dans
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Noun ===
dans
plural of dan
=== Anagrams ===
ANDs, dnas, nads, NADS, NDAs, NASD, and's, DNAs, NSDA, sand, ands
== Afrikaans ==
=== Etymology ===
From Dutch dans.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
dans (plural danse)
dance
=== Verb ===
dans (present dans, present participle dans, past participle gedans)
to dance
== Cornish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Cornish dans, from Proto-Brythonic *dant, from Proto-Celtic *dant. Cognate with Breton and Welsh dant, Irish déad, and Scottish Gaelic deud.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [danz]
(Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [dænz]
=== Noun ===
dans m (plural dens)
tooth
==== Derived terms ====
=== Mutation ===
=== References ===
“dans” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.
Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (in Cornish), 2018, published 2018, page 31
== Danish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
dands (obsolete)
=== Etymology ===
From French danse.
=== Noun ===
dans c (singular definite dansen, plural indefinite danse)
a dance
==== Inflection ====
==== Derived terms ====
danser
danserinde
=== Further reading ===
“dans” in Den Danske Ordbog
== Dutch ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /dɑns/
Hyphenation: dans
Rhymes: -ɑns
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Middle Dutch dans, from Old French danse or a deverbal from dansen.
==== Noun ====
dans m (plural dansen, diminutive dansje n)
dance
===== Derived terms =====
===== Descendants =====
Afrikaans: dans
Berbice Creole Dutch: dansi
Negerhollands: dans
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
dans
inflection of dansen:
first-person singular present indicative
(in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
imperative
== Faroese ==
=== Noun ===
dans m
accusative/genitive singular of dansur
== French ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Old French denz, from Vulgar Latin dē intus, from Latin dē + intus, meaning "from inside" or "from within".
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /dɑ̃/, (before a vowel) /dɑ̃.z‿/
Rhymes: -ɑ̃
Homophones: dent, dents (general), dam, dams (dated)
==== Preposition ====
dans
(literal, figurative) in, inside (enclosed in a physical space, a group, a state)
vieillir dans la misère ― to grow old in poverty
être dans l'infanterie ― to be in the infantry
avoir quelque chose dans la bouche ― to have something in the mouth
dans les circonstances d'une pandémie ― under the circumstances of a pandemic
Il habite dans le quartier le plus riche de Paris. ― He lives in the richest district of Paris.
Il nage comme un poisson dans l'eau. ― He swims like a fish in the water.
to (indicates direction towards certain large subdivisions, see usage notes)
in, within (a longer period of time)
Je serai prêt dans une heure. ― I'll be ready in one hour.
Il arrivera dans trois jours. ― He will arrive in three days.
(with respect to time) during
dans un temps donné ― during a given time
dans ma jeunesse ― in my youth
out of, from
boire dans une tasse ― to drink from a cup
Il prend le beurre dans le réfrigérateur. ― He takes the butter out of the fridge.
(metonymic) in; in the works of
le marxisme dans Sartre ― Marxism in the works of Sartre
(colloquial) Used in dans les (“about, around”)
dans les trentes kilos ― about thirty kilos
dans les dix euros ― about ten euros
===== Usage notes =====
For certain large subdivisions, particularly masculine US states, dans l' or dans le may be used to show direction towards a certain place instead of en or au.
===== Descendants =====
Mauritian Creole: dan
==== See also ====
dedans
en
=== Etymology 2 ===
See dan.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /dan/
==== Noun ====
dans m
plural of dan
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“dans”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== Haitian Creole ==
=== Etymology ===
From French danse (“dance”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /dãs/
=== Noun ===
dans
dance
==== Related terms ====
=== References ===
Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary[3], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 41
== Icelandic ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /tans/
=== Noun ===
dans m (genitive singular dans, nominative plural dansar)
dance
==== Declension ====
==== Related terms ====
dansa
== Latin ==
=== Etymology ===
Present active participle of dō.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdãːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈdans]
=== Participle ===
dāns (genitive dantis); third-declension one-termination participle
giving
offering, rendering
yielding, conceding
==== Declension ====
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
== Norman ==
=== Etymology ===
From Vulgar Latin dē intus (“from inside, from within”). Cognate with French dans.
=== Preposition ===
dans
(Guernsey, Jersey) in
== Norwegian Bokmål ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Old Norse dans and Old French dancier.
==== Noun ====
dans m (definite singular dansen, indefinite plural danser, definite plural dansene)
a dance
dancing
===== Derived terms =====
dansegulv, dansegolv
folkedans
magedans
===== Related terms =====
danse
danser
danserinne
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Verb ====
dans
imperative of danse
=== References ===
“dans” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
== Norwegian Nynorsk ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old French dance; and Old Norse dans.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /dɑns/
=== Noun ===
dans m (definite singular dansen, indefinite plural dansar, definite plural dansane)
a dance
==== Derived terms ====
dansegolv
folkedans
==== Related terms ====
dansar
=== Verb ===
dans
imperative of dansa
=== Further reading ===
“dans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French danse.
=== Noun ===
dans n (plural dansuri)
dance
==== Declension ====
==== Alternative forms ====
danț
==== Related terms ====
dansa
== Swedish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
dans c
dance (dancing)
a dance (type of dance)
a dance (social gathering with dancing)
==== Declension ====
==== Hyponyms ====
==== Derived terms ====
gå som en dans
==== Related terms ====
dansa
dansare
dansös
=== Noun ===
dans
(colloquial) definite genitive singular of dag
=== References ===
“dans”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“dans”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“dans”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
=== Anagrams ===
ands, sand
== Turkish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Ottoman Turkish دانس (dans), from French danse. First attested in 1869.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /dɑns/
=== Noun ===
dans (definite accusative dansı, plural danslar)
dance (movements to music)
Synonym: raks
==== Declension ====