Dictionary

indefinite article en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A word preceding a noun to indicate that the noun refers to any member of the class of objects named by the noun.
   • In the indefinite article, we must note the plural in i, due to the influence of the plural li of the definite article[.] 1921, Harry Egerton Ford, “Part II. Morphology”, in Modern Provençal Phonology and Morphology:
   • The main literary dialect of ancient Greek ... has a definite article, but no indefinite article. 2018, Kory Stamper, Word by Word, page 28:
   • The English Indefinite Article, "a" or "an", is more frequently used that the Italian Indefinite Article, "un", "uno", "una". 1884, Napoleone Perini, “On the Use of the Indefinite Article”, in An Italian Conversation Grammar, page 98:

Forms

Antonyms

definite article

Hypernyms

article

Translations (51)

ru неопределённый арти́кль (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · is óákv. gr. (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · da ubestemt artikel (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · es artículo indefinido (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · vi mạo từ không xác định (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · ar أَدَاةُ تَنْكِير (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · ar أَدَاةُ نَكِرَة (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · gl artigo indefinido (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · pl przedimek nieokreślony (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · mk неопределен член (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · hsb indefinitny artikl (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · cy bannod amhenodol (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · ko 부정관사 (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · vi mạo từ không hạn định (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · cmn 不定冠詞 /不定冠词 (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · fr article indéfini (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · bg неопредели́телен член (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · sh neodređeni član (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · sk neurčitý člen (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · rsk нєодредзени член (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · sv obestämd artikel (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · el αόριστο άρθρο (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · eo nedefinida artikolo (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · nl lidwoord van onbepaaldheid (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · eo artikolo nedefinida (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · fi epämääräinen artikkeli (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · sh неодређени члан (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · ro articol nehotărât (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · tr belirsiz tanımlık (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · ca article indefinit (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · nl onbepaald lidwoord (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · de unbestimmter Artikel (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · is óákveðinn greinir (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · hsb njewobmjezowany artikl (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · it articolo indeterminativo (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · es artículo indeterminado (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · vi mạo từ bất định (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · tr belirsiz harfitarif (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · sl nedoločen člen (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · uk неви́значений арти́кль (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · hu határozatlan névelő (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · mn тодорхой бус ялгац гишүүн (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · ja 不定冠詞 (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · gd alt neo-chinnteach (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · be нявы́значаны арты́кль (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · cs neurčitý člen (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · pt artigo indefinido (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · mn эс тухайлах ялгац гишүүн (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · rm artitgel indefinit (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · nrf articl'ye îndéfinnie (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects) · ga alt éiginnte (word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects)