em
Meaning
- in; inside; within (contained by)
- on; on top of (located just above the surface of)
- in; at (located in a location)
- in (part of; a member of)
- in; into; inside (towards the inside of)
- indicates the target of an action
- in (pertaining to the particular thing)
- in (immediately after a period of time)
- in; during (within a period of time)
- at; in (in a state of)
- in (indicates means, medium, format, genre or instrumentality)
- in (indicates a language, script, tone etc. of writing, speaking etc.)
- in (wearing)
- (slang) indicates that the object deserves a given punishment
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ẽj̃/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese en, from Latin in (“in”), from Proto-Italic *en, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”). Doublet of in.
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