ans

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ans"

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈænz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

ans

1. plural of an

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• ans.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæns/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːns/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

ans

1. Abbreviation of answer.

Anagrams

• -san, NAS, NAs, NSA, SAN, SAn, SNA, San, san

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• oans (West Central Bavarian)

Etymology

From the numeral aans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˑns/, [ɑːns]

Pronoun

ans n

1. one

See also

Declination of a

	m	n	f
Nominative	a (determiner) ana (pronoun)	a (determiner) ans (pronoun)	a (determiner) ane (pronoun)
Accusative	an
Dative	am		ana

• a (“a”, article)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈans]

Adverb

ans

1. (formal) rather, before

   ans al contrari

   on the contrary

Related terms

• abans

Further reading

• “ans” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ans”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “ans” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ans” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Franco-Provençal

Noun

ans

1. plural of an

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

ans m pl

1. plural of an

   Suzanne a deux ans de plus que moi. ― Suzanne is two years older than me.

Anagrams

• san

German

Alternative forms

• an's

Etymology

Contraction of an + das

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Contraction

ans (+ optionally: adjective in accusative case + neuter noun in accusative case)

1. an + das, on(to) the, to the

Gothic

Romanization

ans

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐍃

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• anz (obsolete)

Noun

ans f

1. (rare) an answer

Synonyms

• (an answer): svar n

Derived terms

• ansa

Occitan

Noun

ans

1. plural of an

Old Occitan

Noun

ans m pl

1. nominative plural of an
2. oblique singular of an

Volapük

Pronoun

ans

1. some people