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# en

«en» in Mova's school dictionary: **«in» or «to» with countries and months, and «in» or «by»…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

preposition and pronoun (French «en» = in, to, of it); noun (an en, ens — printing: en dash); in phrases «en route», «en masse» — not an English word on its own

### meaning for a pupil

1) (French) «En» means «in» or «to» with countries and months, and «in» or «by» for ways of travelling: «en France» (in France), «en été» (in summer), «en bus» (by bus). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/en/#m1)

2) (French) «En» also means «some» or «of it»: «j'en veux» means «I want some». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/en/#m2)

3) English borrows French phrases: «en route» (on the way), «en masse» (all together in a big group). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/en/#m3)

4) (printing) An «en dash» (–) is a dash about the width of the letter n. To an English ear French «en» sounds like a nasal «on». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/en/#m4)

5) En can also mean "and" in some old country speech, as in "Brer Rabbit en Brer Fox." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/en/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In French lessons «en» comes with countries («je vais en Espagne» – I'm going to Spain), seasons and transport. English phrases with «en» appear in stories and news: «en route to school», «the fans arrived en masse». In English typing, the en dash is used in number ranges: «pages 4–9».

### examples

- «J'habite en Angleterre» means «I live in England». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/en/#x1)
- «En hiver» means «in winter». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/en/#x2)
- We stopped for a snack en route to the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/en/#x3)
- The parents arrived en masse for the school play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/en/#x4)
- «Tu en veux?» means «do you want some?» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/en/#x5)
- Use an en dash in ranges like «5–10». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/en/#x6)
- French «en» sounds a bit like «on» said through the nose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/en/#x7)
- How Miss Brune en Miss Brindle?" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/en/#x8)

### note

As a word, French, not English, except in phrases like «en route» and «en masse». Do not confuse with the English ending «-en» (golden, wooden, broken) or with «an».

### In the corpora

- [Je vous en prie is a more polite way to say "you're welcome".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/5-tu-or-vous-manners-in-french/11/)
- [Picture running for the school bus with a French friend who shouts "On est en retard !" - we're late!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/28-etre-to-be/3/)
- [and Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.400/)
- [and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.428/)
- [and Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.511/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «en» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/en/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.