User:Bawolff/sandbox/wiktSample2

English

Etymology

< Middle English < Old French < Latin articulus (“‘a joint, limb, member, part, division, the article in grammar, a point of time’”); prop. dominutive of artus (“‘a joint’”), akin to Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (arthron), “‘joint, limb’”) < root *ar (“‘to fit, join’”); see arm, art, etc.

Pronunciation

(RP) IPA: /ˈɑːtɪkəl/, SAMPA: /"A:tIk@l/
(GenAm) IPA: /ˈɑɹtɪkl̩/, SAMPA: /"Ar\tIkl/
Audio (US)^{help, file}
Rhymes: -ɑː(r)tɪkəl

Noun

Singular
article

Plural
articles

article (plural articles)

A story, report, or opinion piece in a newspaper, magazine, journal, internet etc.
See: Wikipedia article on article in publishing article (publishing)
A member of a group or class
an article of clothing
An object.
a sales article
(grammar ) A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In some languages the article may appear as en ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Finnish, Estonian).
See: Wikipedia article on article in grammar article (grammar)
A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc.
(derogatory ) A person.
- 2001 August 4, Lynne Walker, “Classical: Musical portrait of the artist as a young man”, The Independent:
  "You dateless article," stormed his father, leaving Bennett to realise in his laconic way that he was, and probably always would be, a disappointment to Dad.
( obsolete , slang ) A wench. A prime article. A handsome girl.
She's a prime article (whip slang), she's a devilish good piece, a hell of a goer.

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Translations

story, report, or opinion piece

Adangme: fiɛɛmi
Albanian: artikull sq(sq)
Arabic: مقال (maqāl) m.
Armenian: հոդված (hodvaç)
Asturian: artículu ast(ast) m.
Bulgarian: статия bg(bg)
Catalan: article m.
Chinese: 文章 (wénzhāng)
Czech: článek cs(cs) m.
Danish: artikel da(da) c.
Dutch: artikel nl(nl) n.
Estonian: artikkel et(et)
Extremaduran: artículu m.
Finnish: artikkeli fi(fi), juttu fi(fi), kirjoitus fi(fi)
French: article fr(fr) m.
German: Artikel de(de) m.
Hebrew: כתבה ^(he) (katavá) f.; מאמר ^(he) (ma`amár) m.
Hungarian: újságcikk hu(hu)

Icelandic: grein is(is) f.
Indonesian: artikel id(id)
Italian: articolo it(it) m., voce it(it) f.
Japanese: 記事 (きじ, kiji), 論文 (ろんぶん, ronbun)
Macedonian: напис mk(mk) (nápis) m., статија mk(mk) (státija) f.
Polish: artykuł pl(pl) m.
Portuguese: artigo pt(pt) m.
Romanian: articol ro(ro) n.
Russian: статья ru(ru) (stat'já) f.
Scots: airticle
Scottish Gaelic: artaigil gd(gd) m.
Serbian: članak m.
Slovene: članek sl(sl) m.
Spanish: artículo es(es) m.
Swahili: makala sw(sw)
Turkish: makale tr(tr)

member of a group or class

Bulgarian: член bg(bg)
Dutch: artikel nl(nl) n.
Finnish: kappale fi(fi)
Italian: articolo it(it) m.
Japanese: 品目 (ひんもく, hinmoku), 項目 (こうもく, kōmoku)
Macedonian: предмет mk(mk) (prédmet) m., артикл mk(mk) (artíkl) m.

Portuguese: artigo pt(pt) m.
Russian: предмет ru(ru) (pr'edm'ét) m.
Scottish Gaelic: ball gd(gd) m.
Swahili: makala sw(sw)

object

Albanian: send sq(sq)
Armenian: առարկա (aṙarka)
Bulgarian: предмет bg(bg), артикул bg(bg)
Chinese traditional/simplified: 物品,物品 (wù pǐn)
Czech: artikl cs(cs) m.
Danish: artikel da(da) c., vare da(da) c.
Dutch: artikel nl(nl) n.
Finnish: esine fi(fi), artikkeli fi(fi), tarvike fi(fi)
French: article fr(fr) m.
Hebrew: חפץ ^(he) (khéfets) m.

Italian: articolo it(it) m.
Japanese: 物品 (ぶっぴん, buppin), 品物 (しなもの, shinamono)
Korean: 물품 (mulpum)
Macedonian: предмет mk(mk) (prédmet) m.
Polish: przedmiot pl(pl) m.
Portuguese: artigo pt(pt) m.
Romanian: articol ro(ro) n.
Russian: предмет ru(ru) (pr'edm'ét) m.
Scots: airticle
Swahili: makala sw(sw)

part of speech that specifies a noun

Albanian: nyjë
Ancient Greek: ἄρθρον n.
Arabic: أداة التعريف (ʼadātu-t-taʻrīf) f.
Armenian: հոդ (hod)
Asturian: artículu ast(ast) m.
Bulgarian: член bg(bg)
Catalan: article m.
Chinese traditional/simplified: 冠詞, 冠词 (guàncí)
Czech: člen cs(cs) m.
Danish: kendeord n., artikel c.
Dutch: lidwoord nl(nl) n.
Estonian: artikkel et(et)
Finnish: artikkeli fi(fi)
French: article fr(fr) m.

German: Artikel de(de) m.
Greek: άρθρο el(el) n.
Hungarian: névelő hu(hu)
Italian: articolo it(it) m.
Japanese: 冠詞 (かんし, kanshi)
Macedonian: член mk(mk) (člen) m.
Polish: rodzajnik pl(pl) m.
Portuguese: artigo pt(pt) m.
Romanian: articol ro(ro) n.
Russian: артикль (artíkl’) m.
Scottish Gaelic: alt gd(gd) m.
Slovene: člen sl(sl) m.
Swahili: makala sw(sw)
Turkish: tanımlık tr(tr)

section of a legal document

Albanian: artikull
Armenian: հոդված (hodvaç)
Bulgarian: параграф bg(bg)
Catalan: article m.
Chinese traditional/simplified: 條款, 条款 (tiáo kuǎn)
Czech: článek cs(cs) m.
Danish: artikel da(da) c., punkt da(da) n., paragraf da(da) c.
Dutch: artikel nl(nl) n.
Finnish: artikla fi(fi), pykälä fi(fi), kohta fi(fi)
French: article fr(fr) m.
German: Paragraph de(de) m.
Hebrew: סעיף ^(he) (se`íf) m.

Italian: articolo it(it) m., comma it(it) m.
Japanese: 条項 (じょうこう, joukō), (article number) number条 (じょう, jō)
Macedonian: член mk(mk) (člen) m.
Polish: paragraf pl(pl) m.
Portuguese: artigo pt(pt) m.
Romanian: articol ro(ro) n.
Russian: статья ru(ru) (stat'já) f.
Scots: airticle
Scottish Gaelic: bonn gd(gd) m.
Slovene: člen sl(sl) m.
Swahili: makala sw(sw)
Turkish: madde tr(tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

Breton: ger-mell m., -ioù-mell pl. (1), tra f., -où pl. (2), mellad m.. -où pl.(3), pennad-skrid m., -où-skrid pl. (4)
Interlingua: articulo (1,2,3,4)
Persian: مقاله (maghaaleh)
Romanian: articol n. (1-4)
Spanish: artículo m.
Tok Pisin: Atikel (3)

External links

article in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
article in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

French

Pronunciation

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IPA: /aʁ.tikl/, SAMPA: /aR.tikl/

Noun

article m. (plural articles)

article
joint, articulation
(Canadian ) section (of a law)