Definitions and meaning of into
into
English
Etymology
From Middle English in-to, from Old English intō, equivalent to in + to. Cognate with Scots intae.
Pronunciation
- (stressed)
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.tuː/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.tu/
- (unstressed, before consonants) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.tə/
- (unstressed, before vowels) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.tʊ/
- (Ottawa Valley, before vowels) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.tʊv/
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- Rhymes: (unstressed, before consonants) -ɪntə
- Hyphenation: in‧to
Preposition
into
- To or towards the inside of.
- To or towards the region of.
- Against, especially with force or violence.
- Indicates transition into another form or substance.
- Indicates division or the creation of subgroups or sections.
- After the start of.
- (colloquial) Interested in or attracted to.
- (mathematics) Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes".
- (British, archaic, India, mathematics) Expressing the operation of multiplication.
- Investigating the subject (of).
- (colloquial) Attacking or fighting a person.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
References
- Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Bounded landmarks", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8
Anagrams
- -tion, -toin, Toni, noit, oint, on it
Finnish
Etymology
Proto-Finnic *inta + -o (compare dialectal inta, Estonian ind, Livonian ind), probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare Old Swedish inna (“achievement, accomplishment”)).
Alternatively, a Uralic origin has been proposed. Compare Komi-Zyrian ӧд (öd, “speed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈinto/, [ˈin̪t̪o̞]
- Rhymes: -into
- Syllabification(key): in‧to
- Hyphenation(key): in‧to
Noun
into [with illative ‘for’; or with first infinitive ‘to do’]
- eagerness, enthusiasm
- odottaa innolla (+ partitive) ― to look forward to
- passion, fervour/fervor, ardour/ardor
- zeal, fanaticism
Declension
Synonyms
- (eagerness, enthusiasm): innokkuus, innostus
- (passion, fervo(u)r, ardo(u)r): intohimo
- (zeal, fanaticism): kiihko
Derived terms
Further reading
- “into”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (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
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Latin intus (“within, inside”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈin.to/
- Rhymes: -into
- Hyphenation: ìn‧to
Adverb
into
- (obsolete) inside
- Synonym: dentro
References
- “into”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 8 ini–libb, UTET, 1973, page 305c
Ligurian
Etymology
Contraction of inte (“in”) + o m sg (“the”, definite article).
Pronunciation
Contraction
into
- in the (+ a masculine name in the singular)
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
Middle English
Preposition
into
- alternative form of in-to
Neapolitan
Etymology
From Latin intus.
Pronunciation
Preposition
into
- in (surrounded by)
Old English
Etymology
in + tō
Pronunciation
Preposition
intō
- into
Descendants
- Middle English: in-to, into, inne to, jn to, jne to, inte
- English: into
- Scots: intae
Southern Ndebele
Noun
întó class 9 (plural ízintó class 10)
- thing
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Xhosa
Pronunciation
Noun
íntó class 9 (plural ízintó class 10)
- thing
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Yemsa
Noun
into
- mother
References
- David Appleyard, Beja as a Cushitic language, in Egyptian and Semito-Hamitic (Afro-Asiatic) Studies: In Memoriam W. Vycichl (Yem into "mother")
Zulu
Etymology
From in- + -tha (“to name, to choose”) + -o. Compare with a similar derivation in Swahili jambo.
Pronunciation
Noun
întó class 9 (plural ízintó class 10)
- thing
Inflection
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-tho”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-tho (2-6.3)”
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