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US /ˈɑɹtɪkəl/ UK /ˈɑːtɪkl̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #2793

Meanings

1

noun
A piece of writing in a newspaper, magazine, or website.

I read an interesting article about climate change.
2

noun
A particular object or item, especially one of a group.

Every article of clothing was neatly folded.
3

noun
A word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' that comes before a noun.

In English, 'the' is the definite article.
4

noun
A separate section of a legal or official document.

Article 5 of the treaty deals with defense.

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Synonyms

2 noun · a particular object or... item

Word family

Forms articledarticlesarticling

Derived forms adverticlearticlelessarticleshipcharticlecounterarticleinterarticlelisticlepseudoarticlequinquarticularsubarticle

Related forms articulararticulate articulation

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Proverbs (1)

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An article is an article

Etymology

From Middle English article, from Old French article, from Latin articulus (“a joint, limb, member, part, division, the article in grammar, a point of time”), from Latin artus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂értus (“that which is fit together; juncture, ordering”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join, fit (together)”). Doublet of articulus.

*h₂er- Proto-Indo-European article Middle English articulus Latin artus Latin *h₂értus Proto-Indo-European

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# article

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɑɹtɪkəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɑːtɪkl̩/
**Frequency rank:** 2793

## Meanings
1. A piece of writing in a newspaper, magazine, or website.
2. A particular object or item, especially one of a group.
3. A word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' that comes before a noun.
4. A separate section of a legal or official document.

## Examples
- I read an interesting article about climate change.
- Every article of clothing was neatly folded.
- In English, 'the' is the definite article.
- Article 5 of the treaty deals with defense.

## Derived Forms
- adverticle
- articleless
- articleship
- charticle
- counterarticle
- interarticle
- listicle
- pseudoarticle
- quinquarticular
- subarticle

## Related Forms
- articular
- articulate
- articulation

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂er-
- Root: article
- Root: articulus
- Root: artus
- Root: *h₂értus

## Etymology
From Middle English article, from Old French article, from Latin articulus (“a joint, limb, member, part, division, the article in grammar, a point of time”), from Latin artus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂értus (“that which is fit together; juncture, ordering”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join, fit (together)”). Doublet of articulus.

## AI Etymology
Article comes from Middle English article, from Old French article, from Latin articulus (“a joint, limb, member, part, division, the article in grammar, a point of time”), from Latin artus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂értus (“that which is fit together; juncture, ordering”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join, fit (together)”). Doublet of articulus.

## Topics
- Language & Linguistics
- Media & Publishing

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