indefinite article
- IPA[inˈdef(ə)nət ˌärdəkəl]
美式
- a determiner (a and an in English) that introduces a noun phrase and implies that the thing referred to is nonspecific (as in she bought me a book; government is an art; he went to a public school). Typically, the indefinite article is used to introduce new concepts into a discourse.
noun: indefinite article, plural noun: indefinite articles