ad hoc

English

Etymology

From New Latin ad hoc (“for this”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌæd ˈhɒk/, X-SAMPA: /%{d"hQk/
• (US) IPA: /ˌæd ˈhɑk/, /ˌæd ˈhɔk/

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Adjective

Wikipedia

ad hoc (comparative more ad hoc, superlative most ad hoc)

1. For this particular purpose.
2. Special.
3. Created on the spur of the moment; impromptu.

Translations

for this particular purpose

• Azeri: әd hak (amaca özәl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 臨時 (cmn), 临时 (cmn) (línshí)

• Croatian: ad hoc
• Czech: ad hoc (cs)
• Danish: ad hoc
• Dutch: ad hoc
• Esperanto: specialcela
• Finnish: ad hoc (fi); tätä tarkoitusta varten (fi)
• French: ad hoc
• German: ad hoc
• Greek: επί τούτου (el) (epí toútou), επί τούτω (el) (epí toúto)
• Hebrew: אד הוק (he)
• Hindi: तदर्थ (hi) (tadarth)
• Hungarian: ad hoc
• Icelandic: sértækur (is) m, sérsniðinn (is) m
• Indonesian: ad hoc
• Interlingua: ad hoc

• Italian: ad hoc
• Kurdish: taybeti
• Latin: ad hoc
• Norwegian: ad hoc (no)
• Persian: ویژه (fa)
• Polish: ad hoc, dla tego, doraźny m
• Portuguese: ad hoc
• Romanian: ad hoc
• Russian: специальный (ru) (specialʹnyj)
• Slovak: ad hoc (sk)
• Slovene: ad hoc
• Spanish: ad hoc (es)
• Swedish: ad hoc
• Telugu: andu kosam
• Turkish: ad hoc (amaca özel)
• Vietnamese: đặc ứng

special — see special

impromptu — see impromptu

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: حصري, حصريا
• Hindi: (zaroorat ke hisaab se)

Adverb

ad hoc (comparative more ad hoc, superlative most ad hoc)

1. On the spur of the moment.
2. For a particular purpose.

Translations

on the spur of the moment

• Finnish: noin vain (fi), siitä vain (fi), tuosta vain (fi)
• Russian: спонтанно (ru) (spontanno), непродуманно (ru) (neprodumanno), произвольно (ru) (proizvolʹno), случайно (ru) (slučajno)

for a particular purpose

• Finnish: jotakin varten (fi), nimenomaisesti (fi), varta vasten (fi)

• Russian: специально (ru) (specialʹno)

Anagrams

• choad, choda

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Finnish

Etymology

From Latin

Adjective

ad hoc (not comparable)

1. (rare) ad hoc (for a particular purpose)

Declension

Used only in uninflected form to modify a noun, as in ad hoc -komitea ("ad hoc committee").

Usage notes

The Finnish term mainly used instead of "ad hoc committee" is työryhmä

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Latin

Phrase

ad hoc

1. to this end, for this, to this point, to this.