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English

Etymology

From German Luft (“air”).

Noun

luft (uncountable)

1. (chess) Space made for a castled king to give it a flight square to prevent a back-rank mate.

Czech

Etymology

From German Luft.

Noun

luft m

1. (informal) air

Synonyms

• See also vzduch

Further reading

• luft in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• luft in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German luft, lucht (“air, smell”), from Old Saxon luft, from Proto-West Germanic *luftu. Probably influenced by German Luft (“air”). It is a cognate of Danish loft (“attic”) and Danish lugt (“smell”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [?l?fd]

Noun

luft c (definite singular luften) (uncountable)

1. air

Derived terms

• luftmodstand
• luftskib

Faroese

Etymology

From Middle Low German lucht, from Old Saxon luft, from Proto-West Germanic *luftu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l?ft]

Noun

luft f (genitive singular luftar, uncountable)

1. air
2. atmosphere, sky

Declension

Related terms

• skýggj
• tora
• snarljós

Middle English

Alternative forms

• lift(e), left(e), lüfte

Etymology

From Old English lyft (“air, atmosphere, firmament”), from Proto-West Germanic *luftu, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz (“air, upper region”). More at lift.

Noun

lüft

1. air
2. atmosphere
3. heavens, sky, firmament

Descendants

• English lift ("the sky, atmosphere")

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

luft f or m (definite singular lufta or luften, uncountable)

1. air

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German lucht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?ft/

Noun

luft f (definite singular lufta, uncountable)

1. air

Derived terms

References

• “luft” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• lufte

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *luftu, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz (“air, upper region”).

Noun

luft

1. air
2. the sky

Descendants

• North Frisian: loft (“the sky”)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Luft.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lûft/

Noun

l?ft m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (colloquial) air

Synonyms

• vàzd?h, zr?k

References

• “luft” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Luft.

Noun

luft

1. air

Synonyms

• (air): wjater (Texas)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from German Luft.

Pronunciation

Noun

luft c

1. air, atmosphere

Declension

Derived terms

• flyga i luften (“to be blown up”)
• bygga luftslott (“to have huge, and completely unrealistic plans dreams, or hopes”)
• frilufts-
• luftmotstånd
• luftskepp
• luftslott
• tagen ur luften (“it is completely made up”, literally “taken out of thin air”)

Related terms

• lufta

Anagrams

• fult

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