ans

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈænz/

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ans

1. plural of an

• ans.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæns/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːns/

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ans

1. Abbreviation of answer.

ans

1. Abbreviation of answer.
   • 1979 February 3, Billy Smith, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 27, page 14:

     GWM, release July 79, would like to hear from sincere gays. I will ans all letters.

• -san, NAS, NAs, NSA, SAN, SAn, SNA, San, san

• oans (West Central Bavarian)

From the numeral aans.

• IPA^(key): /ɑˑns/,

ans n

1. one

• a (“a”, article)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia)

ans

1. (formal) rather, before

   ans al contrari

   on the contrary

• abans

• “ans” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ans”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “ans” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ans” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

ans

1. plural of an

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃/

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• Homophones: an, en

ans m pl

1. plural of an

   Suzanne a deux ans de plus que moi.^[1] ― Suzanne is two years older than me.

• san

• an's

Contraction of an + das

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ans (+ optionally: adjective in accusative case + neuter noun in accusative case)

1. an + das, on(to) the, to the

ans

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌽𐍃

• anz (obsolete)

Derived from Icelandic ansa.

ans n (genitive singular ans, nominative plural öns)

1. (rare) an answer

   Synonym: svar (n)

• ansa

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “ans”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið

ans

1. plural of an

ans m pl

1. nominative plural of an
2. oblique singular of an

ans

1. some people