Wiktionary

AD

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ad"

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SymbolEdit

AD

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Andorra.
    Synonym: AND (alpha-3)

EnglishEdit

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PronunciationEdit

  • audio (US)(file)

AdverbEdit

AD

  1. (often punctuated) Initialism of anno Domini (borrowed from Latin); in the year of our Lord.
    They had a vibrant culture from the 3rd century BC to the 2nd century AD.
    Today is 6 July AD 2022.

Usage notesEdit

  • The initialism is used to specify numbered years counting from the once estimated birth of Christ in year 1.
  • The Chicago Manual of Style, as well as most house styles, requires placing AD before the number of the year and BC after, although in casual use either abbreviation can be found in either place. It is placed after centuries. It is often printed in small caps.
  • Some use CE, for "Common Era", which is more secular in nature, to avoid potential Christian bias.
  • "AD" is not normally used in expressions like "in the year AD 1990", since in such a year it is taken for granted (and it is also redundant, literally meaning "in the year in the year of our Lord 1990"). In "Vesuvius erupted in AD 79", it is expected.

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NounEdit

AD (plural ADs)

  1. (film) Initialism of assistant director.
  2. (military) Initialism of air defence or air defense.
  3. (pharmacology) Initialism of antidepressant.
  4. (US, Navy) Initialism of auxiliary destroyer (a naval tender, a destroyer tender that tends to destroyers).
  5. (uncountable, pathology) Initialism of Alzheimer's disease.
    • 2015 — Larochelle, Stéphane (December 2015). "STOMPing at the bits". Nature Methods 12 (12): 1114. doi:10.1038/nmeth.3679. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
      Many neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), involve pathological protein deposits.
  6. (aviation) Initialism of airworthiness directive.
  7. (business) Initialism of anti-dumping.
  8. (television) Abbreviation of audio description.

HyponymsEdit

  • (airworthiness directive): EAD

Coordinate termsEdit

  • (destroyer tender): AS

Proper nounEdit

AD

  1. Abu Dhabi

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IndonesianEdit

NounEdit

AD

  1. Initialism of angkatan darat.
  2. Initialism of anggaran dasar.
  3. Initialism of anno Domini.

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NounEdit

AD m or f (plural unknown or uncertain)

  1. Initialism of amministratore delegato (“CEO”).

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
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EtymologyEdit

First part short for anno from Latin annō, ablative of annus (“year; time”), from Proto-Italic *atnos (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-no-, from *h₂et- (“to go”).

Last part short for Domini from Latin Dominī, genitive singular of Dominus (“The Lord”), of dominus (“lord, master of a house”), from Proto-Italic *domanos, from Proto-Indo-European *domh₂nos (“subduing”), from *demh₂- (“to domesticate, tame”).

PronunciationEdit

PhraseEdit

AD

  1. Initialism of anno Domini (“Anno Domini”).
    • 2002, Cecilie Høigård, Gategallerier:
      [AD] kan også bety noe annet enn Angel Devious, det kan bety Anno Domini
      [AD] can also mean something other than Angel Devious, it can mean Anno Domini

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SwedishEdit

Proper nounEdit

AD c (genitive AD:s)

  1. Abbreviation of Arbetsdomstolen (“Labour Court”). (the Swedish Labour Court)

NounEdit

AD c

  1. a combination of vitamin A and D, given to children (in 2008 replaced by only vitamin D)
  2. Initialism of art director.
  3. (soccer) Initialism of assisterande domare (“assistant referee”).

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