Meaning

10 senses
  1. A piece of nonfiction writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, encyclopedia, etc.

    Artikel, Bericht, Meldung

    статья́statʹjá

    стаття́stattjá

  2. An object, a member of a group or class.

    an article of clothing

    Artikel

    предме́тpredmét, членčlen

    one of a class of artifacts

  3. 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 an ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Russian, Pashto).

    Artikel, Begleiter, Geschlechtswort

    арти́кльartíklʹ, членčlen

    арти́кльartýklʹ

  4. A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc. or, in the plural, the entire document seen as a collection of these.

    The Articles of War are a set of regulations[…]to govern the conduct of[…]military[…]forces

    Paragraph, Artikel

    статья́statʹjá, пара́графparágraf

    стаття́stattjá

    a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)

  5. A part or segment of something joined to other parts, or, in combination, forming a structured set.

    Each of the chelicerae is composed of two articles, forming a powerful pincer.

    nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

  6. (dated, derogatory)A person; an individual.

    a shrewd article

    Element, Subjekt

  7. (dated)Subject matter; concern.

  8. (dated)A distinct part.

  9. (obsolete, slang)A wench.

    She's a prime article, a devilish good piece, a hell of a goer.

  10. (obsolete)A precise point in time; a moment.

Examples

817 sentences
  1. These articles are not for sale.

    Ці товари не для продажу.

    ruЭти товары не для продажи.

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  2. I want to write an article.

    Я хочу написати статтю.

    ruЯ хочу написать статью.

    deIch will einen Artikel schreiben.

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  3. That article was written in English.

    Ця стаття була написана англійською.

    ruТа статья написана на английском.

    deDieser Artikel wurde auf Englisch verfasst.

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  4. A coat is an article of clothing.

    Пальто — предмет одягу.

    ruПальто - это предмет одежды.

    deEin Mantel ist ein Kleidungsstück.

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  5. I read an article about acid rain yesterday.

    Учора я прочитав статтю про кислотні дощі.

    ruЯ вчера прочитал статью про кислотные дожди.

    deIch habe gestern einen Artikel über sauren Regen gelesen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
story, report, or opinion piece:
part of speech that specifies a noun:
Русский
By meaning 4
story, report, or opinion piece:
member of a group or class:
part of speech that specifies a noun:
section of a legal document:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
story, report, or opinion piece:
part of speech that specifies a noun:
section of a legal document:
person:

Origin

From Middle English article, from Old French article, from Latin articulus (“a joint, limb

From Middle English article, from Old French article, from Latin articulus (“a joint, limb, member, part, division, the article in grammar, a point of time”), from Latin artus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂értus (“that which is fit together; juncture, ordering”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join, fit (together)”). Doublet of articulus.

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Forms

plural: articles
Singulararticle
Pluralarticles

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will):clause

Word family

29 related words

Collocations

9 patterns
  • an an article
  • read the article
  • an article for
  • the whole article
  • article out of
  • an article about
  • read this article
  • this article is
  • whole article

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
article — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto