into

into

See also: Into, INTO, intő, -into, and in-to

English

Etymology

From Middle English in-to, from Old English intō, equivalent to in +‎ to. Cognate with Scots intae.

Pronunciation

• (stressed)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.tuː/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.tu/
• (unstressed, before consonants) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.tə/
• (unstressed, before vowels) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.tʊ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: (unstressed, before consonants) -ɪntə
• Hyphenation: in‧to

Preposition

into

1. To or towards the inside of.
   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698, page 2:

     He used to drop into my chambers once in a while to smoke, and was first-rate company. When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.

   • 2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1-0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport:

     This time Cudicini was left helpless when Natcho stepped up to expertly curl the ball into the top corner.

   Mary danced into the house.

   Pour the wine into the decanter.

   The nomads shave intricate designs into their camels' fur.

2. To or towards the region of.

   We left the house and walked into the street.

   The eagle flew off into the wide blue sky.

3. Against, especially with force or violence.

   The car crashed into the tree.

   I wasn't careful, and walked into a wall.

4. Indicates transition into another form or substance.
   • 2002, Matt Cyr, Something to Teach Me: Journal of an American in the Mountains of Haiti, Educa Vision, Inc., →ISBN, page 25:

     His English is still in its beginning stages, like my Creole, but he was able to translate some Creole songs that he's written into English—not the best English, but English nonetheless.

   I carved the piece of driftwood into a sculpture of a whale.

   Right before our eyes, Jake turned into a wolf!

5. Indicates division or the creation of subgroups or sections.
   • 2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:

     Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.

   A cow's stomach is divided into four chambers.

6. After the start of.
   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 4293071:

     " […] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably." And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.

   About 20 minutes into the flight, the pilot reported a fire on board.

7. (colloquial) Interested in or attracted to.

   She's really into Shakespeare right now.

   My date for tonight has black hair, and I'm into that.

   • 2021 August 13, Gayle, Sara Davis, and David Pittenger, “abcdefu”, in A Study of the Human Experience Volume One‎, performed by Gayle:

     I was into you, but I'm over it now / And I was trying to be nice / But nothing's getting through, so let me spell it out […]

8. (Britain, archaic, India, mathematics) Expressing the operation of multiplication.[1]

   Five into three is fifteen.

9. (mathematics) Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes".

   Three into two won't go.

   24 goes into 48 how many times?

10. Investigating the subject (of).

    There have been calls for research into the pesticides that are blamed for the decline in bee populations.

Derived terms

• bump into
• gazinta
• get into
• lick into shape
• look into
• plough into
• plunge into
• walk into

 

Related terms

• in
• inside
• onto
• to

Translations

going inside

Albanian: për në Arabic: دَاخِل‎ (dāḵil) Egyptian Arabic: جوا‎ (gówwa) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Basque: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: у (u), ў (ŭ), да (da) Czech: do (cs) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Esperanto: en (eo) (+ accusative) Estonian: sisse, -sse Faroese: please add this translation if you can Finnish: use illative case French: dans (fr), à l'intérieur de, au milieu de (fr), parmi (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: in (de) (+ accusative) Greek: σε (el) (se) Ancient: εἰς (eis) (+ accusative), ἐς (es) (+ accusative; poetic, Ionic), εἴσω (eísō) (postposition + genitive, accusative) Haitian Creole: nan Hebrew: לתוך‎ Hungarian: -ba (hu), -be (hu) Icelandic: inn í Igbo: please add this translation if you can Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Irish: isteach i Italian: in (it), verso (it), andando verso Kazakh: ішінге (ışınge) Khmer: ក្នុង (km) (knong) Ladin: please add this translation if you can Ladino: please add this translation if you can Lao: please add this translation if you can Latin: in (la) (+ accusative) Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Malagasy: ao anatin'ny Malay: ke dalam Maore Comorian: moni mwa Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Norwegian Bokmål: inn i Norwegian Nynorsk: (please verify) inn i Old English: on (+ accusative) Polish: w (pl), w- (a verbal prefix) Portuguese: para dentro de Russian: в (ru) (v) (+ accusative case) Scots: intil Slovak: please add this translation if you can Slovene: please add this translation if you can Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: do Spanish: a dentro de, dentro (es) Swahili: please add this translation if you can Swedish: in i Thai: เข้าไป (kâo bpai) Tok Pisin: long Turkish: içine (tr) Tuvan: иштинче (iştinçe), иштинге (iştinge) Ukrainian: в (uk) (v), у (uk) (u), до (uk) (do) Veps: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: vào (vi), vào trong Volapük: please add this translation if you can Votic: please add this translation if you can Võro: please add this translation if you can Welsh: i mewn i

