From Middle English any, eny, ony, ani, aniȝ, eniȝ, æniȝ, from Old English ǣniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *ainīg, *ainag, from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, equivalent to one + -y.

• (Conservative RP) IPA: /ˈɛnɪ/
• (British) IPA: /ˈɛni/, /ˈæni/
• (Ireland, Newfoundland) IPA: /ˈæni/
• (Ireland, Newfoundland, UK obsolete) Homophone: Annie
• (America) IPA: /ˈɛni/
  • (pin-pen) IPA: /ˈɪni/

any (not comparable)

1. To even the slightest extent, at all.

   I will not remain here any longer.

   If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!

   That doesn't bother me any. (chiefly US usage)

• French: du tout
• Italian: affatto
• Portuguese: mais
• Spanish: algo

1. (negative polarity item or interrogative, chiefly with plural or uncountable nouns) One at all; at least one; at least one kind of; some; a positive quantity of.

   Antonyms: zero#Determiner, no#Determiner

   Hyponyms: (countable) one; a few, a couple of, a handful of, several; multiple, various; a lot of, many, numerous; countless; (uncountable) a little, much

   Near-synonym: some

   Do you have any biscuits?

   Do you have any food?

   I haven't got any money.

   It won't do you any good.

   "Give me your pen." — "I don't have any pen."

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC ↗, Matthew xi:27 ↗:

     No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son.

   • 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 ↗:

     In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC ↗:

     Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.

2. A/an, each or some, no matter its/their identity or nature.

   Choose any item you want.

   Any person may apply.

   Press any key to continue.

   The character '#' matches any digit 0–9.

   Please bring some plates — any plates will do.

   I'll drink any whiskey you've got.

   • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC ↗:

     This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.

3. (with time designations) An unspecified but imminent (second, minute, day etc.).

   They'll be arriving any day.

   I expect the phone to ring at any moment.

• French: (with a negative particle) aucun
• German: (can be omitted); (interrogative or conditional; singular) irgendein; (interrogative or conditional; plural) irgendwelche; (negative) kein, überhaupt kein
• Italian: qualche
• Portuguese: algum
• Russian: како́й-нибудь
• Spanish: alguno

• French: n'importe quel, quelconque
• German: (singular) irgendein, jeder, jeglicher, jeder beliebige, jeder mögliche, welcher auch immer; (informal) egal welcher; (plural) irgendwelche, alle
• Italian: qualsiasi
• Portuguese: qualquer
• Russian: любо́й
• Spanish: cualquier, cualquiera

1. Any thing(s) or person(s).

   Any may apply.

• German: jeder
• Portuguese: qualquer um
• Russian: любо́й
• Spanish: cualquiera, cualquier