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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Shortening.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɛd/
    • (file)
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛd

Noun[edit]

ed (countable and uncountable, plural eds)

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

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

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Anagrams[edit]

Aromanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin haedus. Compare Romanian ied.

Noun[edit]

ed m (plural edz, feminine equivalent eadã)

  1. kid (goat)

Chinese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English -ed.

Pronunciation[edit]

Particle[edit]

ed

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism) Used to denote an action which has been completed.
    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[edit]

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

Synonyms[edit]

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Corsican[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ed

  1. Alternative form of è

References[edit]

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ed c (singular definite eden, plural indefinite eder)

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

Declension[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ed m (plural eds)

  1. eth

Anagrams[edit]

Girirra[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ed

  1. white

Ido[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • e (apocope)

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ed

  1. and

Related terms[edit]

  • ad (to)
  • od (or)

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ed

  1. (before vowels) Alternative form of e for euphony, especially before /e/ or /ɛ/; and
    Parlo italiano ed esperanto.
    I speak Italian and Esperanto.

Anagrams[edit]

Jamaican Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from English head.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ed (plural ed dem, quantified ed)

  1. head (part of the body)
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 6:17:
      Wen unu kip we fram fuud fi worship Gad, ail unu ed an wash unu fies man,
      But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
  2. head (leader)
    Synonym: liida

Further reading[edit]

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

Marshallese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ed

  1. (archaic) to become red, of leaves

References[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

  1. an oath

References[edit]

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

Old Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronoun[edit]

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. 17c7
      Is ed as·berat ind heretic.
      It is what the heretics say.
Descendants[edit]
  • Irish: ea
  • Scottish Gaelic: eadh

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ed n

  1. space, distance, interval
  2. extent, length
Inflection[edit]
Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative edN edN edL, eda
Vocative edN edN edL, eda
Accusative edN edN edL, eda
Genitive eidL ed edN
Dative edL edaib edaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants[edit]

Sassarese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ed

  1. Alternative form of e, found before a vowel
    • 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter IV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎[1], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 11, page 10:
      Allora lu diaulu lu lassesi solu: ed eccu chi l’agnili si accultesini, e lu silviani.
      [original: Allora il Diavolo lo laſciò: ed ecco, che ſe gli accoſtarono gli Angeli, e lo ſervivano.]
      [Allora il Diavolo lo lasciò: ed ecco, che se gli accostarono gli Angeli, e lo servivano.]
      Then the Devil left him alone. And then the angels approached him, and served him.
    • c. 19th century, anonymous, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese[2], volume 2, Cagliari, song 15, page 87:
      Dunca lu megliu è
      Tu pensa a la to’ pazi, ed eju a me.
      So the best [thing] is: you think about your own peace, and I [think] about myself.
    • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Ed è subbidu buggiu [And it's suddenly night]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 169:
      Sobr’a la terra è dugnunu a la sora
      infiraddu da un raggiu di sòri:
      ed è subbidu buggiu.
      Everyone is alone on Earth, pierced by a ray of sunshine: and it's suddenly night.

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ed c

  1. an oath (solemn pledge)
    svära en ed
    swear an oath
  2. an oath (curse, curse word)
Declension[edit]
Declension of ed 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ed eden eder ederna
Genitive eds edens eders edernas
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]
Declension of ed 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ed edet eden edena
Genitive eds edets edens edenas
Synonyms[edit]

See also[edit]

  • -ed (path along water)

Anagrams[edit]

Torres Strait Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English head.

Noun[edit]

ed

  1. head

Veps[edit]

Verb[edit]

ed

  1. second-person singular present of ei

Volapük[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • (before a consonant) e

Conjunction[edit]

ed

  1. and

Related terms[edit]