ad

English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From a shortening of the word advertisement.

Noun

ad (plural ads)

  1. (informal) Short form of advertisement.
    I have placed both of the ads in the newspaper as instructed.
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Etymology 2

From a shortening of the word advantage.

Noun

ad (plural ads)

  1. (tennis) advantage

Etymology 3

From Latin ad (to, on).

Preposition

ad

  1. to, toward
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Azeri

Other scripts
Cyrillic ад
Roman ad
Perso-Arabic آد

Noun

ad definite accusative adı plural adlar

  1. name, first name, last name
  2. (grammar) noun

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *amta. Cognates include Finnish antaa, Ter Sami ann'ted, and Estonian and.

Pronunciation

Verb

ad

  1. give someone -nak/-nek something -t/-at/-et/-ot/-öt
    Adok Sándornak egy könyvet. - I give Alexander a book.

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Ido

Preposition

ad

  1. to (before a vowel for euphony instead of a)

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Italian

Preposition

ad

  1. to, at, in (used before a vowel for euphony instead of a)

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ád (near, at). Cognates include English at.

Pronunciation

Preposition

ad (+ accusative)

  1. (direction) toward, to, up to
    Ad vim atque ad arma confugere.
    To fly to violence and to fighting.

Related terms

  • ad- (same word modified and used as a prefix)

Usage notes

  • The word ad is an antithesis to ab (just as in is to ex; in a progressive order of relation, ad denotes, first, the direction toward an object; then the reaching of or attaining to it; and finally, the being at or near it.)
  • Often used of geographical position of a place in reference to the points of compass, with the verbs iaceō (lie, be situated), vergō (incline, slope), spectō (observe, see) etc.:
    Asia iacet ad meridiem et austrum, Europa ad septentriones et aquilonem.
    Asia lies near the prime meridian and the south, Europe near the northern regions and northern wind. (two words for north)
    Ad Atticam vergente.
    Inclining to Attic.
  • When appended to the beginning of a word, ad often becomes ap- when followed by ‘p’, as in appretiō, from pretium. But note that adpretiō is also found.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: ad (preposition)
  • Catalan: a (preposition)
  • Dalmatian: a (preposition)
  • French: à
  • Friulian: a (preposition)
  • Galician: a (preposition)
  • Italian: a (preposition), ad
  • Portuguese: a (preposition)
  • Romanian: a (preposition)
  • Sicilian: a
  • Spanish: a (preposition)

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Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

ād m

  1. fire, funeral pyre

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Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin ad.

Preposition

ad

  1. Alternative form of a (to; towards)

Etymology 2

From Latin habet.

Preposition

ad

  1. Alternative form of a; third-person singular present indicative of avoir

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Pumpokol

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔaʒ (I). Compare Assan and Arin aj and Kottish ai.

Pronoun

ad

  1. I (first-person subjective singular)

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Noun

ad f (genitive aide, plural adan or adaichean)

  1. hat
    ad a' bhile òir - the gold-rimmed hat
    bile na h-aide - the rim of the hat

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Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic āt (“name”), from Proto-Turkic *āt.

Pronunciation

Noun

ad

  1. name, first name, last name

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Volapük

Preposition

ad

  1. for, in order to, to
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