ed

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ed"

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛd/
  • Rhymes: -ɛd

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

ed (countable and uncountable, plural eds)

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

Synonyms

Translations

Noun

ed (uncountable)

  1. Education. Often used in set phrases such as phys ed, driver's ed, special ed, etc.

Anagrams

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin haedus. Compare Daco-Romanian ied.

Noun

ed m (plural edz, feminine equivalent eadã)

  1. kid (goat)

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish ēþ, eth, from Old Norse eiðr, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *oyt-.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -edˀ

Noun

ed c (singular definite eden, plural indefinite eder)

  1. oath (solemn pledge)

Declension

References

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛd/

Noun

ed m (plural eds)

  1. eth

Anagrams

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

Etymology

From Latin et.

Conjunction

ed

  1. Alternative form of e (“and”)
    Parlo italiano ed inglese.
    I speak Italian and English.

Usage notes

Used before a vowel for euphony, especially if the next word begins with the E sound.

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse eiðr, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *oyt-.

Noun

ed m

  1. oath

Declension

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eð/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *id.

Pronoun

ed n

  1. it
    • c. 875, 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 what the heretics say.
Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

ed n

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

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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 *oyt-.

Noun

ed c

  1. oath
Declension
Declension of ed 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ed eden eder ederna
Genitive eds edens eders edernas
Derived terms
  • edsvuren
  • gå ed på

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 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ed edet eden edena
Genitive eds edets edens edenas

Synonyms

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
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