10⁸¹: tredeciljard
• 10⁸⁴: quattuordeciljon
• 10⁸⁷: quattuordeciljard

…

• 10¹⁰⁰: googol

…

• 10¹²⁰: vigintiljon
• 10¹²³: vigintiljard

…

Related terms

• ena
• enahanda
• enaktare
• enande
• enare
• enarmad
• enarmslyft
• enarådande
• enas
• enastående
• enbarnsfamilj
• enbart
• enbo
• enbyggare
• enbäddsrum
• encellig
• endagskonferens
• endagsstrejk
• endera
• endimensionell
• endräkt
• endräktig
• eneggad
• enfald
• enfaldig
• enfaldighet
• enfamiljshus
• enfamiljsvilla
• enfas
• enfasig
• enfilig
• enformig
• enformighet
• enfrågeparti
• enfröig
• enfärgad
• enfödd
• enföräldersfamilj
• engifte
• engradig
• engångs-
• enhandsräddning
• enhet
• enhetlig
• enhetlighet
• enhjuling
• enhjärtbladig
• enhällig
• enhänt
• enhörning
• enig
• enighet
• ening
• enkammarriksdag
• enkammarsystem
• enkilosburk
• enklang
• enkornsfrö
• enkrona
• enkönad
• enlighet
• enligt
• enlitersflaska
• enlitersförpackning
• enläkarstation
• enmans
• enmastad
• enmastare
• enmotorig
• enpartiregering
• enpartistat
• enpartisystem
• enpartivälde
• enpersonshushåll
• enplans
• enplanshus
• enplansvilla
• enprocentig
• enpucklig
• enradig
• enrum
• enrummare
• enrummig
• enrums
• enrumslägenhet
• enrådig
• enrådighet
• ens
• ensa
• ensak
• ensam
• ensamhet
• ensamt
• ensartad
• ense
• ensidig
• ensidighet
• ensiffrig
• enskifte
• enskild
• enskildhet
• enslig
• enslighet
• ensling
• enspaltig
• enspråkig
• enspråkighet
• enspårig
• enstaka
• enstavig
• enstavighet
• enstensmur
• enstjärnig
• enstrofig
• ensträngad
• enstämmig
• enstämmighet
• enständig
• enstörig
• enstörighet
• enstöring
• ental
• entimmesparkering
• entonig
• entonighet
• entonnare
• enträgen
• entums
• entumsbräda
• entydig
• entydighet
• entypsbåt
• envar
• enveten
• envetenhet
• envetnas
• envig
• envis
• envisas
• envishet
• envägs
• envälde
• enväldig
• envärd
• envåldshärskare
• envånings
• envåningshus
• enäggig
• enäggstvilling
• enögd
• enögdhet

 

Article

en c (neuter ett)

1. 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 3

• IPA^(key): /eːn/

Noun

en c

1. juniper

Declension

Declension of en
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	en	enen	enar	enarna
Genitive	ens	enens	enars	enarnas

Related terms

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

 

References

• han in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• en in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• -ne

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Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish اك‎ (eñ), ان‎ (en), from Proto-Turkic *ēn (“breadth, width”). Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (en).

Noun

en (definite accusative eni, plural enler)

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

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	en
Definite accusative	eni
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	en	enler
Definite accusative	eni	enleri
Dative	ene	enlere
Locative	ende	enlerde
Ablative	enden	enlerden
Genitive	enin	enlerin
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular enim enlerim 2nd singular enin enlerin 3rd singular eni enleri 1st plural enimiz enlerimiz 2nd plural eniniz enleriniz 3rd plural enleri enleri

References

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

Etymology 2

From Old Turkic 𐰭‎ (eŋ), from Proto-Turkic [Term?]. Cognate with Uzbek eng and Kyrgyz эң (eñ)

Adverb

en

1. Forms the superlative of the following adjective.

   büyük, en büyük

   big, (the) biggest

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Verb

en

1. first-person singular present of ei

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛn/

Noun

en f (plural eniau)

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

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
en	unchanged	unchanged	hen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, eng, aetsh, i/i dot, je, ce, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, ciw, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u/u bedol, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd ^{(Category: cy:Latin letter names)}

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West Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛn/, /ɪn/

Conjunction

en

1. and

Further reading

• “en”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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Zou

Noun

en

1. food
2. meal

Verb

en

1. look

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf