ed
Antigua and Barbuda Creole English • Aromanian • Chinese • Corsican • Danish • French • Girirra • Ido • Italian • Jamaican Creole • Kankanaey • Latin • Marshallese • Middle Irish • Norwegian Bokmål • Old Irish • Sassarese • Swedish • Torres Strait Creole • Veps • Volapük
Page categories
English
Etymology
Shortening.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛd
Noun
ed (countable and uncountable, plural eds)
Synonyms
- (education): educ.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- come ed (etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams
Antigua and Barbuda Creole English
Noun
ed
Aromanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin haedus. Compare Romanian ied.
Noun
ed m (plural edz, feminine equivalent eadã)
- kid (goat)
Chinese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dat4
- Yale: dàht
- Cantonese Pinyin: dat4
- Guangdong Romanization: ded4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɐt̚²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Particle
ed
- (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
Corsican
Conjunction
ed
- alternative form of è
References
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)
Declension
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ed | eden | eder | ederne |
| genitive | eds | edens | eders | edernes |
Synonyms
- (pledge): løfte (“promise”) (carries less weight)
- (curse): bandeord (“curseword”), forbandelse
Derived terms
- edsvoren
- mened
- edsaflæggelse
References
- “ed” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛd/
Noun
ed m (plural eds)
Anagrams
Girirra
Adjective
ed
Ido
Alternative forms
- e (apocope)
Etymology
Borrowing from French et, Italian ed, Russian и (i) and Spanish e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛd/
Conjunction
ed
Related terms
Italian
Pronunciation
Conjunction
ed
- (before vowels) alternative form of e for euphony, especially before /e/ or /ɛ/; and
- Parlo italiano ed esperanto.
- I speak Italian and Esperanto.
References
- ^ ed → e in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 e in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
Anagrams
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ed/
Noun
ed (plural ed dem, quantified ed)
- 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,
- head (leader)
- Synonym: liida
Further reading
Kankanaey
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔed/ [ˈʔed̚]
- Rhymes: -ed
- Syllabification: ed
Article
ed
- oblique argument, specifically a place or time marker
See also
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
- (nonstandard) alternative spelling of et (“and”)
Marshallese
Pronunciation
Verb
ed
References
Middle Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish ed, from Proto-Celtic *ed, from Proto-Indo-European *id.
Pronoun
ed n
Descendants
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”).[1]
Alternative forms
Noun
ed n
Related terms
Descendants
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
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| ed (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-ed |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*fod-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 136
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)
- an oath
References
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *ed, from Proto-Indo-European *id, cognate with Latin id.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeð/
Pronoun
ed n
Derived terms
Descendants
Sassarese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ed/
Conjunction
ed
- 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][2], 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[3], 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eːd/
Audio: (file)
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish ēþer, from Old Norse eiðr, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óytos.
Noun
ed c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | ed | eds |
| definite | eden | edens | |
| plural | indefinite | eder | eders |
| definite | ederna | edernas |
Derived terms
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
- An isthmus; a strip of land between two bodies of water
- A portage; a route used for carrying boats between two waterways
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | ed | eds |
| definite | edet | edets | |
| plural | indefinite | eden | edens |
| definite | edena | edenas |
Synonyms
- båtdrag
- mårka
See also
- -ed (“path along water”)
Anagrams
Torres Strait Creole
Etymology
Noun
ed
Veps
Verb
ed
- second-person singular present of ei
Volapük
Alternative forms
- (before a consonant) e
Conjunction
ed
- and
- 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 13:
- Fat obik ed olikan binoms flens.
- My father and yours are friends.