any

See also: Appendix:Variations of "any"

Translingual

Etymology

English Anyin

Symbol

any

1. (international standards) language code for Anyin.

English

Alternative forms

• anie (obsolete)
• anny (pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

From Middle English any, eny, ony, ani, aniȝ, eniȝ, æniȝ, from Old English ǣniġ (“any”), from Proto-West Germanic *ainīg, *ainag, from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), equivalent to one +‎ -y.

Cognate to Saterland Frisian eenich (“some”), West Frisian iennich (“only”), Dutch enig (“any, some”), Afrikaans enig (“any”), German Low German enig (“some”), German einig (“some”), Italian unico (“unique”), French unique (“unique”). Piecewise doublet of unique.

Pronunciation

• (Conservative RP) IPA^(key): /ˈɛnɪ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛni/, (obsolete, dialectal and historical) /ˈæni/
• (Ireland, Newfoundland) IPA^(key): /ˈæni/
• (Ireland, Newfoundland, UK obsolete) Homophone: Annie
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛni/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɪni/
• Homophone: innie (US, pin–pen merger)
• Rhymes: -ɛni, -æni

Adverb

any (not comparable)

1. To even the slightest extent, at all.

   I will not remain here any longer.

   If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!

   That doesn't bother me any. (chiefly US usage)

   • 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, Bantam, published 1992, →ISBN, page 58:

     I wasn't any too easy in my mind.

   • 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 104:

     'That wouldn't surprise me any.'

Translations

at all

• Catalan: gens (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不再 (zh) (buzai), 一点 (zh) (yidian)

• Dutch: enig (nl), enkel (nl)
• Esperanto: iom ajn, eĉ iomete
• Finnish: yhtään (fi)
• French: du tout (fr)
• Italian: affatto (it)
• Latin: omnīnō
• Polish: jeszcze (pl)
• Portuguese: mais (pt)
• Russian: ещё (ru) (ješčó)
• Scots: onie, ony
• Slovak: ešte
• Spanish: algo (es)
• Swedish: nåt (sv), nå (sv)
• Ukrainian: ще (uk) (šče)

Determiner

any

1. (chiefly in the negative or interrogative, chiefly with plural or uncountable nouns) One at all; at least one; at least one kind of; some; a positive quantity of.

   Antonyms: zero, no

   Hyponyms: (countable) one; a few, a couple of, a handful of, several; multiple, various; a lot of, many, numerous; countless; (uncountable) a little, much

   Near-synonym: some

   Do you have any biscuits?

   Do you have any food?

   I haven't got any money.

   It won't do you any good.

   "Give me your pen." — "I don't have any pen."

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew xi:27:

     No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.

2. A/an, each or some, no matter its/their identity or nature.

   Choose any item you want.

   Any person may apply.

   Press any key to continue.

   The character '#' matches any digit 0–9.

   Please bring some plates — any plates will do.

   I'll drink any whiskey you've got.

   • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.

   • 2006 February, Chuck White, Developing Killer Web Apps with Dreamweaver MX and C#, Wiley, page 269:

     [a-z]: A range of characters that matches any character in the specified range. For example, [a-z] matches any lowercase alphabetic character in the range a through z.

   • 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

     Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.

3. (with time designations) An unspecified but imminent (second, minute, day etc.).

   They'll be arriving any day.

   I expect the phone to ring at any moment.

Derived terms

• any and all
• any and every
• anybody
• anycast
• any day
• any fule kno
• any hole's a goal
• anyhow
• any longer
• any minute now
• any moment now
• anymore, any more
• any nook or cranny
• any number of
• any old
• anyon
• anyone
• any other business
• anyplace
• anypony
• any port in a storm
• any press is good press
• anyroad, any road
• anyshit
• anything
• anytime, any time
• any time now
• any time soon
• Anytown
• anyway, any way
• any way one cuts it
• any way one slices it
• anywhat
• anywhen
• anywhence
• anywhere
• any which way
• anywhither
• anywho
• anywhom
• anywise
• at any cost
• at any event
• at any given moment
• at any hand
• at any rate
• by any chance
• by any means
• by any stretch
• for any sake
• getting any
• in any case
• in any event
• just any
• know any better
• not by any manner of means
• on any view
• with any luck

