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tocsection-4"><a href="#Antonyms"><span class="tocnumber">1.2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Antonyms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="#Hypernyms"><span class="tocnumber">1.2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Hypernyms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#Translations"><span class="tocnumber">1.2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Translations</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=definite_article&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-definite_article.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-definite_article.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-definite_article.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source 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class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/definite#English" title="definite">definite</a> <a href="/wiki/article#English" title="article">article</a></strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/definite_articles#English" title="definite articles">definite articles</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_Q2865743"><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/grammar" title="grammar">grammar</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> An <a href="/wiki/article" title="article">article</a> that introduces a noun and specifies it as the particular noun that is being considered; in English, the only definite article is <i><a href="/wiki/the" title="the">the</a></i> and its variations.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Antonyms">Antonyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=definite_article&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Antonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/indefinite_article#English" title="indefinite article">indefinite article</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hypernyms">Hypernyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=definite_article&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Hypernyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/article#English" title="article">article</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=definite_article&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-article_introducing_a_noun_and_specifying_it_as_the_particular_noun_considered"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="article introducing a noun and specifying it as the particular noun considered"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Belarusian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%8C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="вызначаны артыкль (page does not exist)">вы́значаны арты́кль</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">význačany artýklʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D1%87%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="определителен член (page does not exist)">определи́телен член</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">opredelítelen člen</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/article_definit#Catalan" title="article definit">article definit</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/article_determinat#Catalan" title="article determinat">article determinat</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%AE%9A%E5%86%A0%E8%A9%9E#Mandarin" title="定冠詞">定冠詞</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%AE%9A%E5%86%A0%E8%AF%8D#Mandarin" title="定冠词">定冠词</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%AE%9A%E5%86%A0%E8%A9%9E" class="extiw" title="zh:定冠詞">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">dìngguàncí</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/ur%C4%8Dit%C3%BD_%C4%8Dlen#Czech" title="určitý člen">určitý člen</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=lidwoord_van_bepaaldheid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="lidwoord van bepaaldheid (page does not exist)">lidwoord van bepaaldheid</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/bepaald_lidwoord#Dutch" title="bepaald lidwoord">bepaald lidwoord</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/bepaald_lidwoord" class="extiw" title="nl:bepaald lidwoord">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/difina_artikolo#Esperanto" title="difina artikolo">difina artikolo</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/m%C3%A4%C3%A4r%C3%A4inen_artikkeli#Finnish" title="määräinen artikkeli">määräinen artikkeli</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/m%C3%A4%C3%A4r%C3%A4inen_artikkeli" class="extiw" title="fi:määräinen artikkeli">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/article_d%C3%A9fini#French" title="article défini">article défini</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/article_d%C3%A9fini" class="extiw" title="fr:article défini">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/artigo_definido#Galician" title="artigo definido">artigo definido</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/bestimmter_Artikel#German" title="bestimmter Artikel">bestimmter Artikel</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/bestimmter_Artikel" class="extiw" title="de:bestimmter Artikel">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=bestimmtes_Geschlechtswort&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="bestimmtes Geschlechtswort (page does not exist)">bestimmtes Geschlechtswort</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=definiter_Artikel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="definiter Artikel (page does not exist)">definiter Artikel</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Definitartikel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Definitartikel (page does not exist)">Definitartikel</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C_%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B8%CF%81%CE%BF#Greek" title="οριστικό άρθρο">οριστικό άρθρο</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">oristikó árthro</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/hat%C3%A1rozott_n%C3%A9vel%C5%91#Hungarian" title="határozott névelő">határozott névelő</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/hat%C3%A1rozott_n%C3%A9vel%C5%91" class="extiw" title="hu:határozott névelő">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Icelandic: <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/%C3%A1kve%C3%B0inn_greinir#Icelandic" title="ákveðinn greinir">ákveðinn greinir</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%A1kve%C3%B0inn_greinir" class="extiw" title="is:ákveðinn greinir">(is)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/%C3%A1kv._gr.#Icelandic" title="ákv. gr.">ákv. gr.