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Definitions and meaning of ad
ad
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /æd/
Rhymes: -æd
Homophone: add
Etymology 1
Clipping of advertise, advertising, advertisement, advertiser.
Noun
ad (pluralads)
Abbreviation of advertisement.
Synonym:advert
Abbreviation of advertising.
Abbreviation of advertiser.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From a shortening of the word advantage.
Noun
ad (pluralads)
(tennis) Advantage; also, designating the left-hand side, from the player's point of view, of their half of the court, where the advantage point following a deuce is always played.
(debating) advantage
Derived terms
ad in
ad out
Etymology 3
From Latinad(“to, on”).
Preposition
ad
to, toward
Related terms
Anagrams
D. A., D.A., DA, Da, da
Alemannic German
Contraction
ad
Contraction of a + d.
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic*āt.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ɑd]
Noun
ad (definite accusativeadı, pluraladlar)
name, first name
(grammar) noun
Synonym:isim
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Lezgi: ад(ad)
Blagar
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ad/
Noun
ad
fire
References
A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1
The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List
Stokhof (1975)
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Danishat, from Old Norseat, from Proto-Germanic*at.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [að], [a]
Homophone: af
Preposition
ad
by
at
Descendants
Norwegian Bokmål: ad
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈaðˀ]
Interjection
ad
ew, bleah
Synonyms
adr
bvadr
føj
uf
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
adm (pluralads, diminutive [please provide])
(in NL-HaNA_1.04.02)Abbreviation of annō Dominī.
Hungarian
Alternative forms
ád(archaic)
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic*ëmta-. Cognates include Finnishantaa and Estonianandma.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈɒd]
Rhymes: -ɒd
Verb
ad
(transitive) to give (to someone -nak/-nek; optionally as something -ul/-ül)
Synonyms:átad, odaad, ajándékoz, nyújt, átnyújt
Adok Sándornak egy könyvet. ― I give Sándor a book.
(transitive) to throw, organize, hold, give (a party/celebration/dinner, especially in honour of someone)
Synonyms:rendez, szervez, tart, csap
Vacsorát adtak a győztes tiszteletére. ― They held a dinner in the winner's honor.
(transitive, arithmetic)Synonym of hozzáad(“to add”)(used with -hoz/-hez/-höz)
(often in the third person plural, with no subject) to broadcast (some programme on TV or the radio)
Synonyms:(more technical sense)közvetít, sugároz
(slang, construed with definite conjugation and often null object)Synonym of tetszik(“to appeal to someone”)
(to give): ad in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
(for [prefix of numbered issues; formal]): ad in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
ad in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Ido
Alternative forms
(apocopic form)a
Etymology
Borrowing from Frenchà, Italianad, Spanisha, all ultimately from Latinad, from Proto-Indo-European*ád(“near, at”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ad/
Preposition
ad
to (movement, tendency or position)
Antonyms:de, ek
Il iris a la kirko. ― He went to church.
Il venas de Paris a London. ― He is on his way from Paris to London.
La hundo jetis su a la kato. ― The dog sprang at the cat.
De la esto ad la westo. ― From east to west.
De tempo a tempo. ― From time to time.
De un dio a l'altra. ― From one day to another; From day to day.
De la supro a l'infro. ― From top to bottom.
dative: indirect object
Donez a me la bastono ― Give me the stick.
Il parolis ad el. ― He spoke to her.
to (object of action, thought, desire)
Il elevas su a la richeso e a la honori. ― He is rising to weather and honors.
Atencema a la diskurso. ― Attentive to the discourse.
Surda a la ditreso-krii. ― Deaf to the cries of distress.
Amo a Deo. ― Love to God.
Me deziras a vu omna feliceso. ― I wish you all happiness.
to (comparison or relation)
Agreabla a la gusto. ― Agreeable to the taste.
Ca okupo konvenas ad il. ― This occupation suits him.
proportion; total
Tri raportas a non quale du a sis. ― Three is to nine as two is to six.
Evaluar lua revenuo a 10.000 franki. ― To estimate his income as 10,000 francs.
Taxar ol a 400 franki. ― To tax it at 400 francs.
Derived terms
ad-
al
Related terms
ed(“and”)
od(“or”)
See also
vers
til
Irish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /əd̪ˠ/
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
dod, dod’, dot
Contraction
ad (triggers lenition)
(colloquial, dialectal)Contraction of do do(“to/for your sg”).
Ní rabhas-sa ad phriocadh! ― I wasn't poking you!
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
id, it
Contraction
ad (triggers lenition)
(colloquial, dialectal)Contraction of i do(“in your sg”).
Italian
Etymology
From Latinad.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /a.d‿/
Preposition
ad
(before vowels)Alternative form of afor euphony, especially before /a/; to, at, in
Dallo ad Adamo. ― Give it to Adam.
Anagrams
da, da', dà
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic*ad, from Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd(“near, at”). Cognates include Englishat.
The accusative is from the hypothesized pre-PIE allative (or 'directional'), which merged with the accusative case in Proto-Italic.
at, about, around, on, in (indicating a point in time)
until, to, up to, till (indicating the extent of time)
for, to, toward (indicating purpose or aim)
in order to, to, for (indicating means)
in comparison with, in comparison to, in relation to
according to (indicating conformity)
in consequence of
against, at (indicating movement 'toward' but in a hostile manner)
among, amongst (indicating the sharing of a characteristic)
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. (There are two words for north.)
Ad Atticam vergente.
Inclining to Attic.
When appended to the beginning of a word beginning with a consonant, ad- often assimilates, e.g. becoming ap- in appretiō, from pretium, or ac- in accēdō, from cēdō. Note that unassimilated forms such as adpretiō are also found.
Derived terms
Descendants
Balkan Romance:
Romanian: a
Dalmatian:
a
Italo-Romance:
Corsican: à
Italian: a(d) (see there for further descendants)
Sicilian: a
Western Romance of N. Italy:
Friulian: a
Ligurian: a
Romagnol: a
Gallo-Romance:
Catalan: a
Franco-Provençal: a
Old French: a
French: à (see there for further descendants)
Occitan: a
Ibero-Romance:
Aragonese: a
Old Leonese: a
Asturian: a
Extremaduran: a
Leonese: a
Mirandese: a
Old Galician-Portuguese: a (see there for further descendants)
Spanish: a
Borrowings:
→ English: ad
References
"ad", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
"ad", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
ad in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Manx
Pronoun
ad
third person plural pronoun; they, them
Meriam
Noun
ad
story
Mokilese
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic*acan(“name”), from Proto-Austronesian*ŋajan(“name”)
Noun
ad
name
Possessive forms
References
Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977
马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “ad”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages - Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 81
Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “a:d”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[3], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 32
Ölmez, Mehmet (2012 December) “Oğuzların En Doğudaki Kolu: Salırlar ve Dilleri [The Easternmost Branch of the Oghuzs: Salars and Their Language]”, in Türk Dili (in Turkish), volume CII, number 732, pages 38-43
Sardinian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ad/, [að]
Preposition
ad
Alternative form of a, sometimes used before vowels
References
Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “a2”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg