ann

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US, UK/æn/Scotland/an/[eən]Australia/æːn/

noun

An annate.

Opposite
BNN
OriginLatin annata →
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Meanings

ann1

nounann (plural anns)

plural anns · alternative annat

  1. obsoleteAn annate.

Ann2

proper noun

alternative Anne

  1. A female given name from Hebrew.

    ramsden. When you say Ann, you mean, I presume, Miss Whitefield. / tanner. I mean our Ann, your Ann, Tavy's Ann, and now, Heaven help me, my Ann!

    1901–1903, [George] Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman. […], Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable & Co., published 1903, →OCLC, Act I, page 8
    3 more examples

    Given a perfectly good American name like Ann, she has deliberately chosen to label herself "Anya" after a long-dead great-grandmother, and put jam in her tea.

    1969, Constance Urdang, Natural History, Harper&Row, page 61

    "Her full name is Annie Lou. Like calling herself a snooty white girl name like Ann makes up for it." "Must I remind you that Ann is also my middle name?"

    2005, Mary Monroe, In Sheep's Clothing, Dafina Books, →ISBN, page 129

    “Trump proposes amnesty. We voted for Trump and got Jeb!” said Ann Coulter on Twitter, referring to former Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush.

    2019 January 19, Stephen Collinson and Maegan Vazquez, “Trump’s offer of temporary protection for immigrants to end shutdown is a ‘non-starter,’ say Democrats”, in CNN

Ann3

proper nounAnn (plural Anns)

plural Anns · alternative Anne

  1. A surname from Welsh.
nounAnn (plural Anns)

plural Anns · alternative Anne

  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of anniversary.
adjectiveAnn (not comparable)

alternative Anne

  1. abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of annual.

ANN4

nounANN (plural ANNs)

plural ANNs

  1. abbreviationinitialismmachine learningInitialism of artificial neural network.

    Antonyms: BNN

  2. abbreviationinitialismcomputerInitialism of approximate nearest neighbor.
  3. InternetabbreviationAbbreviation of announcement, in e-mail or newsgroup subject lines.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

ann · noun

  1. Latinannata“income of a year; income of half a year”
  2. Englishann

From Latin annata (“income of a year; income of half a year”), from annus (“year”): compare French annate (“annats”), Spanish anata (“annats”).

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Ann · proper noun

  1. Hebrewחַנָּה“Hannah”
  2. Koine GreekἌννα“Anna”
  3. Late LatinAnna
  4. EnglishAnn

From Late Latin Anna chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna, “Anna”) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). Occasionally reborrowed from languages who adopted the name from English. Very infrequently from Estonian abbreviation of Anna instead. Doublet of Ana, Anna, Anne, and Hannah.

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Ann · proper noun, noun, adjective

Habitational surname from Abbotts Ann in Hampshire, named for the stream that runs through it, which is most probably named with an ancient Welsh word meaning "ash tree stream". Compare Welsh onn (“ash tree”).

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Translations

Arabic آنَّا, آنّ
  • آنَّا (ʔānnā)female given name
  • آنّ (ʔānn)female given name
  • حَنَّة (ḥanna)female given name
Bengali অ্যান
  • অ্যান (ên)female given name
Bulgarian А́на, Ен
  • А́на (Ána)female given name
  • Енfemale given name
Catalan Anna, Aina
  • Annafemale given name
  • Ainafemale given name
Chinese Mandarin 安, 安娜
  • 安 (Ān)female given name
  • 安娜 (Ānnà)female given name
Czech Anna
  • Annafemale given name
Danish Anna
  • Annafemale given name
Dutch Anna, Anne
  • Annafemale given name
  • Annefemale given name
Esperanto Anno
  • Annofemale given name
Estonian Anna
  • Annafemale given name
Finnish Anna
  • Annafemale given name
French Anne
  • Annefemale given name
German Anna
  • Annafemale given name
Greek Άννα
  • Άννα (Ánna)female given name
Hawaiian ʻAna
  • ʻAnafemale given name
Hebrew חַנָּה
  • חַנָּה (khaná)female given name
Hindi एन
  • एन (en)female given name
Hungarian Anna
  • Annafemale given name
Icelandic Anna
  • Annafemale given name
Irish Áine, Ánna
  • Áinefemale given name
  • Ánnafemale given name
Italian Anna
  • Annafemale given name
Japanese アンナ, アン
  • アンナfemale given name
  • アンfemale given name
Korean 안나, 안
  • 안나female given name
  • 안female given name
Latin Anna
  • Annafemale given name
Latvian Anna
  • Annafemale given name
Lithuanian Ona
  • Onafemale given name
Māori Ani
  • Anifemale given name
Norwegian Anna
  • Annafemale given name
Persian حنا, آنا
  • حنا (hannâ)female given name
  • آنا (ânnâ)female given name
  • آن (ân)female given name
Polish Anna
  • Annafemale given name
Portuguese Ana
  • Anafemale given name
Romanian Ana
  • Anafemale given name
Russian А́нна, Энн
  • А́нна (Ánna)female given name
  • Энн (Enn)female given name
Scottish Gaelic Anna
  • Annafemale given name
Slovak Anna
  • Annafemale given name
Spanish Ana
  • Anafemale given name
Swedish Anna
  • Annafemale given name
Thai แอนน์
  • แอนน์female given name
Ukrainian Га́нна, Енн
  • Га́нна (Hánna)female given name
  • Енн (Enn)female given name

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with ann

anthanjanmanplanjapanvanfandanIranpanTaiwanAnnescanranLANbantanspansudanDianeMilanclanchan
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Sounds the same

an (stressed)

Anagrams

nan
Cite this entry
APA

ann. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ann

MLA

“ann.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ann. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ann,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ann.

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