 

Translations

at least one (kind)

• Arabic: أَيّ (ar) (ʔayy)

  Egyptian Arabic: أي (ʔay)

  North Levantine Arabic: ايا (ayya), حيلا (ḥayalla); شي (ši) (some)

• Armenian: որևէ (hy) (orewē)
• Basque: edozein
• Belarusian: які́сьці (jakísʹci), які́сь (jakísʹ), які-не́будзь (jaki-njébudzʹ), не́йкі (njéjki), жа́дны (žádny) (with negative)
• Bulgarian: някакъ́в (njakakǎ́v), ни́какъв (níkakǎv), какъ́в да е (kakǎ́v da e), какъ́вто и да е (kakǎ́vto i da e), вся́какъв (bg) (vsjákakǎv), ма́лко (bg) (málko)
• Catalan: algun (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 任意 (zh) (rènyì), 任何 (zh) (rènhé)

• Dutch: enig (nl)
• Esperanto: iu (eo), iom da
• Estonian: iga (et), mistahes, suvaline, ükskõik milline, keegi (et)
• Finnish: yhtään (fi), jotakin (fi), mitään (fi)
• French: (with a negative particle) aucun (fr)
• German: (can be omitted); (interrogative or conditional; singular) irgendein (de); (interrogative or conditional; plural) irgendwelche (de); (negative) kein (de), überhaupt kein
• Greek: καθένας (el) (kathénas), όποιος (el) (ópoios)
• Hebrew: אַף (he) (af), שׁוּם (he) (shum)
• Hindi: कोई (hi) (koī), कोई भी (koī bhī)
• Ido: irga (io) (at all), ula (io) (some)
• Interlingua: ulle
• Italian: qualche (it)
• Korean: 어떤 (ko) (eotteon)
• Latin: ullus (la)
• Macedonian: некаков (nekakov), никаков (nikakov) (with negative)
• Maltese: xi, kwalunkwe
• Maore Comorian: (with a verb in a negative form) ata
• Marathi: कोणतेही (koṇtehī)
• Ngazidja Comorian: (with a verb in a negative form) hata
• Occitan: qualque (oc)
• Old English: ǣniġ
• Old High German: einag
• Polish: jakiś (pl) m, (with negative) żaden (pl) m
• Portuguese: algum (pt)
• Russian: како́й-нибудь (ru) (kakój-nibudʹ), никако́й (ru) (nikakój) (with negative)
• Scots: onie, ony
• Slovak: nejaký m
• Spanish: alguno (es)
• Tocharian B: ksa
• Ukrainian: яки́йсь (uk) (jakýjsʹ), ^{(please verify)} жо́дний (uk) (žódnyj) (with negative)
• Urdu: کوئی (koī)
• Volapük: seimik (vo)

no matter what kind

• Arabic: أَيّ (ar) m or f (ʔayy)

  North Levantine Arabic: حيلا (ḥayalla), ايا (ayya)

• Azerbaijani: istənilən, hər hansı
• Belarusian: любы́ m (ljubý), уся́кі (usjáki), ко́жны (kóžny)
• Catalan: qualsevol m or f, qualssevol m pl or f pl
• Czech: kterýkoliv (cs)
• Esperanto: ia (eo), iu ajn
• Finnish: mikä tahansa (fi), kuka tahansa
• French: n’importe quel (fr), quelconque (fr)
• Georgian: ნებისმიერი (nebismieri), რაც არ უნდა იყოს (rac ar unda iq̇os)
• German: (singular) irgendein (de), jeder (de), jeglicher (de), jeder beliebige, jeder mögliche, welcher auch immer; (informal) egal welcher; (plural) irgendwelche (de), alle (de)
• Hebrew: כלשהו m (kólshehu)
• Indonesian: apa pun, sembarang (id), apa saja (id), kapan pun, kapan saja
• Irish: aon (ga)
• Italian: qualsiasi (it)
• Japanese: 任意 (ja) (にんい, nin'i)
• Low German:

