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/ɑ̃/

preposition/ɑ̃/

in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes); to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes); by (used to indicate means); as; at (used to describe an ability)

J'habite en Angleterre.I live in England.

From Middle French en, from Old French en, from Latin in, from Proto-Italic *en, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”).

pronoun/ɑ̃/

Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.); Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici.

Essaies-en !Try some (of it / them)!

From Latin inde (“thence”). Compare Catalan en, Italian ne.

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