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{
"word": "definite article"
}
],
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{
"form": "indefinite articles",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"pos": "noun",
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{
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w"
},
{
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"parents": [
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{
"ref": "1884, Napoleone Perini, “On the Use of the Indefinite Article”, in An Italian Conversation Grammar, page 98",
"text": "The English Indefinite Article, \"a\" or \"an\", is more frequently used that the Italian Indefinite Article, \"un\", \"uno\", \"una\".",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1921, Harry Egerton Ford, “Part II. Morphology”, in Modern Provençal Phonology and Morphology",
"text": "In the indefinite article, we must note the plural in i, due to the influence of the plural li of the definite article[.]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2018, Kory Stamper, Word by Word, page 28",
"text": "The main literary dialect of ancient Greek ... has a definite article, but no indefinite article.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A word preceding a noun to indicate that the noun refers to any member of the class of objects named by the noun."
],
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{
"word": "article"
}
],
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"precede"
],
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"noun"
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],
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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."
],
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"grammar",
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
],
"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"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Article (grammar)"
]
}
],
"word": "indefinite article"
}
{
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{
"word": "definite article"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "indefinite articles",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "indefinite article (plural indefinite articles)",
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{
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English terms with quotations",
"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"en:Grammar"
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1884, Napoleone Perini, “On the Use of the Indefinite Article”, in An Italian Conversation Grammar, page 98",
"text": "The English Indefinite Article, \"a\" or \"an\", is more frequently used that the Italian Indefinite Article, \"un\", \"uno\", \"una\".",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1921, Harry Egerton Ford, “Part II. Morphology”, in Modern Provençal Phonology and Morphology",
"text": "In the indefinite article, we must note the plural in i, due to the influence of the plural li of the definite article[.]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2018, Kory Stamper, Word by Word, page 28",
"text": "The main literary dialect of ancient Greek ... has a definite article, but no indefinite article.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A word preceding a noun to indicate that the noun refers to any member of the class of objects named by the noun."
],
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[
"grammar",
"grammar"
],
[
"preceding",
"precede"
],
[
"noun",
"noun"
],
[
"class",
"class"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(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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