Meaning

10 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)The language that developed in England and is now spoken in the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and many other parts of the world.

    English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca.

    How do you say ‘à peu près’ in English?

  2. (countable, uncountable)A variety, dialect, or idiolect of spoken and or written English.

  3. (countable, uncountable)English language, literature, composition as a subject of study

    Englisch, Änglisch, Englisch

    англи́йский язы́кanglíjskij jazýk, англи́йскийanglíjskij

    англі́йська мо́ваanhlíjsʹka móva, англі́йськаanhlíjsʹka

  4. (countable, uncountable)An English surname originally denoting a non-Celtic or non-Danish person in Britain.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A male or female given name.

  6. A number of places in the United States:

    (countable, uncountable)A town, the county seat of Crawford County, Indiana; named for Indiana statesman William Hayden English.

  7. (countable, uncountable)An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Kentucky.

  8. (countable, uncountable)An unincorporated community in Brazoria County, Texas.

  9. (countable, uncountable)An unincorporated community in Red River County, Texas.

  10. (countable, uncountable)An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia.

Examples

5248 sentences

  1. Your English has improved a lot.

    Твоя англійська сильно покращилася.

    ruТвой английский стал намного лучше.

    deIhr Englisch hat sich sehr verbessert.

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  2. It is written in simple English.

    Це пишеться простою англійською.

    deEs ist in einfachem Englisch geschrieben.

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  3. Is it hard to speak English?

    Англійською важко розмовляти?

    ruТрудно ли говорить по-английски?

    deIst es schwierig, Englisch zu sprechen?

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  4. I wish I could speak English.

    Я би хотів уміти говорити англійською.

    ruЖаль, что я не говорю по-английски.

    deIch wünschte, ich könnte Englisch sprechen.

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  5. I am able to read English.

    Я можу читати англійською.

    ruЯ могу читать по-английски.

    deIch bin in der Lage, Texte auf Englisch zu lesen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the English language:
Русский
By meaning 2
transliterations of the surname:
the English language:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the English language:

Origin

From Middle English Englisch, English, Inglis, from Old English Englisċ (“of the Angles; E

From Middle English Englisch, English, Inglis, from Old English Englisċ (“of the Angles; English”), from Engle (“the Angles”), a Germanic tribe + -isċ; equivalent to Engle + -ish. Doublet of Anglish. Compare West Frisian Ingelsk, Scots Inglis (older ynglis), Dutch Engels, Danish engelsk, Old French Englesche (whence French anglais), German englisch, Spanish inglés, all ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow”) (compare Sanskrit अंहु (áṃhu, “narrow”), अंहस् (áṃhas, “anxiety, sin”), Latin angustus (“narrow”), Old Church Slavonic ѫзъкъ (ǫzŭkŭ, “narrow”)). More at Angles (tribe) § Etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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