noun · verb · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɑːtɪkl̩/
Received-Pronunciation:[ˈɑːthɪkhəɫ]
General-American:/ˈɑɹtɪkəl/
General-American:/ˈɑɹtəkl̩/
General-American:[ˈɑ(ː)ɹɾɨkɫ̩]
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tɪkəl
CMU ARPABET:AA1 R T AH0 K AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:AA1 R T IH0 K AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A piece of nonfiction writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, encyclopedia, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An object, a member of a group or class.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
an article of clothing
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In some languages the article may appear as an ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Russian, Pashto).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
bind by a contract; especially for a training period
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: oblige, bind, hold, obligate
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
303 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Adangme:
fiɛɛmi
— story, report, or opinion piece
Afrikaans:
artikel
— story, report, or opinion piece
Albanian:
artikull
— story, report, or opinion piece
Arabic:
مَقَال
(maqāl)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Arabic:
مَقَالَة
(maqāla)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Arabic:
مقال
(maqāl)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Arabic:
مقالة
(maqāla)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Aragonese:
articlo
— story, report, or opinion piece
Armenian:
հոդված
(hodvac)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Asturian:
artículu
— story, report, or opinion piece
Azerbaijani:
məqalə
— story, report, or opinion piece
Bashkir:
мәҡәлә
(məqələ)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Belarusian:
арты́кул
(artýkul)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Bengali:
আর্টিকেল
(arṭikel)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Bulgarian:
ста́тия
(státija)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Burmese:
ဆောင်းပါး
(hcaung:pa:)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Catalan:
article
— story, report, or opinion piece
Chinese Cantonese:
文章
(man4 zoeng1)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Chinese:
вынҗон
(vɨnžon)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Eastern Min Chinese:
文章
(ùng-ciŏng)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Hakka Chinese:
文章
(vùn-chông)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Chinese:
文章
(zh-min-nan)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Chinese Mandarin:
文章
(wénzhāng)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Wu Chinese:
文章
(6ven-tsaon)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Cornish:
erthygel
— story, report, or opinion piece
Cornish:
artikel
— story, report, or opinion piece
Cornish:
skrif
— story, report, or opinion piece
Cornish:
skriven
— story, report, or opinion piece
Czech:
článek
— story, report, or opinion piece
Danish:
artikel
— story, report, or opinion piece
Dutch:
artikel
— story, report, or opinion piece
Esperanto:
artikolo
— story, report, or opinion piece
Estonian:
artikkel
— story, report, or opinion piece
Extremaduran:
artículu
— story, report, or opinion piece
Faroese:
grein
— story, report, or opinion piece
Finnish:
artikkeli
— story, report, or opinion piece
Finnish:
juttu
— story, report, or opinion piece
Finnish:
kirjoitus
— story, report, or opinion piece
French:
article
— story, report, or opinion piece
Galician:
artigo
— story, report, or opinion piece
Georgian:
სტატია
(sṭaṭia)
— story, report, or opinion piece
German:
Artikel
— story, report, or opinion piece
German:
Bericht
— story, report, or opinion piece
German:
Meldung
— story, report, or opinion piece
Swabian:
Artigl
— story, report, or opinion piece
Greek:
άρθρο
(árthro)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Hawaiian:
ʻatikala
— story, report, or opinion piece
Hebrew:
כַּתָּבָה
(katavá)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Hebrew:
מַאֲמָר
— story, report, or opinion piece
Hindi:
लेख
(lekh)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Hungarian:
újságcikk
— story, report, or opinion piece
Hungarian:
cikk
— story, report, or opinion piece
Icelandic:
grein
— story, report, or opinion piece
Ido:
artiklo
— story, report, or opinion piece
Indonesian:
artikel
— story, report, or opinion piece
Interlingua:
articulo
— story, report, or opinion piece
Irish:
alt
— story, report, or opinion piece
Irish:
airteagal
— story, report, or opinion piece
Italian:
articolo
— story, report, or opinion piece
Italian:
voce
— story, report, or opinion piece
