ed

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ed"

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛd/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛd

Noun

ed (countable and uncountable, plural eds)

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

Synonyms

• (education): educ.

Derived terms

• basic ed
• Cath ed
• co-ed
• driver's ed
• gen 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): /ˈed/, /ed/
• 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.

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

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

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

Article

ed

1. oblique argument, specifically a place or time marker

See also

• (oblique arguments) sin, si, sis, ed, en, en da

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

• (phonetics) IPA^(key): [ɛrʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /jɛrʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {yed}

Verb

ed

1. (archaic) to become red, of leaves

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

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

• 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”).

Alternative forms

• fed

Noun

ed n

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

Related terms

• inad
• machad

Descendants

• Irish: feadh, feá
• Scottish Gaelic: feadh

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

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.

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

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ed, from Proto-Indo-European *id, cognate with Latin id.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeð/

Pronoun

ed n

1. it, this

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:ed.

Derived terms

• ed ón

Descendants

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

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]‎^[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. 19^th 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

Declension of ed

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ed	eds
	definite	eden	edens
plural	indefinite	eder	eders
	definite	ederna	edernas

Derived terms

• edsring
• edsvuren
• gå ed på
• mened
• trohetsed

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

• 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”)