aren't \.“are not”, (|)ärnt, (|)ȧnt also (esp when emphatic or sentence-final) |ärənt or |ȧrənt; . “am not” (most often in the speech of r-droppers), (|)ȧnt, (|)ärnt\ Etymology: by contraction 1.: are not < they aren't going > 2.: am not — used in questions < the thing is, Sidney, aren't I ever to know you? — Elizabeth Bowen >