different between into vs ints

English

Etymology

From Middle English in-to, from Old English int?, equivalent to in +? to. Cognate with Scots intae.

Pronunciation

• (stressed)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /??n.tu?/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /??n.tu/
• (unstressed, before consonants) IPA^(key): /??n.t?/
• (unstressed, before vowels) IPA^(key): /??n.t?/
• Hyphenation: in?to

Preposition

into

1. To or towards the inside of.

2. To or towards the region of.

3. Against, especially with force or violence.

4. Indicates transition into another form or substance.
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5. After the start of.

6. (colloquial) Interested in or attracted to.

7. (Britain, archaic, India, mathematics) Expressing the operation of multiplication.

8. (mathematics) Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes".

9. Investigating the subject (of).

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

• Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Bounded landmarks", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8

Anagrams

• -tion, -toin, Toni, noit, oint, on it

Finnish

Etymology

From dialectal inta, from Proto-Finnic *inta (compare Estonian ind, Livonian ind), probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare Old Swedish inna (“achievement, accomplishment”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?into/, [?in?t?o?]
• Rhymes: -into
• Syllabification: in?to

Noun

into

1. eagerness, enthusiasm

   odottaa innolla (+ partitive) = to look forward to

2. passion, fervour/fervor, ardour/ardor
3. zeal, fanaticism

Declension

Synonyms

• (eagerness, enthusiasm): innokkuus, innostus
• (passion, fervo(u)r, ardo(u)r): intohimo
• (zeal, fanaticism): kiihko

Derived terms

Compounds

• intohimo
• intomieli

Anagrams

• Toni, otin, toin

Ligurian

Etymology

Contraction of inte (“in”) + o m sg (“the”, definite article).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?tu/

Contraction

into

1. in the (+ a masculine name in the singular)

Synonyms

• ne-o

Coordinate terms

• inta
• inte
• inti

Middle English

Preposition

into

1. Alternative spelling of in-to

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin intus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ind??/

Preposition

into

1. in (surrounded by)

Old English

Etymology

in +? t?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in?to?/

Preposition

int?

1. into

Descendants

• Middle English: in-to, into, inne to, jn to, jne to, inte
  • English: into
  • Scots: intae

Southern Ndebele

Noun

întó 9 (plural ízintó 10)

1. thing

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Xhosa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [í??tó]

Noun

íntó 9 (plural ízintó 10)

1. thing

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Yemsa

Noun

into

1. mother

References

• David Appleyard, Beja as a Cushitic language, in Egyptian and Semito-Hamitic (Afro-Asiatic) Studies: In Memoriam W. Vycichl (Yem into "mother")

Zulu

Etymology

From in- +? -tha (“to name, to choose”) +? -o. Compare with a similar derivation in Swahili jambo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /î?ntó/

Noun

întó 9 (plural ízintó 10)

1. thing

Inflection

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “-tho”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ?ISBN: “-tho (2-6.3)”

English

Noun

ints

1. plural of int

Anagrams

• Inst., NIST, NTIS, TINs, Tsin, inst, inst., isn't, nits, snit, tins

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• intsél

Etymology

int +? -j (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?int??]
• Hyphenation: ints
• Rhymes: -int??

Verb

ints

1. second-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of int