Anno Domini

English

Alternative forms

Various authorities support the different styles:

• anno domini
• anno Domini

Etymology

From the Latin annō Domini (“in the year of the Lord”) from the word annō (“in the year”) the ablative of annus (“year”) + Domini (“of the Lord”) the genitive of Dominus (“the Lord”).

Adverb

Anno Domini (not comparable)

1. In the year of our Lord (often abbreviated A.D. or AD).
   • 1620 — Mayflower Compact

     In Witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape Cod the eleventh of November, in the Reign of our Sovereign Lord, King James of England, France and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini, 1620.

   • 1859 — Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

     The scene was Mr. Cruncher’s private lodging in Hanging-sword-alley, Whitefriars: the time, half-past seven of the clock on a windy March morning, Anno Domini seventeen hundred and eighty.

Usage notes

• See AD.

Synonyms

• (in the year of our Lord): a.d., AD, A.D., CE, Common Era, in the year of our Lord

Antonyms

• (in the year of our Lord): BC, B.C., BCE

Translations

in the year of our Lord

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公元 (cmn) (gōngyuán)

• Czech: léta Páně, roku Páně (abbr. l.P., r.P., A.D.)
• Dutch: na Christus (nl), in het jaar des Heren (nl)
• Finnish: Herran vuonna (fi)
• French: après Jésus-Christ (abbr. après JC, ap. J.-C., ap. JC, etc.)
• German: Jahr des Herrn (abbr. A.D.)
• Icelandic: á því herrans ári (is), á því Guðs ári (is)

• Japanese: 紀元 (ja) (きげん, kigen), 西暦 (ja) (せいれき, seireki)
• Latin: annō Domini (la)
• Maltese: Wara Kristu (abbr. W.K.)
• Russian: нашей эры (ru) (nášej éry) (abbr. н. э. (ru) (n. e.)), после Рождества Христова (ru) (pósle Roždestvá Xristóva) (abbr. после Р. Хр. (ru) (posle R. Xr.))
• Slovak: roku Pána, anno Domini (abbr. r.P., A.D.)
• Swedish: efter Kristus (sv)
• Telugu: క్రీస్తుశకం (kreestuSakaM) (abbr. క్రీ.శ. (kree.Sa.))

See also

• Anno Hegirae
• Wikipedia discussion of style