"aren't" meaning in All languages combined

See aren't on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɑːnt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɑɹ(ə)nt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-aren't.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)nt Etymology: are + -n’t Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|are|n't|alt2=n’t}} are + -n’t Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} aren't
  1. are not (negative auxiliary)
    Sense id: en-aren't-en-verb-bDBrEkJW Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -n't
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ain’t [slang]
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɑːnt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɑɹ(ə)nt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-aren't.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)nt Etymology: Spelling replacement of the homonym an’t. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} aren't
  1. (colloquial) A contraction of “am not”, used e.g. in the construction "aren’t I?" Tags: colloquial Synonyms: amn’t [Irish, Scottish, dialectal]
    Sense id: en-aren't-en-verb-Fa9TQfXl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ain’t [slang]
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for aren't meaning in All languages combined (3.6kB)

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