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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?nsa (“a handle, haft”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æn.s?/

Noun

ansa (plural ansae)

1. (astronomy) The most protruding part of planetary rings as seen from a distance, perceived to project like handles on either side of the disc of the planet.
2. (anatomy) A loop-shaped structure.

   Hyponyms: ansa cervicalis, ansa lenticularis

Derived terms

• ansa compound
• ansamycin
• ansate

Translations

References

• “ansa”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “ansa”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• ANAs, N.A.S.A., NASA, Naas, Nasa, Saan, anas

Finnish

(index an)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ansa (compare Estonian aas), borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Old Prussian ansis (“hook, latch”), Latvian osa), from Proto-Indo-European *h?emseh? (compare Latin ?nsa (“handle”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ns?/, [??ns??]
• Rhymes: -?ns?
• Syllabification: an?sa

Noun

ansa

1. trap
2. booby trap

Declension

Derived terms

• ansoittaa
• ansoittaja

Hyponyms

• käpälälauta
• loukku
• pinne

Anagrams

• saan, sana

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.sa/

Verb

ansa

1. third-person singular past historic of anser

Anagrams

• sana

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese asa. Cognate with Kabuverdianu aza.

Noun

ansa

1. wing

Iban

Etymology

From Malay angsa.

Noun

ansa

1. goose (a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse anza.

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) anza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ansa/
• Rhymes: -ansa

Verb

ansa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ansaði, supine ansað)

1. to answer, to reply
2. to pay heed to

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (answer): svara
• (pay heed to): gegna, sinna

Derived terms

• ans

Irish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

ansa

1. dearest, most beloved

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

ansa

1. (literary) difficult

Etymology 3

From Latin ansa (“handle”).

Noun

ansa m (genitive singular ansa, nominative plural ansaí)

1. (astronomy) ansa

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "ansa" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “ansa” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “ansa” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?an.sa/
• Rhymes: -ansa

Etymology 1

Probably from Proto-Germanic *ansij? (“loop, handle”) mixed with *asa, inherited from Latin ?nsa (“handle”), perhaps also formally influenced by the Latin in the literary language. Cf. German Öse (“eyelet”), Romansch ansa, onsa (“eyelet”); contrast the inherited Sardinian asa (“handle”), Lombard asa (“handle”) and aseta (“loop”), Verona Venetian asa (“soffit”), Abruzzo Neapolitan asa (“door hinge”), Calabria Sicilian asa (“handle”), Portuguese asa (“wing; handle”), Galician asa (“handle”), Spanish asa (“handle”).

Noun

ansa f (plural anse)

1. handle

   Synonyms: manico, maniglia, presa

2. (rare) excuse, pretext

   Synonyms: appiglio, pretesto, scusa

3. (geography) curve or bend (in a river)

   Synonyms: curva, meandro

4. (geography) a small bight, bay, cove

   Synonym: insenatura

5. loop, coil
6. As name of various chirurgical or laboratory instruments

Etymology 2

Verb

ansa

1. third-person singular present indicative of ansare
2. second-person singular imperative of ansare

Anagrams

• ANAS, sana

References

• ansa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) , “ansa”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h?emseh? (“handle”), from *h?em- (“to grasp”). See also amplus and ampla (“handle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?an.sa/, [?ä??s?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?an.sa/, [??ns?]

Noun

?nsa f (genitive ?nsae); first declension

1. handle
2. tiller (handle of the rudder)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• Catalan: nansa
• French: anse
• Galician: asa, aza
• Italian: ansa
• Portuguese: asa
• Spanish: asa

References

Further reading

• ansa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ansa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ansa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ansa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• ansa in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• anse (e infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse ansa, anza.

Verb

ansa (present tense ansar, past tense ansa, past participle ansa, passive infinitive ansast, present participle ansande, imperative ans)

1. notice, pay attention to

   Eg ansa deg ikkje.

   I didn't notice you.

Synonyms

• (notice): ensa, ense

References

• “anse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From French anse, from Latin ?nsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?an.sa/

Noun

ansa f

1. (literary) resentment, animosity, ill will

   Synonyms: uraza, niech??, pretensja

Declension

Further reading

• ansa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Verb

ansa (present ansar, preterite ansade, supine ansat, imperative ansa)

1. to prune (to trim a tree or shrub)

Conjugation

Anagrams

• anas, nasa

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English answer.

Noun

ansa

1. answer

English

Alternative forms

• ana

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (anna, “food, grain”), ??? (?n?), from Sanskrit ???? (anna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æn?/

  Rhymes: -æn?

Noun

anna (plural annas)

1. A unit of currency in former British India equal to 12 pies or ¹?₁₆ rupee.

Translations

Anagrams

• A.A.N.N., Nana, anan, na-na, naan, nana

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?n?/

Noun

anná f 

1. aunt

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Finnish

(index an)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n???/, [??n??(?)]
• Rhymes: -?n??
• Syllabification: an?na

Verb

anna

1. Indicative present connegative form of antaa.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of antaa.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of antaa.

Anagrams

• Nana, naan

Gothic

Romanization

anna

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse anna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?an?a/
• Rhymes: -an?a

Verb

anna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative annaði, supine annað)

1. (transitive, with dative) to manage, be able to do
2. (reflexive, with dative) to care for, see to

Conjugation

Related terms

• umönnun
• önn

Ingrian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?an?a/

Verb

anna

1. indicative present connegative of antaa
2. second-person singular imperative present of antaa

References

• Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)?^[2]

Japanese

Romanization

anna

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Latin

Verb

ann?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ann?

References

• anna in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• anna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• anna in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Norwegian Bokmål

Determiner

anna

1. feminine singular of annen
2. neuter singular of annen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Determiner

anna

1. feminine singular of annan
2. neuter singular of annan

Old Norse

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ann-a

Verb

anna

1. to be able to do
2. to bring to completion

Conjugation

Derived terms

• ?nn

References

• anna in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• anna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• anna in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit ???? (anna, “food”)

Noun

anna n

1. food, especially boiled rice

Declension

Etymology 2

See ann?

Noun

anna

1. vocative singular of ann? (“mummy”)

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji anaa and Hadiyya anna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?an?a/

Noun

anna m (plural annuuwa f)

1. father

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 82

Turkmen

Etymology

From Persian ????? âdine > adna > anna.

Noun

anna (definite accusative annany, plural annalar)

1. Friday