Borrowed fromLatinānsa(“a handle, haft”).

• IPA^(key):/ˈæn.sə/

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ansa (pluralansae)

1. (astronomy) The mostprotruding part ofplanetary rings as seen from a distance, perceived toproject likehandles on either side of thedisc of theplanet.
2. (anatomy) Aloop-shapedstructure.

   Hyponyms:ansa cervicalis,ansa lenticularis

• ansa compound
• ansamycin
• ansate

• “ansa”, inLexico,Dictionary.com;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.
• “ansa”, inMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• N.A.S.A.,Sana,Ṣan‘ā’,Saan,ANAs,Nasa,anas,San'a',AANs,Naas,NASA

Borrowed fromLatinānsa.

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic)[ˈan.sə]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[ˈan.sa]

ansa f (pluralanses)

1. handle

   Synonym:nansa

2. (anatomy)loop
3. (surgery)snare
4. smallbay,inlet

• ansar
• ansat

• “ansa” inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

FromProto-Finnic*ansa (compareEstonianaas), borrowed fromProto-Balto-Slavic*ansā (compareOld Prussianansis(“hook, latch”),Latvianosa),^[1] fromProto-Indo-European*h₂emseh₂ (compareLatinānsa(“handle”)).

• IPA^(key):/ˈɑnsɑ/,[ˈɑ̝ns̠ɑ̝]
• Rhymes:-ɑnsɑ
• Syllabification^(key):an‧sa
• Hyphenation^(key):an‧sa

ansa

1. trap
2. booby trap

• käpälälauta
• loukku
• pinne

• “ansa”, inKielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki:Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland),2004–, retrieved2023-07-02

• saan,sana

• IPA^(key):/ɑ̃.sa/

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ansa

1. third-personsingular past historic ofanser

• sana

FromPortugueseasa. Cognate withKabuverdianuaza.

ansa

1. wing

FromMalayangsa.

ansa

1. goose(a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae)

• anza(obsolete)

FromOld Norseanza.

• IPA^(key):/ˈansa/
• Rhymes:-ansa

ansa (weak verb,third-person singular past indicativeansaði,supineansað)

1. toanswer, toreply

   Synonym:svara

2. topay heed to

   Synonyms:gegna,sinna

• ans

FromProto-Finnic*ansa. Cognates includeFinnishansa andEstonianaas.

• (Ala-Laukaa)IPA^(key):/ˈɑnsɑ/,[ˈɑns̠]
• (Soikkola)IPA^(key):/ˈɑnsɑ/,[ˈɑnʒ̥ɑ]
• Rhymes:-ɑns,-ɑnsɑ
• Hyphenation:an‧sa

ansa

1. trap for catchinggrouse

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971)Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page16

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ansa

1. dearest, mostbeloved

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ansa

1. (literary)difficult

FromLatinansa(“handle”).

ansa m (genitive singularansa,nominative pluralansaí)

1. (astronomy)ansa

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ansa”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ansa”, inEnglish-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ansa”, inNew English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge,2013–2025

• IPA^(key):/ˈan.sa/
• Rhymes:-ansa
• Hyphenation:àn‧sa

Probably fromProto-Germanic*ansijō(“loop, handle”) mixed with*asa, inherited fromLatinānsa(“handle”), perhaps also formally influenced by the Latin in the literary language. Cf.GermanÖse(“eyelet”),Romanschansa, onsa(“eyelet”); contrast the inheritedSardinianasa(“handle”),Lombardasa(“handle”) andaseta(“loop”), VeronaVenetanasa(“soffit”), AbruzzoNeapolitanasa(“door hinge”), CalabriaSicilianasa(“handle”),Portugueseasa(“wing; handle”),Galicianasa(“handle”),Spanishasa(“handle”).

ansa f (pluralanse)

1. handle

   Synonyms:manico,maniglia,presa

2. (rare)excuse,pretext

   Synonyms:appiglio,pretesto,scusa

3. (geography)curve orbend (in a river)

   Synonyms:curva,meandro

4. (geography) a smallbight,bay,cove

   Synonym:insenatura

5. loop,coil
6. as name of various chirurgical or laboratory instruments

ansa

1. inflection ofansare:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

• ansa in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “ansa”, inRomanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German)

• ANAS,sana

• āsa(Late Latin,proscribed)

FromProto-Indo-European*h₂emseh₂(“handle”),^[1][2] from*h₂em-(“to grasp”). CompareLithuanianąsa(“jug handle”),Proto-Germanic*ansijō(“handle, loop, eyelet”),Ancient Greekἡνία(hēnía,“rein, bridle”). See alsoamplus(“ample”),ampla(“handle”), which the word was traditionally linked to, but which are not considered cognate anymore based on modern analysis.^[1]

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈan.sa/,[ˈä̃ːsä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈan.sa/,[ˈänsä]

ānsa f (genitiveānsae);first declension

1. handle
2. tiller(handle of therudder)

First-declension noun.

• ansātus

• “ansa”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ansa”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "ansa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• ansa inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894)Latin Phrase-Book‎^[4], London:Macmillan and Co.
  • to give occasion for blame; to challenge criticism:ansas dare ad reprehendum, reprehensionis
    
  • to contain, afford matter for criticism:ansam habere reprehensionis
    
• “ansa”, inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898),Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995)New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press,→ISBN
• Pokorny, Julius (1959)Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag

• anse(e infinitive)

FromOld Norseansa,anza.

ansa (present tenseansar,past tenseansa,past participleansa,passive infinitiveansast,present participleansande,imperativeansa/ans)

1. notice,pay attention to

   Egansa deg ikkje.

   I didn'tnotice you.

• (notice):ensa,ense

• “anse” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Learned borrowing fromLatinānsa.^[1][2][3] First attested in 1556–1557.^[4]

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• Rhymes:-ansa
• Syllabification:an‧sa

ansa f

1. (literary)resentment,animosity,ill will [withdo(+genitive)‘to/for whom/what’]

   Synonyms:niechęć,pretensja,uraza

2. (obsolete, originally)reason,cause;rashness

   Synonyms:powód,przyczyna

• ansa inWielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ansa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Krystyna Siekierska (02.07.2012) “ANSA”, inElektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “ansa”, inSłownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “ansa”, inSłownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz,A. Kryński,W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “ansa”, inSłownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page40

Borrowed fromLatinānsa(“handle”).Doublet ofasa.

• Hyphenation:an‧sa

ansa f (pluralansas)

1. (anatomy)ansa(loop-shaped structure)

ansa (presentansar,preteriteansade,supineansat,imperativeansa)

1. totrim, toprune

   ansa skägget

   trim one's beard

• ansa inSvensk ordbok (SO)
• ansa inSvenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ansa inSvenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• anas,nasa

FromEnglishanswer.

ansa

1. answer

CompareKari'naanàsa(“throat”).

• IPA^(key):[ansa]

ansa (possessedansai)

1. necklace

• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988)The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page290