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Енглески

Систем

ен+нг=енг


EN language code (ISO 639-1)

Alternative forms

Etymology

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From Средњи Енглески Englisch, English, Inglis, from Стари Енглески Englisċ (“of the Angles; English”), from Engle (“the Angles”), a Germanic tribe +‎ -isċ; equal to Angle +‎ -ish. Compare Холандски Engels, Дански engelsk, Стари Француски Englesche (whence Француски anglais), Немачки englisch, Шпански inglés, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow”) (compare Санскрт अंहु (áṃhu, “narrow”), अंहस् (áṃhas, “anxiety, sin”), Латински angustus (“narrow”), Old Church Slavonic ѫзъкъ (ǫzŭkŭ, “narrow”)).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) МФА(кључ): /ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/, (non-standard) /ˈɪŋɡəlɪʃ/
  • (US) МФА(кључ): /ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/, (also) /ˈɪŋlɪʃ/
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Хифенација: Eng‧lish

Adjective

English (comparative more English, superlative most English)

  1. Of or pertaining to England.
  2. English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England.
    Those immigrants Anglicised their names to make them sound more English.
  3. Of or pertaining to the people of England (to Englishmen and Englishwomen).
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:
      Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.
  4. Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure.
    an English ton
  5. (Amish) Non-Amish, so named for speaking English rather than a variety of German.

Hyponyms

Translations

Преводе у наставку треба проверити и уметнути изнад у одговарајуће табеле превода. Видите инструкције на Викиречник:Унос § Преводи.

Noun

English (countable and uncountable, plural English or Englishes)

  1. (in the plural) The people of England; Englishmen and Englishwomen.
    The Scottish and the English have a history of conflict.
  2. (Amish, in the plural) The non-Amish; non-Amish people.
  3. (uncountable) Ability to employ the English language correctly or idiomatically.
    My coworkers have pretty good English for non-native speakers.
  4. The English-language term or expression for something.
    What's the English for ‘à peu près’?
  5. (uncountable) Specific language or wording in English; English text or statements in speech, whether in translation or otherwise.
    The technical details are correct, but much of the English is not very clear.
  6. (printing, dated) A size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point.
  7. (uncountable, Canada, US) Spin or sidespin given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards.
    You are trying to put too much English on the ball.

Usage notes

  • The people as a collective noun require the definite article "the" or a demonstrative adjective. Hence: "The English are coming!" or "Oh, those English, always drinking their tea..."

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Translations

Преводе у наставку треба проверити и уметнути изнад у одговарајуће табеле превода. Видите инструкције на Викиречник:Унос § Преводи.

Proper noun

English

 English, Indiana on Wikipedia
  2. The language originating in England but now spoken in all parts of the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and other parts of the world.
    English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca.
    How do you say ‘à peu près’ in English?
  3. A variety, dialect, or idiolect of spoken and or written English.
    • 2003, Amy Tan, "Mother Tongue", in The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life, page 278
      I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English I spoke to my mother, which for lack of a better term might be described as “simple”; the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken”; my translation of her Chinese, which could certainly be described as “watered down”; and what I imagined to be her translation of her Chinese if she could speak in perfect English, her internal language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure.
  4. English language, literature, composition as a subject of study
  5. An English презиме​ originally denoting a non-Celtic or non-Danish person in Britain.
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Hypernyms

Usage notes

  • As with the names of almost all languages, English, when it means "the English language", does not usually require an article. Hence: "Say it in plain English!"

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Derived terms

Terms derived from English (adjective and noun)

Verb

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  1. (transitive, archaic) To translate, adapt or render into English.
    • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, →OCLC, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):
      , page 214 (2001 reprint):
      […] severe prohibuit viris suis tum misceri feminas in consuetis suis menstruis, etc. I spare to English this which I have said.
    • 2011, Colin Cheney, 'Where Should I Start with Tomas Tranströmer?':
      Here, the poems are Englished by twelve different translators

See also

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