ace

See also Ace, ACE, aĉe, ače, and -acé

English

Etymology

Middle English as, from Old French as, from Latin as, assis, unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage. Compare as

Pronunciation

• enPR: ās, IPA: /eɪs/, SAMPA: /eIs/
• Rhymes: -eɪs

Noun

ace (plural aces)

1. A single point or spot on a playing card or die.
2. A card or die face so marked.

   I have the ace of diamonds.

3. A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
   • (Can we date this quote?) w:Dryden

     I'll not wag an ace further.

   • c. 1658 Dr. Henry More, Government of the Tongue :

     He will not bate an ace of absolute certainty.

4. (tennis) A serve won without the opponent hitting the ball.
5. (baseball) The best pitcher on the team.
6. (baseball, dated, 19th century) A run.
7. (golf) A hole in one.
8. An expert at something.
   • 2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, BBC Sport:

     Mexican ace Dos Santos smashed home the third five minutes later after good work from Defoe.

9. A military aircraft pilot who is credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft.
10. A perfect score on a school exam.

Usage notes

• Used as an exclamation to mean excellent. But see ace (adjective). Also in plural: aces.

Synonyms

• (single point or spot): pip

Coordinate terms

• (playing cards) playing card, card; ace, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, jack, queen, king, joker ^[edit]

Derived terms

ace in the hole ace of aces ace up one's sleeve aces and eights air ace bate an ace (see bate)

be aces with easy aces flying ace fighter ace jet ace panzer ace

return ace submarine ace / ace of the deep tank ace / tanker ace U-boat ace within an ace of

Translations

single point or spot on a card or die

Bulgarian: едно (bg) (edno), единица (bg) (ediníca) f. Catalan: as (ca) m. Finnish: merkki (fi) (on a playing card), piste (fi) (on a die) French: as (fr) m. Greek: άσος (el) (ásos) m.

Hungarian: egy (hu) Polish: as (pl) m. Romanian: as (ro) m. Russian: единица (ru) (jediníca) f.

card with a single spot

Arabic: آس (ar) ('aas) m. Bulgarian: асо (bg) (áso), туз (bg) (tuz) m. Catalan: as (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 尖兒 (cmn), 尖儿 (cmn) (jiānr) Czech: eso (cs) n. Dutch: aas (nl) m. Finnish: ässä (fi) French: as (fr) m. German: Ass (de) n. Greek: άσος (el) (ásos) m. Hebrew: אס (he) m. Hungarian: ász (hu) Italian: asso (it) m.

Japanese: エース (ja) (ēsu) Kurdish: ئاس (ku) Luxembourgish: Äss (lb) m. Maltese: ass (mt) Polish: as (pl) m. Portuguese: ás (pt) m. Romanian: as (ro) m. Russian: туз (ru) (tuz) m. Scottish Gaelic: aon (gd) m. Spanish: as (es) m. Swahili: ree (sw) Swedish: ess (sv) n., äss (sv) n. West Frisian: aas (fy)

die face with a single spot

Catalan: as (ca) m. French: as (fr) m.

Greek: άσος (el) (ásos) m. Polish: as (pl) m.

very small quantity or degree

Arabic: ذرة (ar) (dhárra) f. Finnish: rahtu (fi), hitunen (fi), tippa (fi) French: iota (fr) m., chouïa (fr) m.

Romanian: iotă (ro) f. Russian: йота (ru) (jóta) f.

tennis: point scored without the opponent hitting the ball

Czech: eso (cs) n. Finnish: ässä (fi) French: ace (fr) m. German: Ass (de) n. Hebrew: אס m. Hungarian: ász (hu) Japanese: エース (ja) (ēsu)

Polish: as (pl) m. Portuguese: ace (pt) m. Romanian: as (ro) m. Russian: эйс (ejs) m. Spanish: ace (es) m. Swedish: äss (sv) n., serveäss (sv) n.

baseball: best pitcher on the team

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golf: hole in one — see hole in one

expert

Bulgarian: ас (bg) (as) m. Catalan: (sports) as (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 高手 (cmn) (gāoshǒu) Czech: eso (cs) n. Finnish: ässä (fi) French: as (fr) m. German: Ass (de) n. Greek: άσος (el) (ásos) m.

Hungarian: ász (hu) Italian: asso (it) m. Japanese: エース (ja) (ēsu) Lithuanian: asas (lt) m., asė (lt) f. Luxembourgish: Ass (lb) m. Portuguese: ás (pt) m. Russian: ас (ru) (as) m. Spanish: es (es) m. Swedish: äss (sv) n.

excellent military aircraft pilot

Finnish: ässä (fi), hävittäjä-ässä (fi) French: as (fr) m. Greek: άσος (el) (ásos) m. Hungarian: ász (hu)

Polish: as (pl) m. Romanian: as (ro) m. Spanish: as (es) m.

perfect score on a school exam

Finnish: kymppi (fi)

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Mandarin: Mandarin: 王牌 (cmn) (wángpái) (ace, king, trump - all three meanings?) Indonesian: utama / bintang / unggulan (1), as / kartu as (2)

Interlingua: asse (1, 2)

Verb

ace (third-person singular simple present aces, present participle acing, simple past and past participle aced)

1. To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.
2. (tennis) To win a point by an ace.
3. (golf) To make an ace (hole in one).

Synonyms

• (to pass a test): pass with flying colours

Derived terms

• ace it
• ace out

Adjective

ace (comparative more ace, superlative most ace)

1. (UK, slang) Excellent.

Usage notes

• Used as exclamation. Also see ace (noun) above and aces.

Synonyms

• excellent
• first-rate
• outstanding

Translations

excellent

Finnish: huippu- (fi)

Anagrams

• AEC
• CEA

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /eɪs/

Noun

ace m. (plural aces)

1. (tennis) ace

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Latin

Verb

acē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of aceō