anis

anis

1. plural of ani

• Sani, nias, ASIN, ANSI, nasi, Sina, nais, Sian, AINs, ISNA, Sain, Nias, sian, sain, as in, ains, Isan, nasi', NIAS

From English ants.

anis

1. ant

• (Alghero) IPA^(key): /ˈanis/

anis m

1. (Alghero) alternative form of anís

• El Català de l'Alguer : un model d'àmbit restringit, Barcelona, 2003, →ISBN, page 53

• “anis”, in Diccionari d'Alguerés, 5 July 2022 (last accessed)

English anise.

• Hyphenation: a‧nis

anis

1. anise or aniseed plant (Pimpinella anisum)
2. star anise (Illicium verum)
3. seed of star anise

Borrowed from English anise

anis f (uncountable)

1. anise

• “anis” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

From Ancient Greek ἄνισον (ánison).

anis c (singular definite anissen, plural indefinite anis)

1. anise

• “anis” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /ˈanis/
• Rhymes: -anis
• Syllabification: a‧nis

anis

1. past of ani

Borrowed from Swedish anis; ultimately from Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἄνισον (ánison), from Egyptian jnst.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnis/, [ˈɑ̝nis̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑnis
• Syllabification^(key): a‧nis
• Hyphenation^(key): anis

anis

1. anise, aniseed (seeds of Pimpinella anisum used as a spice)

• “anis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• Sian, nais, nais-, sain, sian

Inherited from Old French anis, from Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἄνισον (ánison).

• IPA^(key): /a.nis/, /a.ni/

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anis m (invariable)

1. anise (plant and spice)

• anis étoile
• anisé

• → Galician: anís
• → Portuguese: anis
• → Spanish: anís
• → Tamil: அனீசு (aṉīcu)

• “anis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• nais, nias, sain

From Spanish anís, from French anis, from Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἄνῑσον (ánīson).

• Hyphenation: a‧nis
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈnis/, [ʔɐˈnis]

anís

1. anise

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈanis/ [ˈa.nɪs]
• Rhymes: -anis
• Syllabification: a‧nis

From Dutch anijs, from Middle Dutch anis, from Old French anis, from Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἄνισον (ánison). Cognate of Afrikaans anijs.

anis (plural anis-anis)

1. anise (Pimpinella anisum)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

anis (plural anis-anis)

1. thrush (any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae)

• “anis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.niːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.nis]

ānīs

1. dative/ablative plural of ānus

• "anis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

anis

1. alternative form of anys

From Old French anis, from Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἂνισον (ànison).

anis m (plural anis)

1. (Jersey) aniseed

From Ancient Greek ἄνισον (ánison).

anis m (definite singular anisen, indefinite plural aniser, definite plural anisene)

1. anise (plant)
2. aniseed (spice)

• “anis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Ancient Greek ἄνισον (ánison).

anis m (definite singular anisen, indefinite plural anisar, definite plural anisane)

1. anise (plant)
2. aniseed (spice)

• “anis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From English ants.

anis

1. ant

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -is, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃ
• Hyphenation: a‧nis

From French anis, from Old French anis, from Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἂνισον (ànison).

anis m (plural anises)

1. anise (plant and spice)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

anis

1. masculine/feminine plural of anil

• “anis”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “anis”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

anis (not comparable)

1. alternative form of ance

Borrowed from Latin anīsum.

• IPA^(key): /ǎnis/

ànis m inan (Cyrillic spelling а̀нис)

1. anise

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́νῑσον (ắnīson). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

anis c

1. aniseed (the seed-like fruit of the anise)

• stjärnanis

• nias, sina

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈnis/ [ʔɐˈn̪ɪs]
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: a‧nis

Borrowed from Spanish anís, from French anis, from Old French anis, from Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἄνῑσον (ánīson), from Egyptian

(jnst).

anís (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒᜐ᜔)

1. anise (plant or seed)

anís (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒᜐ᜔) (obsolete)

1. alternative form of inis

• “anis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 37

• nais, sina, asin, Sina

From English ants.

anis

1. ant

• Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008), Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, →ISBN, page 3

From English ants.

anis

1. ant

From Middle English anys, from Old French anis.

anis m

1. anise

• coed anis (“star anise”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “anis”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies