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Is ard a Scrabble word?

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

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Is ard a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ard is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

A1R1D2

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3 letters words from 'ard'

ARD 4RAD 4

2 letters words from 'ard'

AD 3AR 2
DA 3 

All 3 letters words made out of ard

ard rad adr dar rda dra

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Definitions and meaning of ard

ard

Etymology

20th-century, borrowed from Norwegian ard (“plough”), itself inherited from Old Norse arðr, from Proto-Germanic *arþrą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃trom.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɑɹd/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɑːd/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d

Noun

ard (plural ards)

  1. A simple plough consisting of a spike dragged through the soil.

Translations

Anagrams

  • -dar, ADR, DAR, DRA, Dar, Dra, RAD, RDA, dar, rad, rad.

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Common Turkic *ārt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɑrd]

Noun

ard (definite accusative ardı, plural ardlar)

  1. back, rear
    Synonyms: arxa, dal
    Antonyms: qabaq, ön
  2. sequel, continuation; something which is continued
    Synonyms: davam, dal

Declension

Derived terms
  • ardınca
  • ardıcıl

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse arðr (“plough, ard”), from Proto-Germanic *arþrą, cognate with Swedish årder and Norwegian Bokmål ard (whence (English ard). The Germanic word is related to Latin arātrum (“plough”) and Ancient Greek ἄροτρον (árotron, “plough”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɑˀd̥]

Noun

ard c (singular definite arden, plural indefinite arder)

  1. (historical) plough, ard

Inflection

Irish

Alternative forms

  • arad (nonstandard)
  • árd (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish ard, from Proto-Celtic *ardwos (compare Welsh ardd) from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- (compare Latin arduus).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ɑːɾˠd̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /æːɾˠd̪ˠ/

Adjective

ard (genitive singular masculine aird, genitive singular feminine airde, plural arda, comparative airde)

  1. high, tall
  2. loud
  3. ambitious

Declension

Derived terms

  • airde f (“height; elevation; altitude; level; volume, pitch”)
  • ard- (“high; arch-, chief; excellent, noble; advanced”)

Noun

ard m (genitive singular aird, nominative plural arda)

  1. height, hillock
  2. top, high part
  3. elevation (of land)
  4. head (of sand, clay)
  5. rise
  6. ascent

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

  • "ard" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 ard”, in Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors, eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, 2019
  • “árd” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 16.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ard, from Proto-Celtic *ardwos (compare Welsh ardd) from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰwós, from *h₃erdʰ- (compare Latin arduus).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ø(r)d/

Adjective

ard (plural ardey, comparative yrjey)

  1. high
  2. tall

Noun

ard m (genitive singular ard, plural ardjyn)

  1. height, high place

Noun

ard m (genitive singular ard, plural ardjyn)

  1. compass point
  2. pole

Derived terms

  • ard-ard
  • Ard y Jiass
  • Ard y Twoaie
  • bun-ard

References

  • “1 ard”, in Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors, eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, 2019

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian آرد‎ (ârd).

Noun

ard ?

  1. flour

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ardwos (compare Welsh ardd) from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰwós, from *h₃erdʰ- (compare Latin arduus).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ar͈d/

Adjective

ard

  1. high
Inflection

Noun

ard n

  1. height
Inflection
Descendants
  • Irish: ard
  • Manx: ard
  • Scottish Gaelic: àrd

Mutation

Further reading

  • “1 ard”, in Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors, eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, 2019

Romanian

Verb

ard

  1. first-person singular present indicative of arde
  2. first-person singular present subjunctive of arde
  3. third-person plural present indicative of arde

Source: wiktionary.org
  • a kind of primitive plough.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)
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