en

See also: Appendix:Variations of "en"

Translingual

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English (deprecated template usage) En(glish).

Abbreviation

en

1. Template:ISO 639-1

Synonyms

• eng (ISO 639-3)

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English

Pronunciation

all pronunciations

Abbreviation

• , Template:SAMPA

Noun

• enPR: ĕn, , Template:SAMPA

Preposition

• , Template:SAMPA
• , Template:SAMPA

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en

1. English

Noun

en (plural ens)

1. The name of the letter N, n.

   The ems and ens at the beginnings and ends.

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

Derived terms

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

Translations

name of the letter N, n

• Portuguese: ene m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Italian: enne (it) m or f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Preposition

en

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

Derived terms

terms derived from en

• en ami
• en banc
• en bloc
• en brochette
• en clair

• en effet
• en famille
• 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

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Afrikaans

Conjunction

(deprecated template usage) en

1. and
2. well

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

   En? — well?

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Asturian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) in.

Preposition

(deprecated template usage) 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

terms derived from en

• n'
• na
• nel

• nes
• no
• nos

English

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Breton

Contraction

(deprecated template usage) en

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

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Catalan

Etymology 1

Unknown

Article

(deprecated template usage) en

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) definite article used before masculine given names that begin with a consonant

Synonyms

• el

Contraction

• can

(deprecated template usage) en

1. (deprecated template usage) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Usage notes

• Before a vowel, l' is used: en Josep, l'Albert.
• The use of el in this sense is more and more frequent in modern Catalan.

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin in.

Preposition

(deprecated template usage) en

1. in

Etymology 3

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) inde.

Pronoun

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

Proclictic

• la'n
• l'en
• li'n
• me'n
• n'
• se'n
• te'n

Enclictic

• -ens-en
• -la'n
• -l'en
• -les-en
• -li'n
• -los-en
• 'ls-en
• -me'n
• 'ns-en
• -se'n
• -te'n
• -us-en
• -vos-en

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 prepostion de, adverbial phrases (eg 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.
• When en is used as a preposition to introduce the object of a verb, this object is replaced not by en but by hi:

  No crec en Déu → No hi crec.

See also

• hi
• ho

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

• en

1. width

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Danish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse (deprecated template usage) einn

Article

(deprecated template usage) en (neuter et)

1. a, an

Cardinal number

(deprecated template usage) en (neuter et)

1. Template:cardinal the first number in the set of natural numbers

Pronoun

(deprecated template usage) en (neuter et or ét)

1. one

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ɛn/

Conjunction

(deprecated template usage) 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. Template:mathematics plus, and

   Drie en vier is zeven.

   Three plus four is seven.

Derived terms

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

See also

• dus
• maar
• of

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Esperanto

Preposition

(deprecated template usage) 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)

   Ri iras en la domon. He goes into the house.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [en]
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: en

Verb

(deprecated template usage) en

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

Conjugation

• The negative verb has no infinitive form. The negative verb is the same with indicative, conditional and potential mood and, with those moods, it is conjugated only in person. (For the negative verb in the imperative mood, see älä/älköön/älkäämme/älkää/älkööt — the first person singular, naturally, does not have an imperative form. An archaic optative mood has a second-person singular form, ällös.)

	singular	plural
first person	en	emme
second person	et	ette
third person	ei	eivät

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.)

Anagrams

• ne

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French

Pronoun

(deprecated template usage) en

1. Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity.

   J'ai trois livres. J'en ai trois. — I have three books.

   Il y a beaucoup de chambres. Il y en a beaucoup. — There are many rooms.

1. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned. En replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)

   Elle vient de Barcelone. Elle en vient. — She comes from Barcelona.

Preposition

(deprecated template usage) en

1. in (used mostly to indicate distance in time or space)

   Eg: En Pointe ( ballet )

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Galician

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) in.

Preposition

(deprecated template usage) en

1. in

Usage notes

The preposition en contracts to n- before articles, before third-person tonic pronouns, and before the determiners (deprecated template usage) algún and (deprecated template usage) outro.

Derived terms

• na, nas, no, nos
• nalgún, nalgunha, nalgunhas, nalgúns
• nel, nela, nelas, neles
• noutra, noutras, noutro, noutros
• nun, nunha, nunhas, nuns

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French (deprecated template usage) one, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) ūnus.

Cardinal number

(deprecated template usage) 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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Icelandic

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) en

1. how
   • Nei, Elín? En gaman að sjá þig!

     Elín? How good to see you!

Conjunction

(deprecated template usage) 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.

Derived terms

• áður en
• nær dauða en lífi
• heldur en
• betri er krókur en kelda

Usage notes

• In the sentence

  e.g. Hún er skemmtilegri en ég.

  She is more fun than I.

• the word en ("than") one can omitted, and the subject (which is here the word "ég" or "I") can be put into the Template:dat case.

  e.g. Hún er skemmtilegri mér (Template:dat).

• 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 Template:dat).

  e.g. Hún er mér (Template:dat) skemmtilegri.

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Ido

Preposition

(deprecated template usage) en

1. in

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Japanese

Noun

1. 円: circle or yen
2. 縁: brim or fate
3. 塩: salt (chemical)
4. 園: garden

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Kott

Etymology

From Template:proto (˜x-) ("wave").

Noun

(deprecated template usage) en (plural ēnaŋ)

1. wave

Noun

(deprecated template usage) en

1. Plural form of ei. (pine trees)

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Mandarin

Pinyin syllable

en

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, ēn, én, ěn, or èn.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative spellings

• ein (Nynorsk)

Article

(deprecated template usage) en

1. a; masculine gender

Cardinal number

See én

1. one

Synonyms

• et
• ei

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Old Frisian

Numeral

en

1. one

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) in.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [en] Template:SAMPA

Preposition

(deprecated template usage) en

1. in, at, on

   Estoy en casa - I am at home

   en esta página - on this page

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 think of you.

5. in (used in various expressions)

   en el sentido - in the sense.

   en nuestro afán - in our eagerness

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Sranan Tongo

Pronoun

(deprecated template usage) en

1. he
2. him

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Swedish

Etymology 1

From Template:OSw. (deprecated template usage) han, accusative form of (deprecated template usage) han, losing its initial h when unstressed. In standard Swedish the corresponding dative form (deprecated template usage) honom (from Old Norse (deprecated template usage) hánum) instead has taken its place.

Pronoun

(deprecated template usage) en

1. One (personal: man, possessive: ens)
2. (deprecated template usage) (dialectal, strongly colloquial) him; accusative and dative of han

   Jo, ja' gav'en brevet.

   Yes, I gave him the letter.

Synonyms

• honom

Usage notes

Dialect sense rarely found in written form unless supposed to imitate (dialectal) speech.

See also

• an

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse (deprecated template usage) einn.

Cardinal number

(deprecated template usage) en c (neuter ett)

1. one.

Article

(deprecated template usage) en c (neuter ett)

1. the indefinite article: a, an.

Etymology 3

From earlier (deprecated template usage) ene (sometimes also (deprecated template usage) ener), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse (deprecated template usage) einir.

Noun

Template:sv-noun-reg-ar (deprecated template usage) en c

1. juniper

References

• Hellqvist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok

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Turkish

Noun

(deprecated template usage) en

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

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) en

1. An adverb which makes the adjective after it superlative. Example:

• büyük: big,
• en büyük: the biggest

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West Frisian

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ɛn/

Conjunction

(deprecated template usage) en

1. and