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Definitions and meaning of ed

ed

English

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.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • come ed (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

  • de-, D&E, dE, DE, de, De

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • edu

Etymology

From Latin haedus. Compare Romanian ied.

Noun

ed m (plural edz, feminine equivalent eadã)

  1. kid (goat)

Chinese

Etymology

From English -ed.

Pronunciation

Particle

ed

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism) Used to denote an action which has been completed.
    覆ed [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  fuk1 dat4 [Jyutping]  ―  replied
    fol ed [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  fo1 dat4 [Jyutping]  ―  followed
    J ed [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  zei1 dat4 [Jyutping]  ―  jerked off; wanked off

Usage notes

Often used with words derived from English or spelled in the Latin alphabet.

Synonyms

  • 咗 (zo2)

See also

  • ED

Corsican

Conjunction

ed

  1. alternative form of è

References

  • https://infcor.adecec.net/

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

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛd/

Noun

ed m (plural eds)

  1. eth

Anagrams

  • de, dé

Girirra

Adjective

ed

  1. white

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”)

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Conjunction

ed

  1. (before vowels) alternative form of e for euphony, especially before /e/ or /ɛ/; and

References

Anagrams

  • de, de', de-, dè

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English head.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ed/

Noun

ed (plural ed dem, quantified ed)

  1. head (part of the body)
  2. head (leader)
    Synonym: liida

Further reading

  • ed at JamaicanPatwah.com
  • ed at majstro.com

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔed/ [ˈʔed̚]
  • Rhymes: -ed
  • Syllabification: ed

Article

ed

  1. oblique argument, specifically a place or time marker

See also

  • (oblique arguments) sin, si, sis, ed, en, en da

References

  • Janet L. Allen (2014) Kankanaey: A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis‎[1] (overall work in English), →ISBN, page 128

Latin

Etymology

Alternative spelling of et; see aliquit#Etymology.

Conjunction

ed

  1. (nonstandard) alternative spelling of et (“and”)

Marshallese

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

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

  • (earlier) IPA(key): /eð/
  • (later) IPA(key): /eɣ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ed, from Proto-Celtic *ed, from Proto-Indo-European *id.

Pronoun

ed n

  1. it
Descendants
  • Irish: ea
  • Scottish Gaelic: eadh

Further reading

  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ed”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909] D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 405, page 254; reprinted 2017

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *ɸedom (“space, interval”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“foot”).

Alternative forms

  • fed

Noun

ed n

  1. space, distance, interval
  2. extent, length
Related terms
  • inad
  • machad
Descendants
  • Irish: feadh, feá
  • Scottish Gaelic: feadh

Further reading

  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ed”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mutation

References

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).

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • hed

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [eð]

Pronoun

ed n

  1. it, this

Quotations

  • 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. 17c7
  • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 20a4

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: ed
    • Irish: ea
    • Scottish Gaelic: eadh

Sassarese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ed/

Conjunction

ed

  1. alternative form of e, found before a vowel

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. an oath (solemn pledge)
  2. an oath (curse, curse word)
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

See also

  • -ed (“path along water”)

Anagrams

  • -de, de, de-

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English head.

Noun

ed

  1. head

Veps

Verb

ed

  1. second-person singular present of ei

Volapük

Alternative forms

  • (before a consonant) e

Conjunction

ed

  1. and

Related terms

  • ü, üd (“or”)

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