ac
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Abbreviation.
Pronunciation edit
Pronunciation depends on if this is an initialism, in which case it is pronounced as the letters A and C, or if it is an abbreviation, in which case it is pronounced as the full word it abbreviates.
The pronunciation of the medical abbreviation depends on the preference of the user or reader, and whether it is translated from Latin or not.
Noun edit
ac (plural acs)
- account; money of account
- alicyclic
- Abbreviation of acre.
- Alternative letter-case form of AC (“air conditioning”)
- (electricity) Alternative letter-case form of AC (“alternating current”)
Adjective edit
ac (not comparable)
- (medicine) ante cibum, before meals
Etymology 2 edit
ac
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of accompany and related forms of that word (accompanying, accompanied, accompaniment, accompanist, etc.)
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of accomplish and related forms of that word (accomplishing, accomplished, accomplishment, etc.)
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Aromanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin acus. Compare Romanian ac.
Noun edit
Azerbaijani edit
Cyrillic | аҹ | |
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Abjad | آج |
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *ạ̄č (“hunger”).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰲 (ač /*āç/, “hungry”),[2] Turkish aç, see there for more cognates.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ac (comparative daha ac, superlative ən ac)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ạ̄č”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐰀𐰲”, in TÜRIK BITIG: Ethno Cultural Dictionary, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
Chinese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ac
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of AC
Related terms edit
Classical Nahuatl edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
āc (plural āc ihqueh or āquihqueh)
- who?
Related terms edit
References edit
- Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 1
- Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 210
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
ac
- (Quebec, informal) Pronunciation spelling of avec.
Ladin edit
Noun edit
ac
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ak/, [äk]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ak/, [äk]
- Note: the consonant is geminate /kː/ if a vowel follows.
Conjunction edit
ac
- Alternative form of atque
Usage notes edit
- Usually found before words beginning with consonants.
Descendants edit
- Sardinian: a
References edit
- “ac”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ac”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- more than once; repeatedly: semel atque iterum; iterum ac saepius; identidem; etiam atque etiam
- the position of the lower classes: condicio ac fortuna hominum infimi generis
- the result has surprised me; I was not prepared for this development: res aliter cecidit ac putaveram
- to exert oneself very energetically in a matter: multum operae ac laboris consumere in aliqua re
- written records; documents: litterae ac monumenta or simply monumenta
- a lifelike picture of everyday life: morum ac vitae imitatio
- to be an inexperienced speaker: rudem, tironem ac rudem (opp. exercitatum) esse in dicendo
- to arrange and divide the subject-matter: res componere ac digerere
- to hold by the letter (of the law): verba ac litteras or scriptum (legis) sequi (opp. sententia the spirit)
- somebody's darling: mel ac deliciae alicuius (Fam. 8. 8. 1)
- to think one thing, say another; to conceal one's opinions: aliter sentire ac loqui (aliud sentire, aliud loqui)
- without any disguise, frankly: sine fuco ac fallaciis (Att. 1. 1. 1)
- with moderation and judgment: modice ac sapienter
- a sound and sensible system of conduct: vitae ratio bene ac sapienter instituta
- to promise an oath to..: iureiurando ac fide se obstringere, ut
- to dwell in a certain place: domicilium (sedem ac domicilium) habere in aliquo loco
- to take up one's abode in a place, settle down somewhere: sedem ac domicilium (fortunas suas) constituere alicubi
- to live a luxurious and effeminate life: delicate ac molliter vivere
- to invite some one to one's house: invitare aliquem tecto ac domo or domum suam (Liv. 3. 14. 5)
- to shun publicity: publico carere, forum ac lucem fugere
- to cause universal disorder: omnia turbare ac miscere
- a man who has held many offices: honoribus ac reipublicae muneribus perfunctus (De Or. 1. 45)
- to trample all law under foot: ius ac fas omne delere
- the victory cost much blood and many wounds, was very dearly bought: victoria multo sanguine ac vulneribus stetit (Liv. 23. 30)
- to keep the coast and harbours in a state of blockade: litora ac portus custodia clausos tenere
- so much for this subject...; enough has been said on..: ac (sed) de ... satis dixi, dictum est
- more than once; repeatedly: semel atque iterum; iterum ac saepius; identidem; etiam atque etiam
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English ac, from Proto-West Germanic *ak, from Proto-Germanic *ak.
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
ac
- but
- c. 1250, Lofsong Louerde:
- Ich liuie, nout ich, auh crist liueð in me
- I don't live, but Christ lives in me.
- c. 1325, Harrowing of Hell, lines 241–245:
- louerd, for þi muchele grace / graunt vs in heouene one place; / Let vs neuer be forloren / for no sinne, crist ycoren / ah bring vs out of helle pyne […]
- Lord, for your great grace / give us a place in heaven; / Don't let us ever be lost / to any sin, chosen Christ / but bring us out of Hell's torment. […]
- c. 1340, Dan Michel, “Þe oþer Godes Heste”, in Ayenbite of Inwyt:
- Ac þe ilke / þet zuereþ hidousliche be god / oþer by his halȝen / and him to-breȝþ / and zayþ him sclondres / þet ne byeþ naȝt to zigge: þe ilke zeneȝeþ dyadliche […]
- But one who / hideously swears by God / or by his emissaries / and who tears him apart / while saying to him lies / that shouldn't be said: they sin grievously. […]
- c. 1380, Sir Firumbras, lines 4413–4414:
- "Lordes", quaþ Richard, "Buþ noȝt agast, Ac holdeþ forþ ȝour way / an hast & boldeliche doþ ȝour dede […] "
- "Lords", said Richard, "Don't be frightened, but hold your way forwards / and quickly and boldy do your deed […] "
References edit
- “ac, conj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-12.
Middle Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Conjunction edit
ac
Preposition edit
ac
Old English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *aiks.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
āc f
Declension edit
Feminine senses relating to oak:
Name of the rune:
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *ak.
Alternative forms edit
- ah — Northumbrian
- ach, oc
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
ac
- but
- Sēo æx forġiett, ac þæt trēow ġeman.
- The axe forgets, but the tree remembers.
- but instead: in this sense ac should sometimes be translated as "but," but most often it is best left untranslated
- Ne ġēotaþ wē tēaras, ac blōd.
- We don't shed tears, we shed blood.
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
- Nōn egō, sed tū: “Nā iċ, ac þū.” Nōn bōs est, sed equus: “Nis hit nā oxa, ac is hors.”
- Non ego, sed tu: “Not me, you.” Non bos est, sed equus: “It's not an ox, it's a horse.”
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"
- and gif we forleosað þas lænan woruld-þingc, þonne sceole we witan þæt ure wunung nis na her ac is on heofonum gif we hopiað to gode.
- and if we lose the transitory things of this world, then should we know that our dwelling is not here, but is in heaven, if we hope in God.
Descendants edit
Old Irish edit
Preposition edit
ac
- Alternative form of oc
Old Saxon edit
Conjunction edit
ac
- Alternative form of ak
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin acus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ac n (plural ace)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- ac in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
ac
- Prevocalic form of a (“and”)