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Yes. The word ado is a Scrabble US word. The word ado is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

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3-letter words (2 found)

ADO,ODA,

2-letter words (4 found)

AD,DA,DO,OD,

You can make 6 words from ado according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of ado

ado dao aod oad doa oda

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Definitions and meaning of ado

ado

Etymology

From Northern Middle English at do (“to do”), infinitive of do, don (“to do”), see do. Influenced by an Old Norse practice of marking the infinitive by using the preposition at, att (compare Danish at gå (“to go”)). More at at, do.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈduː/
  • Rhymes: -uː

Noun

ado (uncountable)

  1. trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:commotion

Usage notes

Ado is mostly used in set phrases, such as without further ado or much ado about nothing.

Translations

See also

References

  • “ado”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • AOD, DAO, DOA, Dao, ODA, Oda, dao, oad, oda

Afar

Alternative forms

  • (Southern dialects) aadó

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈdo/, [ʔʌˈdɔ]
  • Hyphenation: a‧do

Noun

adó f 

  1. (Northern dialects) generation
  2. (Northern dialects) era

Declension

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ado”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Ambonese Malay

Lemma

ado

  1. expression of annoyance

French

Etymology

Clipping of adolescent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.do/

Noun

ado m or f by sense (plural ados)

  1. (colloquial) teen, teenager

Gun

Etymology

Cognate with Saxwe Gbe ado, Adja edu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.dó/

Noun

àdó

  1. wall

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

ado

  1. second-person singular aorist active of dadāti (“to give”)

Scots

Verb

ado

  1. Alternative form of adae

Noun

ado (plural adoes or ado's)

  1. Alternative form of adae

References

  • “ado” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji ada, Hadiyya ado and Kambaata ado.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈado/
  • Hyphenation: a‧do

Noun

ado f (uncountable)

  1. milk

References

  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 62
  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “ado”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈ(ʔ)a.do]

Verb

ado

  1. (intransitive) to arrive

Conjugation

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Ye'kwana

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arroz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aɾ̠o]

Noun

ado

  1. rice

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ado”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[2], Lyon

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