indefinite article

See also: indefinite-article

English

Noun

indefinite article (plural indefinite articles)

1. (grammar) A word preceding a noun to indicate that the noun refers to any member of the class of objects named by the noun.

Usage notes

• In English, this term can be represented as a (before a consonant sound) or an (before a vowel sound) in the singular; in the plural, an indefinite article isn't used at all.

Antonyms

• definite article

Hypernyms

• article

Translations

word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects

• Catalan: article indefinit
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不定冠詞, 不定冠词 (bùdìng guàncí)

• Czech: neurčitý člen m
• Dutch: lidwoord van onbepaaldheid, onbepaald lidwoord (nl) n
• Esperanto: artikolo nedefinida, nedefinida artikolo
• Finnish: epämääräinen artikkeli (fi)
• French: article indéfini (fr) m
• German: unbestimmter Artikel (de) m
• Greek: αόριστο άρθρο n (aóristo árthro)
• Hungarian: határozatlan névelő (hu)
• Icelandic: óákveðinn greinir (is) m, óákv. gr. m

• Irish: alt éiginnte
• Italian: articolo indeterminativo (it) m
• Japanese: 不定冠詞 (ふていかんし, futei kanshi)
• Norman: articl'ye îndéfinnie f
• Portuguese: artigo indefinido (pt) m
• Romanian: articol nehotărât (ro) n
• Russian: неопределённый арти́кль (ru) m (neopredeljónnyj artíklʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: alt neo-chinnteach
• Spanish: artículo indefinido (es) m, artículo indeterminado (es)
• Swedish: obestämd artikel c
• Turkish: belirsiz harfitarif, belirsiz tanımlık