冠かん詞し

noun

article (grammar)

Linguistic term for words like 'a', 'an', and 'the' in English, or their equivalents in other languages.

• 英えい語ごの冠かん詞しは名めい詞しの前まえに置おかれる。

  English articles are placed before nouns.

• 日本にほん語ごには冠かん詞しがない。

  Japanese does not have articles.