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Translingual

In
(chemistry) symbol for indium


English

Homophones

Noun

  1. (In games) An occasion in which a batter is not caught out.
  2. (Also in games) An inning.

Preposition

in

  1. Indicates containment.
    The dog is in the kennel.
  2. Surrounded by.
    We are in the city walls.
  3. Of that particular thing.
    He has passed in English.

Related terms

Translations

in

  • Albanian: në
  • Arabic: في (fi), بِـ (bi...)
  • Basque: -an (locative)
  • Bulgarian: в (v)
  • Croatian: u
  • Czech: v
  • Dutch: in
  • Dyirbal: -ŋga / -ga / -ɽa (locative)
  • Finnish: -ssa / -ssä (inessive)
  • French: dans
  • German: in
  • Greek: εἰς (eis)
  • Hawaiian: i, iā; ma
  • Hebrew: ...ב (be...)
  • Hungarian: -ban / -ben (inessive)
  • Icelandic: í, inni
  • Indonesian: di
  • Interlingua: in
  • Italian: in
  • Japanese: (ni), の中に (のなかに, no náka ni), (de)
  • Korean: ...의 안에 (...ui ane)
  • Latin: in
  • Pashto: په (pe)
  • Polish: w
  • Portuguese: em
  • Quechua: -pi (locative)
  • Russian: в (v)
  • Serbian: у (u)
  • Spanish: en
  • Swahili: m- / mu- (noun class 18)
  • Swedish: inne; i, på
  • Tagalog: sa, nasa
  • Tajik: дар (dar)
  • Turkish: -da / -de (locative)
  • Vietnamese: ở
  • Yiddish: אן (in)
  • Yoruba: ní
  • Yup'ik: -mi sg, -gni dual, -ni pl (localis case)


Adverb

  1. Be at home; at office.
    Example: Is Mr. Smith in?
  2. (cricket, baseball)
    Still able to bat.
  3. Whilst at.
    In here, you can't smoke.
  4. Doing, taking part.
    In typing you must remember grammar.

Antonyms


Dutch

Pronunciation

/In/

Preposition

in

  1. Expressing containment.

Examples

De geest in de fles: the genie in the bottle.

Translations


Italian

Preposition

in

  1. in
  2. to
  3. into
  4. by

Combined forms

When followed by a definite article, in is combined with the article to give the following combined forms:

In + articleCombined form
in + ilnel
in + lonello
in + l'nell'
in + inei
in + glinegli
in + lanella
in + lenelle

Latin

Preposition

in

  1. (with ablative) in, at, on
  2. (with accusative) into

Volapük

Preposition

in

  1. in
pl:in

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WordNet Definitions

The noun "in" has three senses: The adjective "in" has three senses: The adverb "in" has two senses:

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