Main Entry:

¹ar·ti·cle

Pronunciation:

\ˈär-ti-kəl\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin articulus joint, division, diminutive of artus joint, limb; akin to Greek arariskein to fit — more at arm

Date:

13th century

1 a: a distinct often numbered section of a writing b: a separate clause c: a stipulation in a document (as a contract or a creed) <articles of indenture> d: a nonfictional prose composition usually forming an independent part of a publication (as a magazine)2: an item of business : matter3: any of a small set of words or affixes (as a, an, and the) used with nouns to limit or give definiteness to the application4: a member of a class of things ; especially : an item of goods <articles of value>5: a thing or person of a particular and distinctive kind or class <the genuine article>