English Explanatory Dictionary

in-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. in, into, towards, within.
  2. Inward (direction)
  3. Within (position)
prefix
  1. in, into
  2. Into
  3. Doing; forming verbs.
  4. Having, possessing
prefix
  1. Used with certain words to reverse their meaning.
  2. Added to adjectives to mean not.
  3. Added to nouns to mean lacking or without.
  4. Cannot, unable.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-in-.wav

Word forms

in- i- il- en-

Etymology

PIE word *h₁én From Middle English in-, from Old English in- (“in, into”, prefix), from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én. More at in.

Synonyms

intra- en- em- im- end- endo- ento- a- an- dys- i- il- ir- mal- non- un-

Antonyms

out- ex- exo- ecto-

Related words

em- en- a- an- non- un- wan-

Derived words

inbound inbox ingrown inlaid inner input inside inward inbeat inbend inbent inbirth inblow inbreathe inbring incave inbeing in-between inbreed inburn inburning incar incaved incaverned incenter incircle infiltrate ingress invade inflammable imbalsamation imband imbar imbarn imbound imbox inbeaming inbear inbind inbreak inbreaking incantoning incask imbank inbland inblind inborrow inbuild inclamation incloister imbannered inaureole inawe incarnate inability inaccuracy inaccurate inadmissible inanimate incapable

Translations

French: in- en- Galician: in- Greek: εισ- Greek: εν- Italian: in- Norwegian Bokmål: inn- Persian: درون Polish: w- Portuguese: em- Portuguese: in- Spanish: endo- Spanish: en- Spanish: em- Spanish: in- Spanish: im- Spanish: i- Spanish: intra- Armenian: ան- Catalan: in- Czech: ne- Esperanto: mal- Finnish: epä- French: in- Greek: α- Greek: αν- Hebrew: אִי Hebrew: בִּלְתִּי Ido: ne- Indonesian: in- Japanese: 不 Norwegian Bokmål: ikke- Norwegian Bokmål: u- Norwegian Bokmål: van- Norwegian Bokmål: mis- Norwegian Nynorsk: ikkje- Norwegian Nynorsk: u- Norwegian Nynorsk: van- Norwegian Nynorsk: mis- Polish: nie- Portuguese: in- Russian: не Spanish: in- Swedish: o- Swedish: in-
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