ado

See also: ADO, Ado, adó, and -ado

English

Etymology

From Northern Middle English at do (“to do”), supine of do, don (“to do”), see do. Influenced by Old Norse practice of marking supines using the preposition at, att (compare Danish at gå (“to go”)). More at at, do.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈduː/

Noun

ado (uncountable)

trouble; troublesome business; fuss
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience
  Probably a crab would be filled with a sense of personal outrage if it could hear us class it without ado or apology as a crustacean, and thus dispose of it. “I am no such thing,” it would say; “I am myself, myself alone.”

Usage notes

Ado is mostly used in set phrases, such as without further ado or much ado about nothing.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:commotion

Translations

doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles

Dutch: gedoe (nl) n
Finnish: meteli (fi), mekkala, älämölö (fi)

French: cérémonies (fr) f pl, manières (fr) f pl, bruit (fr), histoire (fr) f, foin (fr) m
Maori: utiuti

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German: Getöse (de) n, Lärm (de) m, Mühe (de) f

Turkish: gürültü (tr), patırtı (tr), telaş (tr), yaygara (tr)

References

ado in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

AoD, DAO, DOA, Dao, ODA, Oda, dao, do a, oad, oda

French

Etymology

Clipping of adolescent.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.do/
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Noun

ado m, f (plural ados)

(colloquial) teen, teenager

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