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ed

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ed"

English edit

 
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Etymology edit

Shortening.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɛd/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛd

Noun edit

ed (countable and uncountable, plural eds)

  1. edition
  2. editor
  3. education (uncountable)

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

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Anagrams edit

Aromanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin haedus. Compare Romanian ied.

Noun edit

ed m (plural edz, feminine equivalent eadã)

  1. kid (goat)

Chinese edit

Etymology edit

From English -ed.

Pronunciation edit

Particle edit

ed

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism) Used to denote an action which has been completed.
    覆ed [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  fuk1 dat4 [Jyutping]  ―  replied
    fol ed [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  fo1 dat4 [Jyutping]  ―  followed
    J ed [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  zei1 dat4 [Jyutping]  ―  jerked off; wanked off

Usage notes edit

Often used with words derived from English or spelled in the Latin alphabet.

Synonyms edit

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Corsican edit

Conjunction edit

ed

  1. Alternative form of è

References edit

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Danish ēþ, eth, from Old Norse eiðr, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óytos.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ed c (singular definite eden, plural indefinite eder)

  1. an oath (solemn pledge)
  2. a curse, an epithet

Declension edit

Declension of ed
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ed eden eder ederne
genitive eds edens eders edernes

Synonyms edit

References edit

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ed m (plural eds)

  1. eth

Anagrams edit

Girirra edit

Adjective edit

ed

  1. white

Ido edit

Alternative forms edit

  • e (apocope)

Etymology edit

Borrowing from French et, Italian ed, Russian и (i) and Spanish e.

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

ed

  1. and

Related terms edit

  • ad (“to”)
  • od (“or”)

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

ed

  1. (before vowels) Alternative form of e for euphony, especially before /e/ or /ɛ/; and
    Parlo italiano ed esperanto.
    I speak Italian and Esperanto.

Anagrams edit

Jamaican Creole edit

Etymology edit

Derived from English head.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ed (plural ed dem, quantified ed)

  1. head (part of the body)
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 6:17:
      Wen unu kip we fram fuud fi worship Gad, ail unu ed an wash unu fies man,
      But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
  2. head (leader)
    Synonym: liida

Further reading edit

  • ed at JamaicanPatwah.com
  • ed at majstro.com

Marshallese edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ed

  1. (archaic) to become red, of leaves

References edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse eiðr, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óytos.

Noun edit

ed m (definite singular eden, indefinite plural eder, definite plural edene)

  1. an oath

References edit

  • “ed” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “ed” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Old Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Indo-European *id, cognate with Latin id.

Pronoun edit

ed n

  1. it
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 17c7
      Is ed as·berat ind heretic.
      It is what the heretics say.
Descendants edit
  • Irish: ea
  • Scottish Gaelic: eadh

Etymology 2 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

ed n

  1. space, distance, interval
  2. extent, length
Inflection edit
Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative edN edN edL, eda
Vocative edN edN edL, eda
Accusative edN edN edL, eda
Genitive eidL ed edN
Dative edL edaib edaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants edit

Sassarese edit

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

ed

  1. Alternative form of e, found before a vowel
    • 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter IV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎[1], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 11, page 10:
      Allora lu diaulu lu lassesi solu: ed eccu chi l’agnili si accultesini, e lu silviani.
      [original: Allora il Diavolo lo laſciò: ed ecco, che ſe gli accoſtarono gli Angeli, e lo ſervivano.]
      [Allora il Diavolo lo lasciò: ed ecco, che se gli accostarono gli Angeli, e lo servivano.]
      Then the Devil left him alone. And then the angels approached him, and served him.
    • c. 19th century, anonymous, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese[2], volume 2, Cagliari, song 15, page 87:
      Dunca lu megliu è
      Tu pensa a la to’ pazi, ed eju a me.
      So the best [thing] is: you think about your own peace, and I [think] about myself.
    • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Ed è subbidu buggiu [And it's suddenly night]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 169:
      Sobr’a la terra è dugnunu a la sora
      infiraddu da un raggiu di sòri:
      ed è subbidu buggiu.
      Everyone is alone on Earth, pierced by a ray of sunshine: and it's suddenly night.

Swedish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Swedish ēþer, from Old Norse eiðr, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óytos.

Noun edit

ed c

  1. an oath (solemn pledge)
    svära en ed
    swear an oath
  2. an oath (curse, curse word)
Declension edit
Declension of ed 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ed eden eder ederna
Genitive eds edens eders edernas
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Swedish ēþ, from Old Norse eið, from Proto-Germanic *aidiją, probably related to Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“go”) and Latin eo. Cognate with Norwegian eid, Icelandic eið, and Faroese eið.

Noun edit

ed n

  1. An isthmus; a strip of land between two bodies of water
  2. A portage; a route used for carrying boats between two waterways
Declension edit
Declension of ed 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ed edet eden edena
Genitive eds edets edens edenas
Synonyms edit

See also edit

  • -ed (“path along water”)

Anagrams edit

Torres Strait Creole edit

Etymology edit

From English head.

Noun edit

ed

  1. head

Veps edit

Verb edit

ed

  1. second-person singular present of ei

Volapük edit

Alternative forms edit

  • (before a consonant) e

Conjunction edit

ed

  1. and

Related terms edit

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