  German Low German: jeed, all (nds)

• Macedonian: било кој (bilo koj), секој (sekoj)
• Old English: ǣniġ
• Polish: którykolwiek (pl) m, jakikolwiek (pl) m, każdy (pl) m
• Portuguese: qualquer (pt)
• Romanian: orice (ro), oricare (ro), nici un, nici o
• Russian: любо́й (ru) (ljubój), -нибу́дь (ru) (-nibúdʹ), вся́кий (ru) (vsjákij), ка́ждый (ru) (káždyj)
• Scots: onie, ony
• Scottish Gaelic: aon, sam bith
• Slovak: akýkoľvek, ktorýkoľvek
• Spanish: cualquier (es), cualquiera (es)
• Swahili: yoyote
• Ukrainian: будь-яки́й (uk) m (budʹ-jakýj), ко́жний (uk) (kóžnyj), уся́кий (usjákyj)
• Walloon: tolminme ké (wa) m, nimpôrtu ké m

See also

• some
• anny

Pronoun

any

1. Any thing(s) or person(s).

   Any may apply.

Translations

Any things or persons

• Arabic: أَيّ (ar) (ʔayy), كُلّ (kull), أَيَّة f (ʔayya), أَيْمَا (ʔaymā)
• Bulgarian: кой да е (koj da e), който и да е (kojto i da e), всеки (vseki), някой (njakoj), никой (nikoj)
• Catalan: algun (ca), qualque (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 誰／谁 (zh) (shuí, shéi)

• Czech: kdokoliv (cs) (anyone), cokoliv (cs) (anything)
• Dutch: elk (nl)
• Esperanto: iu ajn, ĉiu (eo), ĉiuj (eo)
• Finnish: mikä tahansa (fi)
• French: n’importe qui (fr) (anyone), tous (fr), tout le monde (fr)
• Georgian: ნებისმიერი (nebismieri)
• German: jeder (de) m
• Japanese: どれも (doremo), どれでも (doredemo)
• Latin: ūllus (la)
• Low German:

  German Low German: jeed, elk

• Polish: ktokolwiek (pl)
• Portuguese: qualquer um
• Romanian: orice (ro) (anything), oricare (ro), oricine (ro) (anyone)
• Russian: любо́й (ru) (ljubój), вся́кий (ru) (vsjákij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: свак m

  Roman: svak (sh) m

• Slovak: (anyone) ktokoľvek, (anything) čokoľvek
• Spanish: cualquiera (es), cualquier (es)
• Ukrainian: будь-хто́ (uk) (budʹ-xtó)

References

• “any”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• AYN, Ayn, NAY, NYA, Nay, Yan, ayn, nay, yan

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin annus, from Proto-Italic *atnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-no-, probably from *h₂et- (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈaɲ]

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɲ

Noun

any m (plural anys)

1. year

   un home de 26 anys ― a 26-year-old man

   Quants anys tens? ― How old are you?

   Bon any nou! ― Happy new year!

   Avui faig anys ― Today is my birthday

Derived terms

• any llum
• anyet
• anyívol
• anys i panys
• per molts anys
• qui dia passa, any empeny

 

Related terms

• aniversari
• annals
• anual / anyal
• ninou
• perenne

Further reading

• “any” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “any” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

any

1. Alternative form of ani

Etymology 2

Noun

any

1. Alternative form of anoy

Etymology 3

Verb

any

1. Alternative form of anoyen

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈnɨ/

Noun

any

1. Alternative form of anũ

References

• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida; 2013; Dicionário do Tupi Antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil; São Paulo: Global.

Yola

Adjective

any

1. Alternative form of aany
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 86:

     Yith w'had any lhuck, oor naame wode b' zung,

     If we had any luck, our name would have been sung

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 86