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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

Etymology

From Latin antae (“pilasters”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æn.t?/

Noun

anta (plural antae or antas)

1. (architecture) A kind of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base.

Related terms

• in antis

Anagrams

• AANT, Anat, Nata, Tana, anat., naat, taan, tana

Galician

Alternative forms

• ante

Etymology

Probably from Latin antae (“jamb”); alternatively from a substrate Indo-European language

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?anta?/

Noun

anta m (plural antas)

1. dolmen, menhir, megalith; landmark

   Synonyms: arca, forno

2. large vertical stone used in the construction of drystone walls

   Synonym: chanto

Derived terms

• Anta
• Antas
• Antas de Ulla
• Antela
• Antelo

References

• “anta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “anta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “anta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “anta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “anta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hausa

Noun

ant?? f (possessed form antàr?)

1. Alternative spelling of hanta

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?an.ta/

Etymology 1

From Latin antae f pl.

Noun

anta f (plural ante)

1. door (of furniture)
2. shutter (of window)
3. sash (of window)
4. panel

Synonyms

• sportello
• pannello

Etymology 2

From the suffix -anta common to quaranta (“forty”), cinquanta (“fifty”), sessanta (“sixty”), settanta (“seventy”), ottanta (“eighty”), and novanta (“ninety”).

Noun

anta m pl (plural only)

1. (informal) forties, fifties, sixties, ... (in someone's age)

Anagrams

• nata
• tana

Japanese

Romanization

anta

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *antadak.

Verb

anta

1. give

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

an- +? ta; from German [Term?]

Verb

anta (imperative anta, present tense antar, passive antas, simple past antok, past participle antatt, present participle antakende)

1. to assume, presume
2. to accept, approve

Derived terms

• antagelig, antakelig
• antagelse, antakelse

References

• “anta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???? (anta).

Noun

anta m

1. end
2. goal
3. top

Declension

Derived terms

• k?ranta (“final sound of word”)

Noun

anta n

1. intestine, tharm

Declension

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /???.ta/, /???.t?/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /???.t?/
• Hyphenation: an?ta

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese anta, from Latin ant?s, antae pl.

Noun

anta f (plural antas)

1. (architecture) anta
2. dolmen (prehistoric megalithic tomb)

   Synonym: dólmen

Etymology 2

From Arabic ???????? (lamta).

Noun

anta f (plural antas)

1. tapir (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)

   Synonym: tapir

Noun

anta m, f (plural antas)

1. (Brazil, figuratively) a stupid person

Spanish

Etymology

From ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?anta/, [?ãn?.t?a]

Noun

anta f (plural antas)

1. female equivalent of ante; moose, elk
2. (Bolivia) tapir (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae.)

   Synonyms: tapir, anteburro, sachavaca, danta, ante

Further reading

• “anta” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Etymology

Apocopic form of antaga, calqued from Middle Low German annemen or German annehmen. All compounds with the verb ta have gone through apocope and those forms are now the standard ones, see also avta/avtaga, inta/intaga and överta/övertaga. Cognate with Danish antage, Norwegian Bokmål anta, Norwegian Nynorsk anta, antake, antaka. Morphologically the same as native Swedish åta (åtaga) and English ontake.

Pronunciation

Verb

anta (present antar, preterite antog, supine antagit, imperative anta)

1. to suppose, to presume, to guess

2. to accept an offer

3. (especially in the past participle) to accept (to a school, etc.)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• antagning
• antagande

References

• anta in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).

• anta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• anat, anat.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?an.?ta/, /??an.ta/

Noun

antá or anta

1. rancidity; rancid odor

Derived terms