Ed in Scrabble Dictionary

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2 letters words from 'ed'

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ED 3

Definitions and meaning of ed

ed

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛd/
• Rhymes: -ɛd

Noun

ed (countable and uncountable, plural eds)

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

Synonyms

• (education): educ.

Translations

Noun

ed (uncountable)

1. Education. Often used in set phrases such as phys ed, driver's ed, special ed, etc.

Anagrams

• DE, De, dE, de, de-

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• edu

Etymology

From Latin haedus. Compare Romanian ied.

Noun

ed m (plural edz, feminine equivalent eadã)

1. kid (goat)

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Corsican

Conjunction

ed

1. Alternative form of è

References

• https://infcor.adecec.net/

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Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -edˀ

Noun

ed c (singular definite eden, plural indefinite eder)

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

Declension

Synonyms

• (pledge): løfte (“promise”) (carries less weight)
• (curse): bandeord (“curseword”), forbandelse

References

• “ed” in Den Danske Ordbog

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛd/

Noun

ed m (plural eds)

1. eth

Anagrams

• de, dé

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Ido

Alternative forms

• e (apocope)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛd/

Conjunction

ed

1. and

Related terms

• ad (“to”)
• od (“or”)

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈed/
• Rhymes: -ed
• Hyphenation: éd

Conjunction

ed

1. Alternative form of e (“and”) - (before a vowel) and

Usage notes

Used before a vowel for euphony, especially if the next word begins with the /e/ and /ɛ/ sounds.

Anagrams

• de, de', de-, dè

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Marshallese

Etymology

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [ɛrʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /jɛrʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {yed}

Verb

ed

1. (archaic) to become red, of leaves

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. an oath

References

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

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• hed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eð/

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

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. 17^c7

Descendants

• Irish: ea

Etymology 2

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

Noun

ed n

1. space, distance, interval
2. extent, length

Inflection

Descendants

• Middle Irish: fed
  • Irish: feadh, feá
  • Scottish Gaelic: feadh

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːd/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

ed c

1. oath

Declension

Derived terms

• edsvuren
• gå ed på

Etymology 2

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

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

Synonyms

• båtdrag
• mårka

Anagrams

• -de, de, de-

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Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English head.

Noun

ed

1. head

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Veps

Verb

ed

1. second-person singular present of ei

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Volapük

Alternative forms

• (before a consonant) e

Conjunction

ed

1. and

Related terms

• ü, üd (“or”)

Source: wiktionary.org

• (short for) education.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)