ans

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ans"

Translingual

Symbol

ans

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Anserma.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Anserma terms

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

ans

  1. plural of an

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ans

  1. Abbreviation of answer.

Verb

ans

  1. Abbreviation of answer.
    • 1979 February 3, Billy Smith, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 27, page 14:
      GWM, release July 79, would like to hear from sincere gays. I will ans all letters.

Anagrams

Bavarian

Alternative forms

  • oans (West Central Bavarian)

Etymology

From the numeral aans.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑˑns/, [ɑːns]

Pronoun

ans n

  1. one

See also

Declension of a
m n f
nominative a (determiner)
ana (pronoun)
a (determiner)
ans (pronoun)
a (determiner)
ane (pronoun)
accusative an
dative am ana
  • a (a, article)

Catalan

Pronunciation

Adverb

ans

  1. (formal) rather, before
    ans al contrari
    on the contrary

Further reading

Franco-Provençal

Noun

ans

  1. plural of an

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophones: an, en

Noun

ans m pl

  1. plural of an
    Suzanne a deux ans de plus que moi.[1]Suzanne is two years older than me.

References

Anagrams

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Contraction of an + das

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Contraction

ans (+ optionally: adjective in accusative case + neuter noun in accusative case)

  1. an + das, on(to) the, to the

Gothic

Romanization

ans

  1. romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐍃

Icelandic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ansa.

Noun

ans n (genitive singular ans, nominative plural öns)

  1. (rare) an answer
    Synonym: svar (n)

Declension

Declension of ans (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ans ansið öns önsin
accusative ans ansið öns önsin
dative ansi ansinu önsum önsunum
genitive ans ansins ansa ansanna

References

  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “ans”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið

Occitan

Noun

ans

  1. plural of an

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ansu, from Proto-Germanic *ansuz.

Noun

ans m

  1. deity, god

Old Occitan

Noun

ans m pl

  1. nominative plural of an
  2. oblique singular of an

Volapük

Pronoun

ans

  1. some people