"anken" meaning in Breton

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Noun

IPA: \ˈãŋ.kɛn\ Forms: ankenioù [plural]
  1. Angoisse.
    Sense id: fr-anken-br-noun-mB-0MoD3
  2. Envie.
    Sense id: fr-anken-br-noun-OjxTsnvh
  3. Faim.
    Sense id: fr-anken-br-noun-BSC5kC6s
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (Angoisse): enkrez Synonyms (Envie): cʼhoant Synonyms (Faim): naon Derived forms: ankeniañ, ankeniet, ankenius, dianken, diankeniañ

Inflected forms

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Mots en breton issus d’un mot en moyen breton",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Mots en breton issus d’un mot en proto-celtique",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Noms communs en breton",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Breton",
      "orig": "breton",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ankeniañ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ankeniet"
    },
    {
      "word": "ankenius"
    },
    {
      "word": "dianken"
    },
    {
      "word": "diankeniañ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du moyen breton anquen, apparenté au gallois angen, (« nécessité »), à l'irlandais écen de même sens : viendrait d'un proto-celtique ank-enn, dont on peut rapprocher le grec ἀνάγκη, (« nécessité »), et peut-être le latin nec-esse."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ankenioù",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Breton",
  "lang_code": "br",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Tanguy Malmanche, Gurvan ar marc’heg estrañjour, Al Liamm, 1975, page 27",
          "text": "Anken am ren,\n Ankou am doug ;\nAnken gant he fenn,\nAnkou war e choug.\nAnkou hag Anken\na zo va lezenn.",
          "translation": "L’angoisse me dirige, la mort me porte ; l’angoisse avec sa tête, la mort sur son dos. La mort et l’angoisse sont ma loi."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Angoisse."
      ],
      "id": "fr-anken-br-noun-mB-0MoD3"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Envie."
      ],
      "id": "fr-anken-br-noun-OjxTsnvh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "local"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Terriñ an''anken : rassasier."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Faim."
      ],
      "id": "fr-anken-br-noun-BSC5kC6s",
      "raw_tags": [
        "local"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈãŋ.kɛn\\"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "Angoisse",
      "word": "enkrez"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Envie",
      "word": "cʼhoant"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Faim",
      "word": "naon"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "feminine"
  ],
  "word": "anken"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Mots en breton issus d’un mot en moyen breton",
    "Mots en breton issus d’un mot en proto-celtique",
    "Noms communs en breton",
    "breton"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ankeniañ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ankeniet"
    },
    {
      "word": "ankenius"
    },
    {
      "word": "dianken"
    },
    {
      "word": "diankeniañ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du moyen breton anquen, apparenté au gallois angen, (« nécessité »), à l'irlandais écen de même sens : viendrait d'un proto-celtique ank-enn, dont on peut rapprocher le grec ἀνάγκη, (« nécessité »), et peut-être le latin nec-esse."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ankenioù",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Breton",
  "lang_code": "br",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Tanguy Malmanche, Gurvan ar marc’heg estrañjour, Al Liamm, 1975, page 27",
          "text": "Anken am ren,\n Ankou am doug ;\nAnken gant he fenn,\nAnkou war e choug.\nAnkou hag Anken\na zo va lezenn.",
          "translation": "L’angoisse me dirige, la mort me porte ; l’angoisse avec sa tête, la mort sur son dos. La mort et l’angoisse sont ma loi."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Angoisse."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Envie."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "local"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Terriñ an''anken : rassasier."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Faim."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "local"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈãŋ.kɛn\\"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "Angoisse",
      "word": "enkrez"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Envie",
      "word": "cʼhoant"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Faim",
      "word": "naon"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "feminine"
  ],
  "word": "anken"
}

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