article
Pronunciation: /ˈɑːtɪkl̩/
The English word “article” has 13 meanings listed here.
noun
- A piece of nonfiction writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, encyclopedia, etc.
- An object, a member of a group or class.
- 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).
- A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc. or, in the plural, the entire document seen as a collection of these.
- A part or segment of something joined to other parts, or, in combination, forming a structured set.
- A person; an individual.
- A wench.
- Subject matter; concern.
- A distinct part.
- A precise point in time; a moment.
verb
- To bind by articles of apprenticeship.
- To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles or accusations.
- To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.
Etymology
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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