ano
التعريفات والمعاني
== Translingual ==
=== Etymology ===
Abbreviation of English Andoque.
=== Symbol ===
ano
(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Andoque.
=== See also ===
Wiktionary’s coverage of Andoque terms
== Akan ==
=== Noun ===
ano
(Twi) mouth
== Aklanon ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *anúh, From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anu.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ʔaˈno/ [ʔaˈn̪o]
Rhymes: -o
Syllabification: a‧no
=== Pronoun ===
anó
what
==== Derived terms ====
== Alabama ==
=== Pronoun ===
ano
I
my
== Apalaí ==
=== Noun ===
ano
bee
honey
== Breton ==
=== Noun ===
ano m
name
== Central Bikol ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *anúh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anu, from Proto-Austronesian *(na-)nu.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈʔano/ [ˈʔa.n̪o]
IPA(key): /ʔaˈno/ [ʔaˈn̪o]
Hyphenation: a‧no
=== Pronoun ===
áno or anó (Basahan spelling ᜀᜈᜓ)
(interrogative) what
==== Derived terms ====
== Choctaw ==
=== Alternative forms ===
ʋno (traditional)
ạno (Byington/Swanton)
=== Etymology ===
Freestanding form of suffix a̱-. Cognate with Chickasaw ano, Alabama ana, Mikasuki aani, Creek vne
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ənó(ʔ)/
Transcription: anó'
=== Pronoun ===
ano (first-person singular)
(emphatic) I, me
(Mississippi) mine
==== Usage notes ====
Choctaw usually doesn't use personal pronouns, instead relying on pronominal affixes.
==== Inflection ====
== Chungli Ao ==
=== Adverb ===
ano
yet
=== Further reading ===
Clark, E. W. (1911), “ANU, anur, ano, anor”, in Ao-Naga dictionary, Dimapur
== Crimean Gothic ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Germanic *hanô or *hanjō.
=== Noun ===
ano
hen
== Czech ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Czech ano, from Proto-Slavic *ano. Compare Slovak áno (“yes”), Polish ano (“yes, indeed”). First attested in the 15th century.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈano]
=== Interjection ===
ano
yes!
=== Particle ===
ano
yes
Antonym: ne
==== Synonyms ====
jo (informal)
jasně (informal)
jistě
určitě
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“ano”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“ano”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
== Esperanto ==
=== Etymology ===
Back-formation from -ano (“member, inhabitant”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈano/
Rhymes: -ano
Syllabification: a‧no
=== Noun ===
ano (accusative singular anon, plural anoj, accusative plural anojn)
member (of a society or a group)
inhabitant (of a place)
==== Synonyms ====
(member): adepto, aliĝinto, disĉiplo
==== Derived terms ====
anaro (“membership; following; party”)
ani (“to be a member, belong”)
anigi (“to make (someone) a member; to sign (someone) up”)
aniĝi (“to join”)
=== Further reading ===
“ano”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
“ano”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Clipping of anonyymi.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈɑno/, [ˈɑ̝no̞]
Rhymes: -ɑno
Syllabification(key): a‧no
Hyphenation(key): ano
==== Noun ====
ano
(Internet slang) anonymous person, anonymous user
Synonym: nyymi
===== Declension =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈɑnoˣ/, [ˈɑ̝no̞(ʔ)]
Rhymes: -ɑno
Syllabification(key): a‧no
Hyphenation(key): ano
==== Verb ====
ano
inflection of anoa:
present indicative connegative
second-person singular present imperative
second-person singular present imperative connegative
=== Anagrams ===
oan
== Galician ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈano/ [ˈa.nʊ]
Rhymes: -ano
Hyphenation: a‧no
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ano (“year”), from Latin annus (“year”).
==== Noun ====
ano m (plural anos)
year
===== Related terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
Learned borrowing from Latin ānus.
==== Noun ====
ano m (plural anos)
anus
Synonyms: censo (informal); cenzo (informal); cu (informal); curso (informal)
===== Related terms =====
== Hawaiian ==
=== Etymology ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈa.no/, [ˈɐ.no]
=== Noun ===
ano
awe, reverence, peacefulness, sacredness, holiness
feeling of awe, fear, or oppression
weird solitude, oppressive quiet
awestruck, lost in thought
== Istriot ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Latin annus.
