Than
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than¹
- /ðæn/
- /ðɛn/
- /ðən/ unstressed
- [ðn̩] unstressed
Sounds like then (unstressed form, also for some speakers stressed form) · Rhymes with -æn, -ɛn
Where it comes from
From Middle English than, thanne (“than; then”), from Old English þanne, a variant of þonne (“then; when; than”), from Proto-West Germanic *þannē, an alteration of *þan (“then; than”), from Proto-Germanic *þan (“then; than”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“that”, demonstrative pronoun).
Cognate with Dutch dan (“then; than”), German denn (“for; so”), German dann (“then”). Doublet of then.
conjunction 'n · thanne · then
- Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison. Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.
- Because; for. If thou say yes, then puttest thou on Christ (that is, the wisdome of God, the Father) unkunning, unpower, or euil will: for than he could not make his rule so good as an other did his.
preposition 'n · thanne · then
- Introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates. Patients diagnosed more recently are probably surviving an average of longer than two years.
adverb 'n · thanne · then
- At that time; then.
Than²
Where it comes from
Borrowing from Burmese သန်း (san:) or Khmer ថន (thɑɑn).
proper noun Thans
- A surname.
- Thangadh, a town in the Indian state of Gujarat.
- A village in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