Japanese:
記事
(kiji)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Japanese:
論文
(ronbun)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Kazakh:
мақала
(maqala)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Khmer:
អត្ថបទ
(ʼatthaʼbɑt)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Korean:
기사
(gisa)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Korean:
논문
(nonmun)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Korean:
론문
(ronmun)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Northern Kurdish:
gotar
— story, report, or opinion piece
Northern Kurdish:
meqale
— story, report, or opinion piece
Kyrgyz:
макала
(makala)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Lao:
ບົດຄວາມ
(bot khuām)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Latin:
articulus
— story, report, or opinion piece
Latvian:
raksts
— story, report, or opinion piece
Lithuanian:
straipsnis
— story, report, or opinion piece
Macedonian:
напис
(napis)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Macedonian:
статија
(statija)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Malay:
rencana
— story, report, or opinion piece
Malay:
artikel
— story, report, or opinion piece
Malay:
makalah
— story, report, or opinion piece
Māori:
atikara
— story, report, or opinion piece
Māori:
pūrongo
— story, report, or opinion piece
Māori:
pito kōrero
— story, report, or opinion piece
Māori:
rīpoata
— story, report, or opinion piece
Mongolian:
өгүүлэл
(ögüülel)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Norman:
articl'ye
— story, report, or opinion piece
Norwegian Bokmål:
artikkel
— story, report, or opinion piece
Occitan:
article
— story, report, or opinion piece
Pannonian Rusyn:
статя
(statja)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Pashto:
مقاله
(maqāla)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Persian:
مَقَالَه
(maqāla)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Iranian Persian:
مَقالِه
(maġâle)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Polish:
artykuł
— story, report, or opinion piece
Portuguese:
artigo
— story, report, or opinion piece
Romanian:
articol
— story, report, or opinion piece
Russian:
статья́
(statʹjá)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Scots:
airticle
— story, report, or opinion piece
Scottish Gaelic:
artaigil
— story, report, or opinion piece
Serbo-Croatian:
чла́нак
— story, report, or opinion piece
Serbo-Croatian:
чла̑н
— story, report, or opinion piece
Serbo-Croatian:
člának
— story, report, or opinion piece
Serbo-Croatian:
člȃn
— story, report, or opinion piece
Shan:
လွင်ႈတႅမ်ႈ
(lāung tēm)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Slovak:
článok
— story, report, or opinion piece
Slovene:
članek
— story, report, or opinion piece
Spanish:
artículo
— story, report, or opinion piece
Swahili:
makala
— story, report, or opinion piece
Swedish:
artikel
— story, report, or opinion piece
Tajik:
мақола
(maqola)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Thai:
บทความ
(bòt-kwaam)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Turkish:
makale
— story, report, or opinion piece
Turkish:
betke
— story, report, or opinion piece
Turkmen:
makala
— story, report, or opinion piece
Ukrainian:
стаття́
(stattjá)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Urdu:
مَقالَہ
(maqāla)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Urdu:
لیکھ
(lekh)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Uyghur:
ماقالە
(maqale)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Uzbek:
maqola
— story, report, or opinion piece
Venetan:
artìcoło
— story, report, or opinion piece
Vietnamese:
bài viết
— story, report, or opinion piece
Volapük:
yeged
— story, report, or opinion piece
Welsh:
erthygl
— story, report, or opinion piece
West Frisian:
artikel
— story, report, or opinion piece
Yiddish:
אַרטיקל
(artikl)
— story, report, or opinion piece
Afrikaans:
artikel
— member of a group or class
Bulgarian:
член
(člen)
— member of a group or class
Danish:
artikel
— member of a group or class
Dutch:
artikel
— member of a group or class
Finnish:
kappale
— member of a group or class
Galician:
artigo
— member of a group or class
German:
Artikel
— member of a group or class
Hungarian:
cikk
— member of a group or class
Irish:
ball
— member of a group or class
Irish:
earra
— member of a group or class
Irish:
airteagal
— member of a group or class
Italian:
articolo
— member of a group or class
Japanese:
品目
(hinmoku)
— member of a group or class
Japanese:
項目
(kōmoku)
— member of a group or class
Korean:
항목
(hangmok)
— member of a group or class
Macedonian:
предмет
(predmet)
— member of a group or class
Macedonian:
арти́кл
(artíkl)
— member of a group or class
Norwegian Bokmål:
artikkel
— member of a group or class
