ac

See also Appendix:Variations of "ac"

English

Alternative forms

• oc, occ, ok

Etymology

From Middle English, ac, oc, from Old English ac, oc (“but, for, because”, conjunction), from Proto-Germanic *ak (“but, moveover”).

Conjunction

ac

1. (obsolete, dialectal, Scotland) But.
   • 1535, Stewart, Chronicles of Scotland:

     [...] Amang the aill gart tume thame in the fatt; Ac leit it stand at greit laser and lenth, [...]

Initialism

ac

1. account; money of account
2. acre
3. air conditioning
4. alicyclic
5. (electricity) alternating current
6. (medicine) ante cibum, before meals

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• acu

Etymology

From Latin acus. Compare Daco-Romanian ac.

Noun

ac

1. needle

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Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA: /aːk/

Pronoun

āc (plural āc ihqueh, āquihqueh)

1. Who.

Related terms

• acah
• aquin

References

• 1983, Karttunen, Frances, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page p. 1:
• 2001, Lockhart, James, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page p. 210:

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Latin

Conjunction

ac

1. and, and also, and even, and too
2. and besides
3. than
   • Ea res longe aliter, ac ratus erat, evenit.

     It happened far differently than he had thought.

Usage notes

• ac is usually found in front of words beginning with consonants, rarely before vowels (compare: atque).

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old English ac.

Conjunction

ac

1. but

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Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *eiǵ-. Cognate with Old Frisian ēk, Old Saxon ēk, Dutch eik, Old High German eih (German Eiche), Old Norse eik (Swedish ek, Danish eg).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑːk/

Noun

āc f

1. oak (wood or tree)
2. (poetic) an oaken ship
3. The runic character ᚪ (/a/)

Descendants

• Middle English: ak, ake, ook
  • English: oak
  • Scots: aik, ake

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *ak. Cognate with Old Saxon ac, Gothic 𐌰𐌺, Old High German oh.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑk/

Conjunction

ac

1. but

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ak. Cognate with Old English ac, Gothic 𐌰𐌺, Old High German oh.

Conjunction

ac

1. but

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin acus.

Noun

ac n (plural ace)

1. needle

Declension

declension of ac

	singular		plural
gender n	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un ac	acul	niște ace	acele
genitive/dative	unui ac	acului	unor ace	acelor