going to a geographic region

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Arabic: فِي‎ (ar) (fī) Egyptian Arabic: في‎ (fe) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Estonian: please add this translation if you can Faroese: please add this translation if you can Finnish: use illative or sometimes allative case French: dans (fr), en (fr) German: in (de), gen (de) Greek: periphrastically Ancient Greek: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Icelandic: please add this translation if you can Igbo: please add this translation if you can Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Irish: isteach go Italian: verso (it) Ladin: please add this translation if you can Ladino: please add this translation if you can Lala-Roba: please add this translation if you can Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Malay: ke dalam Maltese: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Norwegian Bokmål: please add this translation if you can Norwegian Nynorsk: please add this translation if you can Polish: do (pl) Portuguese: até (pt) Russian: в (ru) (v), на (ru) (na) Slovak: please add this translation if you can Slovene: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swahili: please add this translation if you can Swedish: please add this translation if you can Veps: please add this translation if you can Volapük: please add this translation if you can Votic: please add this translation if you can Võro: please add this translation if you can

against, with force

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Arabic: فِي‎ (ar) (fī) Egyptian Arabic: في‎ (fe) Czech: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Estonian: please add this translation if you can Faroese: please add this translation if you can Finnish: päin (fi), use illative case French: dans (fr) German: gegen (de), in (de) (if deformable) Greek: periphrastically Ancient Greek: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Icelandic: please add this translation if you can Igbo: please add this translation if you can Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Irish: please add this translation if you can Italian: contro (it) Ladin: please add this translation if you can Ladino: please add this translation if you can Lala-Roba: please add this translation if you can Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Maltese: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Norwegian Bokmål: please add this translation if you can Norwegian Nynorsk: please add this translation if you can Polish: w (pl) Portuguese: em (pt) Russian: в (ru) (v) Slovak: please add this translation if you can Slovene: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swahili: please add this translation if you can Swedish: in i Turkish: karşı (tr) Veps: please add this translation if you can Volapük: please add this translation if you can Votic: please add this translation if you can Võro: please add this translation if you can

producing, becoming

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Arabic: إِلَّى‎ (ar) (ʾillā) Egyptian Arabic: لـ‎ (le) Czech: v (cs) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Estonian: please add this translation if you can Faroese: please add this translation if you can Finnish: use illative or translative case French: en (fr) German: in (de) Greek: periphrastically Ancient Greek: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: -vá, -vé Icelandic: please add this translation if you can Igbo: please add this translation if you can Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Irish: please add this translation if you can Italian: in (it) Ladin: please add this translation if you can Ladino: please add this translation if you can Lala-Roba: please add this translation if you can Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Maltese: please add this translation if you can Maori: hei Norwegian: Norwegian Bokmål: please add this translation if you can Norwegian Nynorsk: please add this translation if you can Polish: w (pl), na (pl) Portuguese: em (pt) Russian: в (ru) (v) (+ accusative case) Spanish: en (es) Swahili: please add this translation if you can Swedish: till (sv) Veps: please add this translation if you can Volapük: please add this translation if you can Votic: please add this translation if you can Võro: please add this translation if you can

after the start of

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Czech: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Estonian: please add this translation if you can Faroese: please add this translation if you can Finnish: (time, genitive +) alusta, (time, genitive +) alkamisesta French: please add this translation if you can German: nach Beginn (or/and genitive) Greek: periphrastically Ancient Greek: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Icelandic: please add this translation if you can Igbo: please add this translation if you can Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Irish: please add this translation if you can Italian: di (it) Ladin: please add this translation if you can Ladino: please add this translation if you can Lala-Roba: please add this translation if you can Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Maltese: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Norwegian Bokmål: please add this translation if you can Norwegian Nynorsk: please add this translation if you can Polish: po rozpoczęciu (with genitive) Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can Slovak: please add this translation if you can Slovene: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swahili: please add this translation if you can Swedish: in i Veps: please add this translation if you can Volapük: please add this translation if you can Votic: please add this translation if you can Võro: please add this translation if you can

