anis
English
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Algherese) IPA(key): /ˈanis/
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧nis
Danish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄνισον (ánison).
Declension
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | anis | anissen | anis | anissene |
genitive | anis' | anissens | anis' | anissenes |
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish anis; ultimately from Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἄνισον (ánison), from Egyptian jnst.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑnis/, [ˈɑnis̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑnis
- Syllabification(key): a‧nis
Declension
Inflection of anis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | anis | anikset | |
genitive | aniksen | anisten aniksien | |
partitive | anista | aniksia | |
illative | anikseen | aniksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | anis | anikset | |
accusative | nom. | anis | anikset |
gen. | aniksen | ||
genitive | aniksen | anisten aniksien | |
partitive | anista | aniksia | |
inessive | aniksessa | aniksissa | |
elative | aniksesta | aniksista | |
illative | anikseen | aniksiin | |
adessive | aniksella | aniksilla | |
ablative | anikselta | aniksilta | |
allative | anikselle | aniksille | |
essive | aniksena | aniksina | |
translative | anikseksi | aniksiksi | |
instructive | — | aniksin | |
abessive | aniksetta | aniksitta | |
comitative | — | aniksineen |
Possessive forms of anis (type vastaus) | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | anikseni | aniksemme |
2nd person | aniksesi | aniksenne |
3rd person | aniksensa |
Derived terms
French


Etymology
From Old French anis, from Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἄνισον (ánison).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.nis/, /a.ni/
Audio (CAN) (file)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “anis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ilocano
Etymology
From Spanish anís, from French anis, from Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἄνῑσον (ánīson).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧nis
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈnis/, [ʔɐˈnis]
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈanɪs]
- Hyphenation: anis
Etymology 1
From Dutch anijs, from Middle Dutch anis, from Old French anis, from Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἄνισον (ánison). Cognate of Afrikaans anijs.
Noun
anis (first-person possessive anisku, second-person possessive anismu, third-person possessive anisnya)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
anis (first-person possessive anisku, second-person possessive anismu, third-person possessive anisnya)
- thrush (one of several species of songbirds of the family Turdidae)
Derived terms
- anis kembang
- anis merah
Further reading
- “anis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaː.niːs/, [ˈäːniːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.nis/, [ˈäːnis]
References
- anis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Middle English
Norman
Etymology
From Old French anis, from Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἂνισον (ànison).
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄνισον (ánison).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄνισον (ánison).
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈnis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aˈniʃ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈniʃ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -is, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃ
- Hyphenation: a‧nis
Etymology 1
From French anis, from Old French anis, from Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἂνισον (ànison).
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Scots
References
- “anis, adv., conj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǎnis/
Swedish
Declension
Declension of anis | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | anis | anisen | — | — |
Genitive | anis | anisens | — | — |
Derived terms
Tagalog
Etymology
From Spanish anís, from French anis, from Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἄνῑσον (ánīson).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧nis
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈnis/, [ʔɐˈnis]