indefinite article
Nonspecific noun marker
An indefinite article is a word used before a noun to indicate that the noun refers to something nonspecific or previously unmentioned.
In English, the indefinite articles are *a* and *an*: a dog, an apple.
Compare with the definite article *the*, which points to something specific or already known.
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