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en.

Personal article used before masculine given names instead of the definite article el.

2 characters1 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

article[ən]Balearic, Central, Northern[en]Northwestern, Valencia
  1. Personal article used before masculine given names instead of the definite article el.

    Eastern · masculine · singular
    En Pau i na Maria arribaran demà.
Where this word comes from

From the final syllable of Latin domine (“Mister”).

pron[ən]Balearic, Central, Northern[en]Northwestern, Valencia
  1. Represents an indeterminate number or quantity of a given noun.

    proclitic
  2. Represents a place (associated with the action described by the verb) that would be introduced by the preposition de.

    proclitic
  3. Replaces a phrase introduced by the preposition de.

    proclitic
  4. Replaces the object of a causative verb.

    proclitic
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin inde (“thence”). Compare French en, Italian ne.

prep[ən]Balearic, Central, Northern[en]Northwestern, Valencia
  1. in

    Va participar en la reunió
  2. when, upon, on (doing something)

    en arribar...
Where this word comes from

From Latin in (“in, inside”), from Proto-Italic *en, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”).

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