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定冠詞 (teikanshi) Japanese meaning: definite article | Kotomora

定てい冠かん詞し

て

い

か

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し

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Meanings

1

definite article

A grammatical term referring to words like English 'the' that mark a noun as specific or known.

英えい語ごの定てい冠かん詞し「the」の使つかい方かた

は

難むずか

しい

。

Using the English definite article 'the' is difficult.

フランス語ごには定てい冠かん詞しと不ふ定てい冠かん詞しがある。

French has definite and indefinite articles.

Kanji

定determine, fix, establish
冠crown, best, peerless
詞part of speech, words, poetry

Related words

不ふ定てい冠かん詞し
Indefinite article (e.g., 'a'/'an' in English), contrasting with the definite article.

Etymology

Compound of 定 (てい, 'fixed, definite') + 冠詞 (かんし, 'article'), a calque from Western grammatical terminology.