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4-letter words (2 found)

ANAS,ANSA,

3-letter words (5 found)

AAS,ANA,ANS,NAS,SAN,

2-letter words (4 found)

AA,AN,AS,NA,

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ansa nasa asna sana nsaa snaa anas naas aans aans naas anas asan saan aasn aasn saan asan nsaa snaa nasa ansa sana asna

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Definitions and meaning of ansa

ansa

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ānsa (“a handle, haft”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæn.sə/

Noun

ansa (plural ansae)

  1. (astronomy) The most protruding part of planetary rings as seen from a distance, perceived to project like handles on either side of the disc of the planet.
  2. (anatomy) A loop-shaped structure.
    Hyponyms: ansa cervicalis, ansa lenticularis

Derived terms

  • ansa compound
  • ansamycin
  • ansate

Translations

References

  • “ansa”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “ansa”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • ANAs, N.A.S.A., NASA, Naas, Nasa, Saan, anas

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ānsa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈan.sə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈan.sa]

Noun

ansa f (plural anses)

  1. handle
    Synonym: nansa
  2. (anatomy) loop
  3. (surgery) snare
  4. small bay, inlet

Derived terms

  • ansar
  • ansat

Further reading

  • “ansa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ansa (compare Estonian aas), borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ansā (compare Old Prussian ansis (“hook, latch”), Latvian osa), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂emseh₂ (compare Latin ānsa (“handle”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑnsɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ns̠ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnsɑ
  • Syllabification(key): an‧sa

Noun

ansa

  1. trap
  2. booby trap

Declension

Hyponyms

  • käpälälauta
  • loukku
  • pinne

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • “ansa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

  • saan, sana

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.sa/

Verb

ansa

  1. third-person singular past historic of anser

Anagrams

  • sana

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese asa. Cognate with Kabuverdianu aza.

Noun

ansa

  1. wing

Iban

Etymology

From Malay angsa.

Noun

ansa

  1. goose (a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae)

Icelandic

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) anza

Etymology

From Old Norse anza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈansa/
  • Rhymes: -ansa

Verb

ansa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ansaði, supine ansað)

  1. to answer, to reply
  2. to pay heed to

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (answer): svara
  • (pay heed to): gegna, sinna

Derived terms

  • ans

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ansa. Cognates include Finnish ansa and Estonian aas.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑnsɑ/, [ˈɑns̠]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑnsɑ/, [ˈɑnʒ̥ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑns, -ɑnsɑ
  • Hyphenation: an‧sa

Noun

ansa

  1. trap for catching grouse

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 16

Irish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

ansa

  1. dearest, most beloved

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

ansa

  1. (literary) difficult

Etymology 3

From Latin ansa (“handle”).

Noun

ansa m (genitive singular ansa, nominative plural ansaí)

  1. (astronomy) ansa
Declension

Mutation

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ansa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “ansa” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “ansa” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈan.sa/
  • Rhymes: -ansa
  • Hyphenation: àn‧sa

Etymology 1

Probably from Proto-Germanic *ansijō (“loop, handle”) mixed with *asa, inherited from Latin ānsa (“handle”), perhaps also formally influenced by the Latin in the literary language. Cf. German Öse (“eyelet”), Romansch ansa, onsa (“eyelet”); contrast the inherited Sardinian asa (“handle”), Lombard asa (“handle”) and aseta (“loop”), Verona Venetian asa (“soffit”), Abruzzo Neapolitan asa (“door hinge”), Calabria Sicilian asa (“handle”), Portuguese asa (“wing; handle”), Galician asa (“handle”), Spanish asa (“handle”).

Noun

ansa f (plural anse)

  1. handle
    Synonyms: manico, maniglia, presa
  2. (rare) excuse, pretext
    Synonyms: appiglio, pretesto, scusa
  3. (geography) curve or bend (in a river)
    Synonyms: curva, meandro
  4. (geography) a small bight, bay, cove
    Synonym: insenatura
  5. loop, coil
  6. as name of various chirurgical or laboratory instruments

Etymology 2

Verb

ansa

  1. inflection of ansare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • ansa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “ansa”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German)

Anagrams

  • ANAS, sana

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂emseh₂ (“handle”), from *h₂em- (“to grasp”). Compare Lithuanian ąsa (“jug handle”), Proto-Germanic *ansijō (“handle, loop, eyelet”), Ancient Greek ἡνία (hēnía, “rein, bridle”). See also amplus (“ample”), ampla (“handle”), which the word was traditionally linked to, but which are not considered cognate anymore based on modern analysis.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈan.sa/, [ˈä̃ːs̠ä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈan.sa/, [ˈänsä]

Noun

ānsa f (genitive ānsae); first declension

  1. handle
  2. tiller (handle of the rudder)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

References

Further reading

  • “ansa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ansa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ansa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • ansa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[4], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • “ansa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • anse (e infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse ansa, anza.

Verb

ansa (present tense ansar, past tense ansa, past participle ansa, passive infinitive ansast, present participle ansande, imperative ansa/ans)

  1. notice, pay attention to

Synonyms

  • (notice): ensa, ense

References

  • “anse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ānsa. First attested in 1556–1557.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈan.sa/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈan.sa/
  • Rhymes: -ansa
  • Syllabification: an‧sa

Noun

ansa f

  1. (literary) resentment, animosity, ill will [+ do (genitive) = to/for whom/what]
    Synonyms: niechęć, pretensja, uraza
  2. (obsolete, originally) reason, cause; rashness
    Synonyms: powód, przyczyna

Declension

References

Further reading

  • ansa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ansa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Krystyna Siekierska (02.07.2012) “ANSA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “ansa”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[5]
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “ansa”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎[6]
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “ansa”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[7] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 40

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ānsa (“handle”). Doublet of asa.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: an‧sa

Noun

ansa f (plural ansas)

  1. (anatomy) ansa (loop-shaped structure)

Swedish

Verb

ansa (present ansar, preterite ansade, supine ansat, imperative ansa)

  1. to trim, to prune

Conjugation

References

  • ansa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • ansa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • ansa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

  • anas, nasa

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English answer.

Noun

ansa

  1. answer

Ye'kwana

Etymology

Compare Kari'na anàsa (“throat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ansa]

Noun

ansa (possessed ansai)

  1. necklace

Derived terms

  • wo'mo ansai

References

  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 290

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