=== Noun ===
ano m
year
=== References ===
Antonio Pellizzer; Giovanni Pellizzer (1992), Vocabulario del dialetto di Rovigno d'Istria, page 54
Sandro Cergna (2015), Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria, →ISBN, page 26
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin anus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈa.no/
Rhymes: -ano
Hyphenation: à‧no
=== Noun ===
ano m (plural ani)
anus
==== Related terms ====
anale
anello
=== Anagrams ===
-ona, noa
== Japanese ==
=== Romanization ===
ano
Rōmaji transcription of あの
== Latin ==
=== Noun ===
ānō
dative/ablative singular of ānus
== Lithuanian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ɐ²ˈnoː]
Rhymes: -oː
Syllabification: a‧nõ
=== Pronoun ===
anõ
genitive masculine singular of anas
== Macanese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Portuguese ano.
=== Noun ===
ano
year
ano passado ― last year
ano trasado ― two years ago
abrí ano ― to bring in the New Year (literally, “to open the year”)
fichâ ano ― to have a birthday (literally, “to close the year”)
==== Usage notes ====
abrí ano may be a calque of Cantonese 開年 / 开年 (hoi1 nin4, literally “open year”).
=== References ===
https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm
== Old High German ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Proto-West Germanic *anō, from Proto-Germanic *anô.
==== Noun ====
ano m
grandfather
ancestor
===== Declension =====
===== Related terms =====
ana (“grandmother”)
=== Etymology 2 ===
From Proto-West Germanic *ānu, from Proto-Germanic *ēnu.
==== Preposition ====
āno
without
===== Alternative forms =====
ānu, āna, āne
===== Descendants =====
Middle High German: âne, ân
Alemannic German: ooni, ohni, ouni
Bavarian:
Cimbrian: ane
Central Franconian: ohne, ohni, ohnt
Luxembourgish: ouni
East Central German: ohne
Vilamovian: ona
German: ohne
Yiddish: אָן (on)
== Old Polish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ano. First attested in 1400.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ˈanɔ/
IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈanɔ/
=== Conjunction ===
ano
used to present something; and here
and yet
and just
because meanwhile, because just
==== Descendants ====
Polish: ano, a ono (Kurpie, Ostrołęka County), anu (Łowicz), anó (Zagórze)
Silesian: ano
=== References ===
Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “ano”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “ano”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
Bożena Sieradzka-Baziur, et al., editors (2011–2015), “ano”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
== Old Saxon ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-West Germanic *ānu, from Proto-Germanic *ēnu.
=== Preposition ===
āno
without (accusative case only)
==== Descendants ====
Middle Low German: âne, ân
Low German: ahn
German Low German: ahn, ahnto
=== References ===
Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “āno”, in Altsächsisches Wörterbuch[4] (in German), 5th edition
== Polish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -ɔ
Syllabification: a‧no
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Old Polish ano.
==== Alternative forms ====
a ono (Kurpie, Ostrołęka County)
anu (Łowicz)
anó (Zagórze)
==== Particle ====
ano
yes, indeed
Synonyms: no, tak
Antonym: nie
(colloquial or dialectal, Near Masovian) emphatic particle used with imperatives
Synonym: no
(Middle Polish) so
Synonyms: otóż, więc
===== Derived terms =====
==== Conjunction ====
ano
(Middle Polish or dialectal, Masuria, Warmia) used to present something; and here
(Middle Polish) and just
(Middle Polish) and yet
(Masuria, Ostróda, contrastive) but; just
(Podegrodzie) synonym of no
Ano tak posed i ukrád. ― Well, he went and stole it.
Ano jak upiekła ta dziewcyna, to ją wyjęła z pieca. ― Well, when that girl baked it, she'll take it out of the oven.
==== Interjection ====
ano
(Masuria, Ostróda, Warmia) Used expressively.