Portuguese:
artigo
— member of a group or class
Romanian:
articol
— member of a group or class
Russian:
предме́т
(predmét)
— member of a group or class
Russian:
член
(člen)
— member of a group or class
Scottish Gaelic:
ball
— member of a group or class
Swahili:
makala
— member of a group or class
Swedish:
artikel
— member of a group or class
Venetan:
artìcoło
— member of a group or class
Welsh:
peth
— member of a group or class
Welsh:
eitem
— member of a group or class
Welsh:
nwydd
— member of a group or class
Afrikaans:
lidwoord
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Albanian:
nyjë
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Arabic:
أَدَاة التَّعْرِيف
(ʔadāt at-taʕrīf)
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Aragonese:
articlo
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Armenian:
հոդ
(hod)
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Asturian:
artículu
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Azerbaijani:
artikl
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Belarusian:
арты́кль
(artýklʹ)
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Bulgarian:
член
(člen)
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Catalan:
article
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Chinese Mandarin:
冠詞 /冠词
(guàncí)
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Cornish:
ger mell
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Czech:
člen
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Danish:
kendeord
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Danish:
artikel
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Dutch:
lidwoord
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Esperanto:
artikolo
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Estonian:
artikkel
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Faroese:
kenniorð
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Finnish:
artikkeli
— part of speech that specifies a noun
French:
article
— part of speech that specifies a noun
North Frisian:
Artiikel
— part of speech that specifies a noun
North Frisian:
Gislechtsuurt
— part of speech that specifies a noun
West-Frisian:
lidwurd
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Galician:
artigo
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Georgian:
არტიკლი
(arṭiḳli)
— part of speech that specifies a noun
German:
Artikel
— part of speech that specifies a noun
German:
Begleiter
— part of speech that specifies a noun
German:
Geschlechtswort
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Greek:
άρθρο
(árthro)
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Ancient Greek:
ἄρθρον
(árthron)
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Hungarian:
névelő
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Hungarian:
névmutató
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Icelandic:
greinir
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Icelandic:
gr.
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Indonesian:
kata sandang
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Indonesian:
artikel
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Irish:
alt
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Old Irish:
articol
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Italian:
articolo
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Japanese:
冠詞
(kanshi)
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Kazakh:
артикль
(artikl)
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Korean:
관사
(gwansa)
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Kyrgyz:
артикль
(artikl)
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Latin:
articulus
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Latvian:
artikuls
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Lithuanian:
artikelis
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Macedonian:
член
(člen)
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Malay:
kata sandang
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Malay:
artikel
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Mongolian:
ялгац гишүүн ялгац
(jalgac gišüün)
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Mongolian:
ᠢᠯᠭᠠᠴᠠ ᠭᠡᠰᠢᠭᠦᠨ ᠢᠯᠭᠠᠴᠠ
(ilɣača ɣesigün)
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Norman:
articl'ye
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Polish:
przedimek
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Polish:
rodzajnik
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Portuguese:
artigo
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Romanian:
articol
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Romansh:
artitgel
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Russian:
арти́кль
(artíklʹ)
