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== Translingual == === Etymology === Clipping of English Anyin. === Symbol === any (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Anyi. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Anyi terms == English == === Alternative forms === anie (obsolete) anny (pronunciation spelling) ony (dialectal, Geordie) === Etymology === From Middle English any, eny, ony, ani, aniȝ, eniȝ, æniȝ, from Old English ǣniġ (“any”), from Proto-West Germanic *ainīg, *ainag, from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), equivalent to one +‎ -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian eenich (“some”), West Frisian iennich (“only”), Dutch enig (“any, some”), Afrikaans enig (“any”), German Low German enig (“some”), German einig (“some”); via Proto-Indo-European *óynos cognate with Latin ūllus (“any”), Latin ūnicus (whence Italian unico (“unique”), French unique (“unique”)). Piecewise doublet of unique. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ɛni/ (Ireland, Newfoundland, obsolete and historical elsewhere) IPA(key): /æni/ (US, pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /ɪni/ Homophones: Annie (Ireland, Newfoundland), innie (US, pin–pen merger) Rhymes: -ɛni, -æni, -ɪni === Adverb === any (not comparable) To even the slightest extent, at all. Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives, generally in interrogative, hypothetical, or negative contexts. (chiefly US) Used to modify a verb, generally a finite verb or a non-finite verb in object position. ==== Translations ==== === Determiner === any (chiefly in the negative or interrogative, chiefly with plural or uncountable nouns) One at all; at least one; at least one kind of; some; a positive quantity of. Antonyms: zero, no Hyponyms: (countable) one; a few, a couple of, a handful of, several; multiple, various; a lot of, many, numerous; countless; (uncountable) a little, much Near-synonym: some A/an, each or some, no matter its/their identity or nature. (with time designations) An unspecified but imminent (second, minute, day etc.). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== some anny === Pronoun === any Any thing(s) or person(s). ==== Translations ==== === References === “any”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === AYN, Ayn, NAY, NYA, Nay, Yan, ayn, nay, yan == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin annus, from Proto-Italic *atnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-no-, probably from *h₂et- (“to go”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈaɲ] Rhymes: -aɲ === Noun === any m (plural anys) year un home de 26 anys ― a 26-year-old man Quants anys tens? ― How old are you? Bon any nou! ― Happy new year! Avui faig anys ― Today is my birthday ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== aniversari annals anual / anyal ninou perenne ==== Further reading ==== “any”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “any”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Determiner ==== any alternative form of ani === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== any alternative form of anoy === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== any alternative form of anoyen == Old Tupi == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ˈnɨ/ === Noun === any alternative form of anũ === References === Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida; 2013; Dicionário do Tupi Antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil; São Paulo: Global. == Yola == === Adjective === any alternative form of aany === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 86