Meanings
nounindefinite article (plural indefinite articles)
plural indefinite articles
- grammarA word preceding a noun to indicate that the noun refers to any member of the class of objects named by the noun.
The main literary dialect of ancient Greek ... has a definite article, but no indefinite article.
2018, Kory Stamper, Word by Word, page 282 more examples
The English Indefinite Article, "a" or "an", is more frequently used that the Italian Indefinite Article, "un", "uno", "una".
1884, Napoleone Perini, “On the Use of the Indefinite Article”, in An Italian Conversation Grammar, page 98In the indefinite article, we must note the plural in i, due to the influence of the plural li of the definite article[.]
1921, Harry Egerton Ford, “Part II. Morphology”, in Modern Provençal Phonology and Morphology
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Arabic أَدَاةُ تَنْكِير, أَدَاةُ نَكِرَة
- أَدَاةُ تَنْكِير (ʔadātu tankīr)word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
- أَدَاةُ نَكِرَة (ʔadātu nakira)word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Bulgarian неопредели́телен член
- неопредели́телен член (neopredelítelen člen)word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Catalan article indefinit
- article indefinitword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Chinese Mandarin 不定冠詞 /不定冠词
- 不定冠詞 /不定冠词 (bùdìng guàncí)word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Czech neurčitý člen
- neurčitý členword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Danish ubestemt artikel
- ubestemt artikelword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Dutch lidwoord van onbepaaldheid, onbepaald lidwoord
- lidwoord van onbepaaldheidword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
- onbepaald lidwoordword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Esperanto artikolo nedefinida, nedefinida artikolo
- artikolo nedefinidaword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
- nedefinida artikoloword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Finnish epämääräinen artikkeli
- epämääräinen artikkeliword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
French article indéfini
- article indéfiniword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
German unbestimmter Artikel
- unbestimmter Artikelword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Greek αόριστο άρθρο
- αόριστο άρθρο (aóristo árthro)word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Hungarian határozatlan névelő
- határozatlan névelőword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Icelandic óákveðinn greinir, óákv. gr.
- óákveðinn greinirword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
- óákv. gr.word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Irish alt éiginnte
- alt éiginnteword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Italian articolo indeterminativo
- articolo indeterminativoword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Japanese 不定冠詞
- 不定冠詞 (futei kanshi)word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Korean 부정관사
- 부정관사 (bujeonggwansa)word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Polish przedimek nieokreślony
- przedimek nieokreślonyword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Portuguese artigo indefinido
- artigo indefinidoword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Romanian articol nehotărât
- articol nehotărâtword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Russian неопределённый арти́кль
- неопределённый арти́кль (neopredeljónnyj artíklʹ)word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Scottish Gaelic alt neo-chinnteach
- alt neo-chinnteachword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Slovak neurčitý člen
- neurčitý členword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Spanish artículo indefinido, artículo indeterminado
- artículo indefinidoword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
- artículo indeterminadoword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Swedish obestämd artikel
- obestämd artikelword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Turkish belirsiz harfitarif, belirsiz tanımlık
- belirsiz harfitarifword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
- belirsiz tanımlıkword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Ukrainian неви́значений арти́кль
- неви́значений арти́кль (nevýznačenyj artýklʹ)word preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Vietnamese mạo từ bất định, mạo từ không xác định
- mạo từ bất địnhword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
- mạo từ không xác địnhword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
- mạo từ không hạn địnhword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
Welsh bannod amhenodol
- bannod amhenodolword preceding a noun to indicate any member of the class of objects
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