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English
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Etymology 1
are + -n’t
Verb
aren't
- are not (negative auxiliary)
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Etymology 2
Spelling replacement of the homonym an’t.
Verb
aren't
- (colloquial) A contraction of “am not”, used e.g. in the construction "aren’t I?"
1904, George Manville Fenn, To Win Or To Die: A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze:I’m a nasty-tempered dog if any one tries to take my bone away; aren’t I, my sons?
2008 July 1, “Falling in Love”, in The Secret Life of the American Teenager, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Ricky Underwood (Daren Kagasoff):Aren’t I supposed to tell you how I feel?
2010 October 26, “Why Aren’t I Home?”, in Athletics (music), Why Aren’t I Home?:
Usage notes
- Aren’t as a contraction of “am not” is used most often in the question aren’t I? (= am I not?). In the non-interrogative form, the standard contraction of “I am not” is “I’m not”.
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