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See also: -ens, ENS, and Ens.

English

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin , (deprecated template usage) ens, (deprecated template usage) entis. See (deprecated template usage) entity.

Noun

ens

1. (deprecated template usage) (obsolete, metaphysics) Entity, being, or existence; an actually existing being.
   • 1860, John Henry Macmahon, A treatise on metaphysics: chiefly in reference to revealed religion (page 195)

     the Nature of the Supreme Ens

2. (deprecated template usage) (obsolete, chemistry) Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; essence.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ens”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• ESN, NES, Sen, Sen., sen, SNe

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Catalan

Pronoun

ens (proclitic, enclitic nos, contracted enclitic 'ns)

1. us (direct or indirect object)

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi3	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
1st person majestic1	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal1	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person very formal2	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l’4	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal2	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en, n’	-ne, ’n
locative		hi	-hi
1) Behaves grammatically as plural. 2) Behaves grammatically as third person.			3) Only as object of a preposition. 4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

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Danish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse (deprecated template usage) eins, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German (deprecated template usage) eines.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /eːns/, [eːˀns]

Adjective

ens

1. identical
2. alike

Pronoun

ens

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) genitive of en

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Latin

Etymology

Formed by analogy with compound verbs from (deprecated template usage) esse, "to be", such as (deprecated template usage) praesens or (deprecated template usage) absens.

Noun

1. being. Active present participle of (deprecated template usage) sum.
2. thing

Usage notes

"Ens" is the active present participle of (deprecated template usage) sum in medieval Latin. Classical Latin had no active present participle for sum/esse. See also (deprecated template usage) essentia for a similar formation.

Descendants

• Italian: ente
• Portuguese: ente
• Spanish: ente

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Middle French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French.

Preposition

ens

1. in; inside

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Old French

Alternative forms

• Template:l/fro

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) en + (deprecated template usage) les.

Preposition

ens

1. in; inside

Synonyms

• Template:l/fro

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Swedish

Adverb

ens

1. (deprecated template usage) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

• inte ens
• med ens

Noun

ens

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite genitive singular of en

Pronoun

ens

1. genitive of the indefinite pronoun "man"; one's

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
singular	first	—	jag	mig, mej3	min	mitt	mina
	second	—	du	dig, dej3	din	ditt	dina
	third	masculine (person)	han	honom, han2, en5	hans
		feminine (person)	hon	henne, na5	hennes
		gender-neutral (person)1	hen	hen, henom7	hens
		common (noun)	den	den	dess
		neuter (noun)	det	det	dess
		indefinite	man or en4	en	ens
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina
plural	first	—	vi	oss	vår, våran2	vårt, vårat2	våra
	second	—	ni	er	er, eran2, ers6	ert, erat2	era
		archaic	I	eder	eder, eders6	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom3	dem, dom3	deras
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.

⁵Informal, somewhat dialectal

⁶Formal address

⁷Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council