different between ingang vs entryway

English

Etymology

From Middle English ingang (“entrance”), from Old English ingang, from Proto-Germanic *inngangaz, equivalent to in- +? gang. Cognate with Dutch ingang (“entryway”), Old High German ingang (“entrance”) (German Eingang). More at in, gang.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n(?)?æ?/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /??n?a?/

Noun

ingang (plural ingangs)

1. (archaic, rare) An entrance or entryway.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:ingang.

Related terms

• outgang

References

• 1911, William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, The Century dictionary and cyclopedia, "ingang".
• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Anagrams

• naggin

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch inganc, from Old Dutch *ingang, from Proto-Germanic *inngangaz, ultimately from *??eng?-. Equivalent to in (“in”) +? gang (“passageway, hallway”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??????/
• Hyphenation: in?gang

Noun

ingang m (plural ingangen, diminutive ingangetje n)

1. entrance

   Antonym: uitgang

2. (electronics) input

   Antonym: uitgang

3. entry, lemma (in a dictionary)

Derived terms

• artiesteningang
• dienstingang
• hoofdingang

Anagrams

• ging na, naging

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English ingang (“ingress, entry, entrance”), from Proto-Germanic *inngangaz. Cognate with Old High German ingang (“entrance”) (German Eingang).

Noun

ingang (plural ingangs)

1. an entry, entrance
2. permission granted for entry, admission

Synonyms

• infer, infare

Related terms

• outgang
• misgang

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *inngangaz. Cognate with Old Frisian ingong, Old Saxon ingang, Old Dutch *ingang, Old High German ingang, Old Norse inngangr. Equivalent to in- +? gang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?in???n?/, [?in?????]

Noun

ingang m

1. entrance (place of entry or act of entering)
2. permission to enter: access, admission
3. a beginning, first step

Declension

Antonyms

• ?tgang

Descendants

• Middle English: ingang
  • English: ingang

English

Etymology

entry +? way

Noun

entryway (plural entryways)

1. An opening or hallway allowing entry into a structure.

   There were greeters handing out programmes in the entryway to the museum.

See also

• doorway
• entrance
• ingang
• foyer

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