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

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Aromanian

Alternative forms

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.
    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

See also

Corsican

Conjunction

ed

  1. 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)

  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

References

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛd/

Noun

ed m (plural eds)

  1. eth

Anagrams

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
  • ad (to)
  • od (or)

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈed/[1][2], /ed/[2]
  • Rhymes: -ed
  • Hyphenation: éd, ed

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.

References

  1. ^ ed → e in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
  2. 2.0 2.1 e in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025

Anagrams

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English head.

Pronunciation

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

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

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

Article

ed

  1. 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

  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

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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *ɸedom (space, interval), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (foot).[1]

Alternative forms

Noun

ed n

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

Further reading

Mutation

Mutation of ed
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

  1. ^ 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)

  1. an oath

References

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

Old Irish

Alternative forms

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
    Is ed as·berat ind heretic.
    It is this that the heretics say.
  • 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
    masu ed do·roígaid
    if it is this that you pl have chosen

Descendants

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

Sassarese

Pronunciation

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]‎[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

  1. an oath (solemn pledge)
    svära en ed
    swear an oath
  2. an oath (curse, curse word)
Declension
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

  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
nominative genitive
singular indefinite ed eds
definite edet edets
plural indefinite eden edens
definite edena edenas
Synonyms

See also

  • -ed (path along water)

Anagrams

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.