ansa

From Latin ansa (“handle”).

ansa (plural ansae)

1. (astronomy) The most protruding part of planetary rings as seen from a distance.

• ANAs, NASA, Naas, Nasa, Saan, anas

From a Baltic language. Compare to Old Prussian ansis (“hook, latch”) and Latvian osa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑnsɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnsɑ
• Hyphenation: an‧sa

ansa

1. A trap
2. A booby trap

• ansoittaa
• ansoittaja

• saan, sana

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.sa/

ansa

1. third-person singular past historic of anser

• sana

From Portuguese asa. Cognates with Kabuverdianu aza.

ansa

1. wing

From Malay angsa, from Sanskrit हंस (haṃsá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-.

ansa

1. goose (a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae)

From Old Norse anza.

• (obsolete) anza

• IPA^(key): /ˈansa/
• Rhymes: -ansa

ansa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ansaði, supine ansað)

1. to answer, to reply
2. to pay heed to

• (answer): svara
• (pay heed to): gegna, sinna

• ans

ansa

1. dearest, most beloved

ansa

1. (literary) difficult

From Latin ansa (“handle”).

ansa m (genitive singular ansa, nominative plural ansaí)

1. (astronomy) ansa

• "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.

Directly from Latin ansa.

ansa f (plural anse)

1. handle
2. curve or bend (in a river)
3. loop, coil

ansa

1. third-person singular present indicative of ansare
2. second-person singular imperative of ansare

• ANAS, sana

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂emseh₂ (“handle”)[1], from *h₂em- (“to grasp”). See also amplus and ampla (“handle”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.sa/, [ˈãː.sa]

ānsa f (genitive ānsae); first declension

1. handle
2. tiller (handle of the rudder)

First declension.

• Catalan: nansa
• French: anse
• Galician: asa, aza
• Italian: ansa
• Portuguese: asa
• Spanish: asa

• 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to give occasion for blame; to challenge criticism: ansas dare ad reprehendum, reprehensionis
    
  • to contain, afford matter for criticism: ansam habere reprehensionis
    
• 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

• anse (e infinitive)

From Old Norse ansa, anza.

ansa (present tense ansar, past tense ansa, past participle ansa, passive infinitive ansast, present participle ansande, imperative ans/ansa)

1. notice, pay attention to

   Eg ansa deg ikkje.

   I didn't notice you.

• (notice): ensa, ense

• “anse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

ansa (present ansar, preterite ansade, supine ansat, imperative ansa)

1. to prune (to trim a tree or shrub)

From English answer.

ansa

1. answer