"isn’t" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Anglais]

IPA: \ˈɪz.n̩t\, ˈɪz.n̩t Audio: En-us-isn't.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-isn't.wav
Forms: (to) be, being [participle, present], been [participle, past], be (2ᵉ sing. arch. : beest) [subjunctive, present], were (2ᵉ sing. arch. : wast) [subjunctive, past], am [affirmative], ’m [affirmative], am not [negative], aren’t, amn’t, ain’t [negative], art [affirmative], ’rt [affirmative], art not [negative], are [affirmative], ’re [affirmative], are not [negative], aren’t, ain’t [negative], is [affirmative], ’s [affirmative], is not [negative], isn’t, ain’t [negative], was [affirmative, preterite], was not [negative, preterite], wasn’t [negative, preterite], wast, wert [affirmative, preterite], wast/wert not [negative, preterite], were [affirmative, preterite], were not [negative, preterite], weren’t [negative, preterite], ’sn’t [colloquial, rare], is n’t [obsolete]
  1. Négation de is, contraction de “is not” : « N’est pas ». Form of: pas
    Sense id: fr-isn’t-en-verb-2ryFrPSA Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: not Derived forms (it isn’t): ’tisn’t [rare] Related terms: -n’t
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        "Longue",
        "Présent indicatif",
        "3ᵉ sing."
      ],
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        "affirmative"
      ]
    },
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        "Contra.",
        "Présent indicatif",
        "3ᵉ sing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "affirmative"
      ]
    },
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        "Longue",
        "Présent indicatif",
        "3ᵉ sing."
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      "tags": [
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        "Présent indicatif",
        "3ᵉ sing."
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        "1^(ère) et 3ᵉ sing."
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        "1^(ère) et 3ᵉ sing."
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        "Contra.",
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        "Négation de is, contraction de “is not” : « N’est pas »."
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        "1^(ère) sing."
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        "3ᵉ sing."
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}

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