</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/w/index.php?title=alt_cinnte&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="alt cinnte (page does not exist)">alt cinnte</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/articolo_determinativo#Italian" title="articolo determinativo">articolo determinativo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/articolo_determinativo" class="extiw" title="it:articolo determinativo">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E5%AE%9A%E5%86%A0%E8%A9%9E#Japanese" title="定冠詞">定冠詞</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%AE%9A%E5%86%A0%E8%A9%9E" class="extiw" title="ja:定冠詞">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">ていかんし, teikanshi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/wiki/%EC%A0%95%EA%B4%80%EC%82%AC#Korean" title="정관사">정관사(定冠詞)</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EC%A0%95%EA%B4%80%EC%82%AC" class="extiw" title="ko:정관사">(ko)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">jeonggwansa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/w/index.php?title=articulus_definitus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="articulus definitus (page does not exist)">articulus definitus</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Lithuanian: <span class="Latn" lang="lt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%BEymimasis_artikelis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="žymimasis artikelis (page does not exist)">žymimasis artikelis</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Mongolian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D1%8F%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%86_%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%88%D2%AF%D2%AF%D0%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="тодорхой ялгац гишүүн (page does not exist)">тодорхой ялгац гишүүн</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mn-Latn" class="tr Latn">todorxoj jalgac gišüün</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="mn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D1%8F%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%86&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="тодорхой ялгац (page does not exist)">тодорхой ялгац</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mn-Latn" class="tr Latn">todorxoj jalgac</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="mn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%82%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%85_%D1%8F%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%86_%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%88%D2%AF%D2%AF%D0%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="тухайлах ялгац гишүүн (page does not exist)">тухайлах ялгац гишүүн</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mn-Latn" class="tr Latn">tuxajlax jalgac gišüün</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="mn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%82%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%85_%D1%8F%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%86&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="тухайлах ялгац (page does not exist)">тухайлах ялгац</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mn-Latn" class="tr Latn">tuxajlax jalgac</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Norman: <span class="Latn" lang="nrf"><a href="/wiki/articl%27ye_d%C3%A9finnie#Norman" title="articl'ye définnie">articl'ye définnie</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/w/index.php?title=bestemt_artikkel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="bestemt artikkel (page does not exist)">bestemt artikkel</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd> <dd>Nynorsk: <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/w/index.php?title=bestemt_artikkel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="bestemt artikkel (page does not exist)">bestemt artikkel</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/w/index.php?title=bestemd_artikkel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="bestemd artikkel (page does not exist)">bestemd artikkel</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=rodzajnik_okre%C5%9Blony&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="rodzajnik określony (page does not exist)">rodzajnik określony</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/rodzajnik_okre%C5%9Blony" class="extiw" title="pl:rodzajnik określony">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> <abbr title="inanimate">inan</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/artigo_definido#Portuguese" title="artigo definido">artigo definido</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/artigo_definido" class="extiw" title="pt:artigo definido">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/articol_definit#Romanian" title="articol definit">articol definit</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/articol_definit" class="extiw" title="ro:articol definit">(ro)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/articol_hot%C4%83r%C3%A2t#Romanian" title="articol hotărât">articol hotărât</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/articol_hot%C4%83r%C3%A2t" class="extiw" title="ro:articol hotărât">(ro)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%8C#Russian" title="определённый артикль">определённый арти́кль</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:определённый артикль">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">opredeljónnyj artíklʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Scottish Gaelic: <span class="Latn" lang="gd"><a href="/wiki/alt_cinnteach#Scottish_Gaelic" title="alt cinnteach">alt cinnteach</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <span class="Cyrl" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%92%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D1%87%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="одређени члан (page does not exist)">одређени члан</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd> <dd>Roman: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=odre%C4%91eni_%C4%8Dlan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="određeni član (page does not exist)">određeni član</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/art%C3%ADculo_definido#Spanish" title="artículo definido">artículo definido</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/art%C3%ADculo_definido" class="extiw" title="es:artículo definido">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/art%C3%ADculo_determinado#Spanish" title="artículo determinado">artículo determinado</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/art%C3%ADculo_determinado" class="extiw" title="es:artículo determinado">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/w/index.php?title=best%C3%A4md_artikel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="bestämd artikel (page does not exist)">bestämd artikel</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=belirli_harfitarif&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="belirli harfitarif (page does not exist)">belirli harfitarif</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/belirli_tan%C4%B1ml%C4%B1k#Turkish" title="belirli tanımlık">belirli tanımlık</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/belirli_tan%C4%B1ml%C4%B1k" class="extiw" title="tr:belirli tanımlık">(tr)</a></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%8C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="визначений артикль (page does not exist)">ви́значений арти́кль</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">význačenyj artýklʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Vietnamese: <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=m%E1%BA%A1o_t%E1%BB%AB_x%C3%A1c_%C4%91%E1%BB%8Bnh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="mạo từ xác định (page does not exist)">mạo từ xác định</a></span></li> <li>Welsh: <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a 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