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Russian:
член
(člen)
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Scottish Gaelic:
alt
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Serbo-Croatian:
чла̑н
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Serbo-Croatian:
člȃn
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Slovak:
člen
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Slovene:
člen
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Spanish:
artículo
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Swahili:
makala
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Swedish:
artikel
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Tagalog:
pantukoy
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Tajik:
артикл
(artikl)
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Thai:
คํากํากับนาม
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Turkish:
harfitarif
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Turkish:
tanımlık
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Ukrainian:
арти́кль
(artýklʹ)
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Uzbek:
artikl
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Venetan:
artìcoło
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Vietnamese:
mạo từ
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Vietnamese:
quán từ
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Welsh:
bannod
— part of speech that specifies a noun
West Frisian:
lidwurd
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Yiddish:
אַרטיקל
(artikl)
— part of speech that specifies a noun
Afrikaans:
artikel
— section of a legal document
Albanian:
nen
— section of a legal document
Arabic:
مادّةٌ
(māddatun)
— section of a legal document
Arabic:
مَوَادُّ
(mawāddu)
— section of a legal document
Aragonese:
articlo
— section of a legal document
Armenian:
հոդված
(hodvac)
— section of a legal document
Azerbaijani:
maddə
— section of a legal document
Bulgarian:
парагра́ф
(paragráf)
— section of a legal document
Catalan:
article
— section of a legal document
Chinese Mandarin:
條款 /条款
(tiáokuǎn)
— section of a legal document
Czech:
článek
— section of a legal document
Czech:
bod
— section of a legal document
Czech:
paragraf
— section of a legal document
Danish:
artikel
— section of a legal document
Danish:
punkt
— section of a legal document
Danish:
paragraf
— section of a legal document
Dutch:
artikel
— section of a legal document
Esperanto:
artikolo
— section of a legal document
Finnish:
artikla
— section of a legal document
Finnish:
pykälä
— section of a legal document
Finnish:
kohta
— section of a legal document
French:
article
— section of a legal document
Galician:
artigo
— section of a legal document
German:
Paragraph
— section of a legal document
German:
Artikel
— section of a legal document
Hebrew:
סעיף
— section of a legal document
Hindi:
अनुच्छेद
(anucched)
— section of a legal document
Hungarian:
cikk
— section of a legal document
Hungarian:
cikkely
— section of a legal document
Indonesian:
pasal
— section of a legal document
Indonesian:
artikel
— section of a legal document
Irish:
airteagal
— section of a legal document
Italian:
articolo
— section of a legal document
Italian:
comma
— section of a legal document
Japanese:
条項
(jōkō)
— section of a legal document
Japanese:
条
(jō)
— section of a legal document
Kazakh:
бап
(bap)
— section of a legal document
Khmer:
មាត្រា
(miətraa)
— section of a legal document
Korean:
조항
(johang)
— section of a legal document
Latin:
capitulum
— section of a legal document
Latin:
articulus
— section of a legal document
Macedonian:
член
(člen)
— section of a legal document
Malay:
perkara
— section of a legal document
Malay:
seksyen
— section of a legal document
Malay:
fasal
— section of a legal document
Norman:
articl'ye
— section of a legal document
Polish:
paragraf
— section of a legal document
Polish:
artykuł
— section of a legal document
Portuguese:
artigo
— section of a legal document
Quechua:
umalli
— section of a legal document
Romanian:
articol
— section of a legal document
Russian:
статья́
(statʹjá)
— section of a legal document
Russian:
пара́граф
(parágraf)
— section of a legal document
Scots:
airticle
— section of a legal document
Scottish Gaelic:
bonn
— section of a legal document
Serbo-Croatian:
члан
— section of a legal document
Slovene:
člen
— section of a legal document
Spanish:
artículo
— section of a legal document
Swahili:
makala
— section of a legal document
Swedish:
artikel
— section of a legal document
Swedish:
paragraf
— section of a legal document
Thai:
มาตรา
(mâat-dtraa)
— section of a legal document
Thai:
ข้อ
(kɔ̂ɔ)
— section of a legal document
Turkish:
madde
— section of a legal document
Ukrainian:
стаття́
(stattjá)
— section of a legal document