ed

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ed"

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛd/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛd

Noun

ed (countable and uncountable, plural eds)

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

Synonyms

• (education): educ.

Derived terms

• Cath ed
• co-ed
• driver's ed
• gen ed
• op-ed
• op-ed
• phys ed
• special ed
• voc-ed

 

Translations

edition

• Dutch: (editie) ed.
• Finnish: p. (fi), pain. (painos)

editor

• Dutch: (redactie) red.
• Finnish: (toimittaja) toim. (fi)
• Persian: ویر. (fa) (vir.)

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

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dat⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dat⁴
    • Yale: dàht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dat⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ded⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐt̚²¹/

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

Declension of ed

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

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): /e.d‿/

Conjunction

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

• 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)
   • 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

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

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

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

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

     Is ed as·berat ind heretic.

     It is what the heretics say.

Descendants

• Irish: ea
• Scottish Gaelic: eadh

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

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

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

Sassarese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ed/

Conjunction

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. 19^th 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

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

1. an oath (solemn pledge)

   svära en ed

   swear an oath

2. an oath (curse, curse word)

Declension

Declension of ed
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ed	eden	eder	ederna
Genitive	eds	edens	eders	edernas

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

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

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
   • 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 13:

     Fat obik ed olikan binoms flens.

     My father and yours are friends.

Related terms

• ü, üd (“or”)