English Online Dictionary. What means ac? What does ac mean?
English
Etymology
Abbreviation.
Pronunciation
Pronunciation depends on if this is an initialism, in which case it is pronounced as the letters A and C, or if it is an abbreviation, in which case it is pronounced as the full word it abbreviates.
The pronunciation of the medical abbreviation depends on the preference of the user or reader, and whether it is translated from Latin or not.
Noun
ac (plural acs)
- account; money of account
- alicyclic
- Abbreviation of acre.
- Alternative letter-case form of AC (“air conditioning”)
- (electricity) Alternative letter-case form of AC (“alternating current”)
Adjective
ac (not comparable)
- (medicine) ante cibum, before meals
Anagrams
- C.A., CA, ca, ca.
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- acu
Etymology
From Latin acus. Compare Romanian ac.
Noun
ac n (plural atsi/atse)
- needle
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *ạ̄č (“hunger”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐰲 (*āç, “hungry”), Turkish aç, see there for more cognates.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɑd͡ʒ], [ɑd͡z]
- (Tabriz) IPA(key): [ɑʒ], [ad͡z]
Adjective
ac (comparative daha ac, superlative ən ac)
- hungry
- Antonym: tox
Derived terms
- acgöz
- aclıq
References
Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aːk/
Pronoun
āc (plural āc ihqueh or āquihqueh)
- who?
Related terms
- ācah
- āquin
- ayāc
References
- Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 1
- Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 210
Ladin
Noun
ac
- plural of at
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ak/
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ak/
Conjunction
ac
- Alternative form of atque
Usage notes
- ac is usually found before words beginning with consonants, rarely before vowels.
References
- ac in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ac in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- ak, ah, ach, oc, occ, ok, auh, auch, auȝ
Etymology
From Old English ac, from Proto-West Germanic *ak, from Proto-Germanic *ak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ak/
Conjunction
ac
- but
References
- “ac (conj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-12.
Middle Welsh
Alternative forms
- a
Conjunction
ac
- and
Preposition
ac
- with
Old English
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *aik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ-.
Alternative forms
- ǣċ, aac
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑːk/
Noun
āc f
- oak (wood or tree)
- (poetic) an oaken ship
- (masculine) the runic character ᚪ (/a/)
Declension
Feminine senses relating to oak:
Name of the rune:
Descendants
- Middle English: ak, ake, ook
- English: oak
- Scots: aik, ake
Etymology 2
From Proto-West Germanic *ak, from Proto-Germanic *ak.
Alternative forms
- ah, ach, oc
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑk/
Conjunction
ac
- but
Descendants
- Middle English: ac, ak, ah
Old Irish
Preposition
ac
- Alternative form of oc
Old Saxon
Conjunction
ac
- Alternative form of ak
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin acus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).
Noun
ac n (plural ace)
- needle
Declension
Related terms
- acar
- aculeu
- ață
Further reading
- ac in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ak/
Conjunction
ac
- Prevocalic form of a (“and”)