different between chez vs dans

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chez. Doublet of casa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?/
• Homophone: shay
• Rhymes: -e?

Preposition

chez

1. At the home of

Derived terms

• chez moi

Translations

Anagrams

• Zech.

French

Etymology

From Old French chiese, chese, from Latin casa (“house”). Doublet of case.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e/
• Homophones: chais, ché

Preposition

chez

1. to, at or in the home, office, etc. of

2. by extension, to, at or in the country of

3. in; among (a group of things or people of the same type)
4. in the work of (an author or artist)

Notes

In Quebec and elsewhere in French-speaking Canada, colloquial speech often uses plural pronouns with chez (chez nous, chez vous, chez eux) even when the singular is meant and indeed even if the person lives alone.

Derived terms

• chez soi
• chez-soi
• nul de chez nul

Further reading

• “chez” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Noun

dans

1. plural of dan

Anagrams

• ANDs, DNAs, NADS, NDAs, and's, ands, nads, sand

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dans.

Noun

dans (plural danse)

1. dance

Verb

dans (present dans, present participle dans, past participle gedans)

1. to dance

Cornish

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [dans]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [dænz]

Noun

dans m (plural dens)

1. tooth

References

• Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary
• 2018, Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (2018 edition, p.31)

Danish

Alternative forms

• dands (obsolete)

Etymology

From French danse.

Noun

dans c (singular definite dansen, plural indefinite danse)

1. a dance

Inflection

Derived terms

• danser
• danserinde

Further reading

• “dans” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?ns/
• Hyphenation: dans
• Rhymes: -?ns

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dans, from Old French danse or a deverbal from dansen.

Noun

dans m (plural dansen, diminutive dansje n)

1. dance

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

dans

1. first-person singular present indicative of dansen
2. imperative of dansen

Faroese

Noun

dans m

1. accusative/genitive singular of dansur

French

Etymology 1

From Old French denz, from Vulgar Latin deintus, from Latin de intus, meaning "from inside" or "from within".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophones: dam, dams, dent, dents

Preposition

dans

1. in (inside)
   • 1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche^{fr.Wikisource}, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:

     Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo ....

     In a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo ....

2. in, into (from outside, to inside)

   Mettre l'argent dans la poche.

   Put money into one's pocket.

3. in, within (a longer period of time)

   Je serai prêt dans une heure.

   I'll be ready in one hour.

4. out of, from

   Il prend le beurre dans le réfrigérateur.

   He takes the butter out of the fridge.

5. (with respect to time) during

See also

• dedans
• en

Etymology 2

See dan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dan/

Noun

dans m

1. plural of dan

Further reading

• “dans” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Haitian Creole

Etymology

French danse (“dance”).

Noun

dans

1. dance

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tans/

Noun

dans m (genitive singular dans, nominative plural dansar)

1. dance

Declension

Related terms

• dansa

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of d?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /dans/, [d?ä??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dans/, [d??ns]

Participle

d?ns (genitive dantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. giving
2. offering, rendering
3. yielding, conceding

Declension

Third-declension participle.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Norman

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin de intus, deintus (“from inside, from within”). Cognate with French dans.

Preposition

dans

1. (Guernsey, Jersey) in

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old French dance; and Old Norse dans

Noun

dans m (definite singular dansen, indefinite plural danser, definite plural dansene)

1. a dance
2. dancing

Derived terms

• dansegulv, dansegolv
• folkedans
• magedans

Related terms

• danse
• danser
• danserinne

Etymology 2

Verb

dans

1. imperative of danse

References

• “dans” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old French dance; and Old Norse dans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?ns/

Noun

dans m (definite singular dansen, indefinite plural dansar, definite plural dansane)

1. a dance

Derived terms

• dansegolv
• folkedans

Related terms

• dansar

Verb

dans

1. imperative of dansa

Further reading

• “dans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French danse, Italian danza, German Tanz.

Noun

dans n (plural dansuri)

1. dance

Declension

Alternative forms

• dan?

Related terms

• dansa

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

dans c

1. dance

Declension

Related terms

• dansa
• dansare

Anagrams

• ands, sand

Turkish

Etymology

From French danse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?ns/

Noun

dans (definite accusative dans?, plural danslar)

1. dance (movements to music)

Declension