colloquial: intensely interested in

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Czech: do (cs) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Estonian: please add this translation if you can Faroese: please add this translation if you can Finnish: innostunut (fi) ( + elative), kiinnostunut (fi) ( + elative) French: please add this translation if you can German: für (de) Greek: periphrastically Ancient Greek: please add this translation if you can Hebrew: בעניין‎ Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Icelandic: please add this translation if you can Igbo: please add this translation if you can Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Irish: please add this translation if you can Italian: appassionato (it) m di (it), interessato (it) m a (it) Ladin: please add this translation if you can Ladino: please add this translation if you can Lala-Roba: please add this translation if you can Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Maltese: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Norwegian Bokmål: please add this translation if you can Norwegian Nynorsk: please add this translation if you can Polish: zainteresowany (pl) Portuguese: afim (pt) Russian: увлечён m (uvlečón) Slovak: please add this translation if you can Slovene: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swahili: please add this translation if you can Swedish: please add this translation if you can Veps: please add this translation if you can Volapük: please add this translation if you can Votic: please add this translation if you can Võro: please add this translation if you can

taking distinct arguments to distinct values

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Czech: do (cs) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Estonian: please add this translation if you can Faroese: please add this translation if you can Finnish: use illative case French: please add this translation if you can German: auf (de) Greek: periphrastically Ancient Greek: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Icelandic: please add this translation if you can Igbo: please add this translation if you can Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Irish: please add this translation if you can Italian: in (it) Ladin: please add this translation if you can Ladino: please add this translation if you can Lala-Roba: please add this translation if you can Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Maltese: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Norwegian Bokmål: please add this translation if you can Norwegian Nynorsk: please add this translation if you can Polish: razy (pl) Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: на (ru) (na) (+ accusative case) Slovak: please add this translation if you can Slovene: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swahili: please add this translation if you can Swedish: please add this translation if you can Veps: please add this translation if you can Volapük: please add this translation if you can Votic: please add this translation if you can Võro: please add this translation if you can

expressing the operation of division

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Czech: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Estonian: please add this translation if you can Faroese: please add this translation if you can Finnish: use illative case French: please add this translation if you can German: in (de) Greek: periphrastically Ancient Greek: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Icelandic: please add this translation if you can Igbo: please add this translation if you can Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Irish: please add this translation if you can Italian: in (it) Ladin: please add this translation if you can Ladino: please add this translation if you can Lala-Roba: please add this translation if you can Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Maltese: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Norwegian Bokmål: please add this translation if you can Norwegian Nynorsk: please add this translation if you can Polish: dzielony przez Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can Slovak: please add this translation if you can Slovene: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swahili: please add this translation if you can Swedish: please add this translation if you can Veps: please add this translation if you can Volapük: please add this translation if you can Votic: please add this translation if you can Võro: please add this translation if you can

investigating the subject

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Czech: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Estonian: please add this translation if you can Faroese: please add this translation if you can Finnish: -sta (fi), -stä (fi) (elative case) French: à propos de (fr) German: nach (de), hinsichtlich (de) Greek: periphrastically Ancient Greek: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Icelandic: please add this translation if you can Igbo: please add this translation if you can Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Irish: faoi Italian: di (it) Ladin: please add this translation if you can Ladino: please add this translation if you can Lala-Roba: please add this translation if you can Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Maltese: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Norwegian Bokmål: please add this translation if you can Norwegian Nynorsk: please add this translation if you can Polish: nad (pl) (in collocation with badanie) Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can Slovak: please add this translation if you can Slovene: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swahili: please add this translation if you can Swedish: please add this translation if you can Veps: please add this translation if you can Volapük: please add this translation if you can Votic: please add this translation if you can Võro: please add this translation if you can

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Translations to be checked

Esperanto: (please verify) en (eo) (+ accusative) (1, 2) Latin: (please verify) in (la) (+ accusative)

References

1. “into”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

• Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Bounded landmarks", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8

Anagrams

• -tion, -toin, Toni, noit, oint, on it

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Finnish

Etymology

From dialectal inta, from Proto-Finnic *inta (compare Estonian ind, Livonian ind), probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare Old Swedish inna (“achievement, accomplishment”)).

