An vs Men - What's the difference?
an | men |
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(UK, non-standard) used in many British regional accents before some words beginning with a pronounced h
(archaic) If, so long as.
(archaic) as if; as though.
In each; to or for each; per.
(man)
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*:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men .
(lb) (The) people, humanity.
As nouns the difference between an and men
is that an is the first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri) while men is irregular plural of man.As proper nouns the difference between an and men
is that an is alternative form of Anu|lang=en while Men is a god once worshipped in the western interior parts of Anatolia, and associated with lunar symbolism.As an article an
is form of Form used before a vowel sound,|a|lang=en.As a conjunction an
is if, so long as.As a preposition an
is in each; to or for each; per.As an acronym MEN is
acronym of multiple endocrine neoplasia.an
English
(wikipedia an)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Article
(head)Usage notes
* The article (an) is used before vowel sounds and (optionally) before silent aitches, and (a) before consonant sounds. * The various article senses of (a), all are senses of (term).Etymology 2
From (etyl) anConjunction
(English Conjunctions)- An it please you, my lord.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge , The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere (Original Version of 1797) 61-64:
- At length did cross an Albatross, Thorough the Fog it came; And an it were a Christian Soul, We hail'd it in God's Name.
Etymology 3
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From the (etyl) preposition an/on.Preposition
(English prepositions)- I was only going twenty miles an hour.