==== Adverb ====
ano (not comparable)
(Przemyśl) synonym of znowu
Ano na drugi dzień jedzie Jaś w pole. ― Jaś is going to the field for another day again.
=== Etymology 2 ===
See jeno.
==== Particle ====
ano
(Kociewie) alternative form of jeno
=== Further reading ===
“ano”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[5] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
“ano”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[6] (in Polish)
Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “ano”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “ano”, in Słownik języka polskiego
Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “ano”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “ano”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 40
Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889), “ano”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny[7] (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 239
Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024), “ano”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 127-128
Dr Nadmorski (Józef Łęgowski) (1889), “ano”, in “Spis wyrazów właściwych gwarze malborskiej i kociewskiej”, in Wisła. Miesięcznik Geograficzno-Etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 3 z.4, page 744
Gustaw Pobłocki (1887), “ano”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 153
Aleksander Saloni (1908), “ano”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne[8] (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 332
Karol Mátyás (1891), “ano”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludu zamieszkującego wschodnio-południową najbliższą okolicę Nowego Sącza”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, Kraków: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 319
Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “ano”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego)”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 181
== Portuguese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
anno (pre-standardization spelling)
=== Etymology ===
From Old Galician-Portuguese ano (“year”), from Latin annus (“year”), from Proto-Italic *atnos (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-nos-, probably from *h₂et- (“to go”).
Cognate with Galician ano, Spanish año, Catalan any, Occitan, French, and Romanian an, Italian anno.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɐ.nʷ/
Rhymes: -ɐnu
Hyphenation: a‧no
=== Noun ===
ano m (plural anos)
year
==== Quotations ====
For quotations using this term, see Citations:ano.
==== Derived terms ====
aninho (diminutive)
fazer anos
==== Related terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Guinea-Bissau Creole: anu
Kabuverdianu: ánu, anu
Papiamentu: aña
=== Further reading ===
“ano”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“ano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Sarikoli ==
=== Alternative forms ===
anor
=== Noun ===
ano
mother
Synonyms: moda, nan
Antonyms: ato, dod
== Silesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Polish ano.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /aˈnɔ/
Rhymes: -ɔ
Syllabification: a‧no
=== Particle ===
ano
confirmation particle; yes
Synonyms: ja, toć, no
Antonym: niy
Used to a previously mentioned situation; well, so
=== Further reading ===
ano in silling.org
Bogdan Kallus (2020), “ano”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 232
Aleksandra Wencel (2023), “ano”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 21
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin anus. False friend to Portuguese ano (“year”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈano/ [ˈa.no]
Rhymes: -ano
Syllabification: a‧no
=== Noun ===
ano m (plural anos)
anus
Synonym: culo
==== Usage notes ====
Do not confuse with año (“year”).
==== Related terms ====
==== See also ====
=== Further reading ===
“ano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *anúh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anu, from Proto-Austronesian *(na-)nu. Compare Tausug unu.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈno/ [ʔɐˈn̪o]
Rhymes: -o
Syllabification: a‧no
=== Pronoun ===
anó (plural ano-ano, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜓ)
(interrogative) what
Synonyms: (gay slang) anek, (gay slang) anech
term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know, avoids, or cannot remember: thingamajig, whatchamacallit
Synonyms: kuwan, eme
==== Derived terms ====
==== See also ====
=== Interjection ===
anó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜓ)
an expression of surprise or disbelief: what!
=== Particle ===
anó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜓ)
alternative form of 'no
=== Further reading ===
“ano”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*nu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
=== Anagrams ===
Ona
== Tongan ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Polynesian *rano, from Proto-Oceanic *rano, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *danaw, from Proto-Austronesian *danaw.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /a.no/
=== Noun ===
ano
lake; bog; marsh
==== Derived terms ====
anoano
== Venetan ==
=== Alternative forms ===
an
=== Etymology ===
From Latin annus (“year”).
=== Noun ===
ano m (plural ani)
year
==== Derived terms ====
ano bixesto
== West Makian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈa.n̪o/
=== Noun ===
ano
a part (of something)
=== References ===
Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours[10], Pacific linguistics