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Noun [English]

Forms: indefinite articles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: Article (grammar) Categories (topical): Grammar Hypernyms: article Translations (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects): нявы́значаны арты́кль (njavýznačany artýklʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), неопредели́телен член (neopredelítelen člen) [masculine] (Bulgarian), article indefinit (Catalan), 不定冠詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 不定冠词 (bùdìng guàncí) (Chinese Mandarin), neurčitý člen [masculine] (Czech), lidwoord van onbepaaldheid [neuter] (Dutch), onbepaald lidwoord [neuter] (Dutch), artikolo nedefinida (Esperanto), nedefinida artikolo (Esperanto), epämääräinen artikkeli (Finnish), article indéfini [masculine] (French), artigo indefinido [masculine] (Galician), unbestimmter Artikel [masculine] (German), αόριστο άρθρο (aóristo árthro) [neuter] (Greek), határozatlan névelő (Hungarian), óákveðinn greinir [masculine] (Icelandic), óákv. gr. [masculine] (Icelandic), alt éiginnte (Irish), articolo indeterminativo [masculine] (Italian), 不定冠詞 (futei kanshi) (alt: ふていかんし) (Japanese), 부정관사 (bujeonggwansa) (alt: 不定冠詞) (Korean), эс тухайлах ялгац гишүүн (es tuxajlax jalgac gišüün) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), тодорхой бус ялгац гишүүн (todorxoj bus jalgac gišüün) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), articl'ye îndéfinnie [feminine] (Norman), rodzajnik nieokreślony [masculine] (Polish), artigo indefinido [masculine] (Portuguese), articol nehotărât [neuter] (Romanian), неопределённый арти́кль (neopredeljónnyj artíklʹ) [masculine] (Russian), alt neo-chinnteach (Scottish Gaelic), неодређени члан [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), neodređeni član [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), artículo indefinido [masculine] (Spanish), artículo indeterminado (Spanish), obestämd artikel [common-gender] (Swedish), belirsiz harfitarif (Turkish), belirsiz tanımlık (Turkish), неви́значений арти́кль (nevýznačenyj artýklʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), mạo từ bất định (Vietnamese), mạo từ không xác định (Vietnamese), mạo từ không hạn định (Vietnamese), bannod amhenodol [feminine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "es tuxajlax jalgac gišüün",
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          "word": "rodzajnik nieokreślony"
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          "word": "artigo indefinido"
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          "roman": "neopredeljónnyj artíklʹ",
          "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
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        "(grammar) A word preceding a noun to indicate that the noun refers to any member of the class of objects named by the noun."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Article (grammar)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njavýznačany artýklʹ",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нявы́значаны арты́кль"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neopredelítelen člen",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "неопредели́телен член"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "word": "article indefinit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "word": "不定冠詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùdìng guàncí",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "word": "不定冠词"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neurčitý člen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lidwoord van onbepaaldheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "onbepaald lidwoord"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "word": "artikolo nedefinida"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "word": "nedefinida artikolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "word": "epämääräinen artikkeli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "article indéfini"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "artigo indefinido"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "unbestimmter Artikel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aóristo árthro",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "αόριστο άρθρο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "word": "határozatlan névelő"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "óákveðinn greinir"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "óákv. gr."
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "word": "alt éiginnte"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "articolo indeterminativo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふていかんし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "futei kanshi",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "word": "不定冠詞"
    },
    {
      "alt": "不定冠詞",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bujeonggwansa",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "word": "부정관사"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "es tuxajlax jalgac gišüün",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "эс тухайлах ялгац гишүүн"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "todorxoj bus jalgac gišüün",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "тодорхой бус ялгац гишүүн"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "articl'ye îndéfinnie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rodzajnik nieokreślony"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "artigo indefinido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "articol nehotărât"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neopredeljónnyj artíklʹ",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "неопределённый арти́кль"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "word": "alt neo-chinnteach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "неодређени члан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neodređeni član"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "artículo indefinido"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "word": "artículo indeterminado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "obestämd artikel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "word": "belirsiz harfitarif"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "word": "belirsiz tanımlık"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nevýznačenyj artýklʹ",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "неви́значений арти́кль"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "word": "mạo từ bất định"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "word": "mạo từ không xác định"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "word": "mạo từ không hạn định"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bannod amhenodol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "indefinite article"
}

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