different between any vs awny
any
English
Alternative forms
- anie (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English any, eny, ony, ani, ani?, eni?, æni?, from Old English ?ni? (“any”), from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), equivalent to one +? -y. Cognate to Saterland Frisian eenich (“some”), West Frisian iennich (“only”), Dutch enig (“any, some”), German Low German enig (“some”), German einig (“some”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??n?/
- (UK) IPA(key): /??ni/, (dialectal) /?æni/
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /?æni/
- (US) IPA(key): /??ni/
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /??ni/
- Rhymes: -?ni, -æni
- (US) Homophone: innie (pin-pen)
Adverb
any (not comparable)
- To even the slightest extent, at all.
- I will not remain here any longer.
- If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!
- That doesn't bother me any. (chiefly US usage)
- 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, page 58:
- I wasn't any too easy in my mind.
Translations
Determiner
any
- (chiefly in the negative) At least one; of at least one kind. One at all.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), Matthew xi. 27
- No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), Matthew xi. 27
- No matter what kind.
- This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- some
Pronoun
any
- Any thing(s) or person(s).
- Any may apply.
Translations
References
- any at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- AYN, Ayn, NAY, NYA, Nay, Yan, ayn, nay, yan
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Latin annus, from Proto-Italic *atnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?et-no-, probably from *h?et- (“to go”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?a?/
- Rhymes: -a?
Noun
any m (plural anys)
- year
Derived terms
Related terms
- aniversari
- annals
- anual / anyal
- ninou
- perenne
Further reading
- “any” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Old Tupi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.?n?/
Noun
any
- Alternative form of an?
Descendants
- Portuguese: ani
- English: ani
References
- Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida; 2013; Dicionário do Tupi Antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil; São Paulo: Global.
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awny
English
Etymology
awn +? -y
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??ni
Adjective
awny
- Having awns; bearded, bristly
References
- awny in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914) , “awny”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume I (A–C), revised edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., OCLC 1078064371.
Anagrams
- YNWA, Yawn, wany, wayn, yawn
awny From the web:
- what does tawny mean
- what is tawny
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