Alternatively, a Uralic origin has been proposed. Compare Komi-Zyrian ӧд (öd, “speed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈinto/, [ˈin̪t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -into
• Syllabification^(key): in‧to

Noun

into

1. eagerness, enthusiasm

   odottaa innolla (+ partitive) = to look forward to

2. passion, fervour/fervor, ardour/ardor
3. zeal, fanaticism

Usage notes

• "for X" = the illative, allative (general) or translative case (to emphasize the purpose or goal), "to (verb)" = the first infinitive (general) or the translative case of the -minen noun (to emphasize the purpose or goal).

Declension

Inflection of into (Kotus type 1*J/valo, nt-nn gradation)
nominative		into	innot
genitive		innon	intojen
partitive		intoa	intoja
illative		intoon	intoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		into	innot
accusative	nom.	into	innot
	gen.	innon
genitive		innon	intojen
partitive		intoa	intoja
inessive		innossa	innoissa
elative		innosta	innoista
illative		intoon	intoihin
adessive		innolla	innoilla
ablative		innolta	innoilta
allative		innolle	innoille
essive		intona	intoina
translative		innoksi	innoiksi
instructive		—	innoin
abessive		innotta	innoitta
comitative		—	intoineen

Possessive forms of into (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	intoni	intomme
2nd person	intosi	intonne
3rd person	intonsa

Synonyms

• (eagerness, enthusiasm): innokkuus, innostus
• (passion, fervo(u)r, ardo(u)r): intohimo
• (zeal, fanaticism): kiihko

Derived terms

Derived terms

• adjectives: innokas
• adverbs: innoissaan
• nouns: virkaintoisuus
• verbs: innostaa, innota

Compounds

• intohimo
• intomieli

Anagrams

• Toni, otin, toin

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Ligurian

Etymology

Contraction of inte (“in”) + o m sg (“the”, definite article).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiŋtu/

Contraction

into

1. in the (+ a masculine name in the singular)
   • 1984, Fabrizio De André (lyrics), Mauro Pagani (music), “Sinàn Capudàn Pascià”, in Crêuza de mä [Muletrack by the sea], performed by Fabrizio De André:

     Into mêzo do mâ gh'è 'n péscio tondo / che, quando o vedde e brutte, o va 'nscio fondo

     In the middle of the sea is a round fish, that goes to the bottom when things turn ugly

Synonyms

• ne-o

Coordinate terms

• inta
• inte
• inti

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Middle English

Preposition

into

1. Alternative spelling of in-to

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Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin intus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ind̪ɐ/

Preposition

into

1. in (surrounded by)

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Old English

Etymology

in +‎ tō

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈtoː/

Preposition

intō

1. into

Descendants

• Middle English: in-to, into, inne to, jn to, jne to, inte
  • English: into
  • Scots: intae

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Southern Ndebele

Noun

întó class 9 (plural ízintó class 10)

1. thing

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Xhosa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [íːⁿtó]

Noun

íntó class 9 (plural ízintó class 10)

1. thing

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Yemsa

Noun

into

1. mother

References

• David Appleyard, Beja as a Cushitic language, in Egyptian and Semito-Hamitic (Afro-Asiatic) Studies: In Memoriam W. Vycichl (Yem into "mother")

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Zulu

Etymology

From in- +‎ -tha (“to name, to choose”) +‎ -o. Compare with a similar derivation in Swahili jambo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /îːntó/

Noun

întó class 9 (plural ízintó class 10)

1. thing

Inflection

Class 9/10
	Singular	Plural
Full form	into	izinto
Locative	entweni	ezintweni
	Singular		Plural
Full form	into		izinto
Simple form	nto		zinto
Locative	entweni		ezintweni
Copulative	yinto		yizinto
Possessive forms
	Singular		Plural
	Modifier	Substantive	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wento	owento	wezinto	owezinto
Class 2	bento	abento	bezinto	abezinto
Class 3	wento	owento	wezinto	owezinto
Class 4	yento	eyento	yezinto	eyezinto
Class 5	lento	elento	lezinto	elezinto
Class 6	ento	awento	ezinto	awezinto
Class 7	sento	esento	sezinto	esezinto
Class 8	zento	ezento	zezinto	ezezinto
Class 9	yento	eyento	yezinto	eyezinto
Class 10	zento	ezento	zezinto	ezezinto
Class 11	lwento	olwento	lwezinto	olwezinto
Class 14	bento	obento	bezinto	obezinto
Class 15	kwento	okwento	kwezinto	okwezinto
Class 17	kwento	okwento	kwezinto	okwezinto

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-tho”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-tho (2-6.3)”