different between ann vs bother

English

Alternative forms

• annat

Etymology

From Latin annata (“income of a year; income of half a year”), from annus (“year”): compare French annate (“annats”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /æn/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /an/

Noun

ann (plural anns)

1. Obsolete spelling of annate

Anagrams

• NAN, NaN, Nan, nan

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Contraction of annou, from French à nous.

Adverb

ann

1. Contraction of annou; let's

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /aun??/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /??n??/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /an??/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish and, from Proto-Indo-European *h?n?dó

Adverb

ann

1. there

Derived terms

• bí ann

Pronoun

ann (emphatic annsan)

1. third-person singular masculine of i: in him, in it m

Etymology 2

Reduced form of inmhe

Noun

ann

1. Only used in in ann

Further reading

• "ann" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “ann” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

References

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin annus.

Noun

ann m (plural agn)

1. year

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin annus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?an?/

Noun

ann m (usually invariable, plural agn)

1. year

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aun??/, /ã?n??/

Etymology

From Old Irish and. Cognates include Irish ann and Manx ayn.

Adverb

ann

1. there

2. in existence, alive

Derived terms

• ann am
• ann an

Pronoun

ann

1. third-person singular masculine of an; in him, in it

Inflection

References

• “ann” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Malcolm MacLennan, editor (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: John Grant

Vilamovian

Noun

ann

1. plural of ?n

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots bauther, bather (“to bother”). Origin unknown. Perhaps related to Scots pother (“to make a stir or commotion, bustle”), also of unknown origin. Compare English pother (“to poke, prod”), variant of potter (“to poke”). More at potter. Perhaps related to Irish bodhaire (“noise”), Irish bodhraim (“to deafen, annoy”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: b??-th?r, IPA^(key): /?b?ð??/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): [?b?ð?(?)]
• (UK) IPA^(key): [?b?ð?(?)]
  • Rhymes: -?ð?(r)
• (US) IPA^(key): [?b?ð?]

Verb

bother (third-person singular simple present bothers, present participle bothering, simple past and past participle bothered)

1. (transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.

2. (intransitive) To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
3. (intransitive) To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive or the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms

• (annoy): annoy, disturb, irritate, put out, vex; see also Thesaurus:annoy
• (make or take trouble): care, mind; see also Thesaurus:care

Derived terms

• bebother

Translations

References

Noun

bother (countable and uncountable, plural bothers)

1. Fuss, ado.

   There was a bit of bother at the hairdresser's when they couldn't find my appointment in the book.
2. Trouble, inconvenience.

   Yes, I can do that for you - it's no bother.

Synonyms

• (fuss, ado): See also Thesaurus:commotion
• (trouble, inconvenience): See also Thesaurus:nuisance

Derived terms

• bothersome
• spot of bother

Translations

Interjection

bother!

1. A mild expression of annoyance.
   • 1926, A A Milne, Winnie the Pooh, Methuen & Co., Ltd., Chapter 2 ...in which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place:

     "Oh, help!" said Pooh. "I'd better go back."

     "Oh, bother!" said Pooh. "I shall have to go on."

     "I can't do either!" said Pooh. "Oh, help and bother!"

Synonyms

• botheration, blast, dang (US), darn, drat, phooey, fiddlesticks

Translations

Related terms

• be bothered
• bothered
• bothersome

Anagrams

• boreth