indefinite article

See also: indefinite-article

English

Noun

indefinite article (plural indefinite articles)

(grammar) A word preceding a noun to indicate that the noun refers to any member of the class of objects named by the noun.

Usage notes

In English, this term can be represented as a (before a consonant sound) or an (before a vowel sound) in the singular; in the plural, an indefinite article isn't used at all.

Antonyms

definite article

Hypernyms

article

Translations

word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects

Catalan: article indefinit
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不定冠詞, 不定冠词 (bùdìng guàncí)
Czech: neurčitý člen m
Dutch: lidwoord van onbepaaldheid, onbepaald lidwoord (nl) n
Esperanto: artikolo nedefinida, nedefinida artikolo
Finnish: epämääräinen artikkeli (fi)
French: article indéfini (fr) m
German: unbestimmter Artikel (de) m
Greek: αόριστο άρθρο n (aóristo árthro)
Hungarian: határozatlan névelő (hu)
Icelandic: óákveðinn greinir (is) m, óákv. gr. m

Irish: alt éiginnte
Italian: articolo indeterminativo (it) m
Japanese: 不定冠詞 (ふていかんし, futei kanshi)
Norman: articl'ye îndéfinnie f
Portuguese: artigo indefinido (pt) m
Romanian: articol nehotărât (ro) n
Russian: неопределённый арти́кль (ru) m (neopredeljónnyj artíklʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: alt neo-chinnteach
Spanish: artículo indefinido (es) m, artículo indeterminado (es)
Swedish: obestämd artikel c
Turkish: belirsiz harfitarif, belirsiz tanımlık

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