amn't

/ˈæm(ə)nt/unstressed/əm(ə)nt/

verb

am not

OriginEnglish am ← Middle English am ← Old English eom →
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Meanings

verb
  1. IrelandScotlandnonstandardrarely elsewheream not

    2004 An Coimisinéir Teanga, Frequently Asked Questions I phoned a government office but nobody there had any Irish so I couldn't do my business with them in Irish. Amn't I entitled under the Act to conduct business with any Government office in Irish?

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    If anyone thinks that I amn’t divine, He gets no free drinks when I’m making the wine

    1904, Oliver St. John Gogarty, The Song of the Cheerful (but slightly Sarcastic) Jesus

    Amn’t I with you? Amn’t I your girl?

    1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, →OL, ch. 15

    Now, I’m very conscious of what I am or amn’t referencing from those eras, and I’m so comfortable with that – being a reinvention of a retro kind of thing.

    2017 November 18, Al Porter, quoted in Patrick Freyne, "Al Porter: ‘After wild sex with a priest, I realised the priesthood was not for me’", The Irish Times

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
ain'taren't

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁es-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ésmi
  3. Proto-Germanic*immi
  4. Proto-West Germanic*im
  5. Old Englisheom
  6. Middle Englisham
  7. Englisham
  8. Englishamn't

From am + -n’t.

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APA

amn't. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amn't

MLA

“amn't.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amn't. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amn't,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amn't.

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