ace

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Translingual

Symbol

ace

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Acehnese.

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ās, IPA^(key): /eɪs/
• Rhymes: -eɪs

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English as, from Old French as, from Latin as, assis (“unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage”). Doublet of as. Likely related or deriving ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs, or otherwise taking from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”) in the sense of "singular".

Noun

ace (plural aces)

1. (card games) A playing card showing a single pip, typically the highest or lowest ranking card in a game.
2. (dice games) A die face marked with a single dot, typically representing the number one.
3. The ball marked with the number 1 in pool and related games.
   • 1961, The Hustler (film): a character is calling his next shot

     Ace in the corner.

4. (US, slang) A dollar bill.
5. A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
6. (tennis, volleyball) A serve won without the opponent hitting the ball.
7. (sports) A point won by a single stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.
8. (US, baseball) The best pitcher on the team.
9. (US, baseball, dated, 19th century) A run.
10. (US, golf, disc golf) A hole in one.
11. (sometimes attributive) An expert at something; a maverick, genius; a person of supreme talent.
12. A military aircraft pilot who is credited with shooting down many enemy aircraft, typically five or more.
13. (US) A perfect score on a school exam.
14. Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
15. (physics, obsolete) A quark.

Coordinate terms

• (dice, dominoes) deuce, trey, cater, cinque, sice

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

References

• (defeat, outdo): Tony Thorne (2014) “ace”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London,  […]: Bloomsbury

Verb

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

1. (transitive, US, informal) To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.

   Synonym: ace out

2. (transitive, intransitive, US, informal) To defeat (others) in a contest; to outdo (others) in a competition.

   Synonym: ace out

3. (transitive, intransitive, tennis) To win a point against (an opponent) by an ace.
4. (golf) To make an ace (hole in one).

Synonyms

• (to pass a test): ace out, pass with flying colours

Derived terms

• ace into
• ace out

Translations

Adjective

ace (comparative more ace, superlative most ace)

2. (UK, slang) Excellent.

   Synonyms: excellent, first-rate, outstanding

Translations

See also

Etymology 2

Clipping of asexual.

Adjective

ace (comparative more ace, superlative most ace)

2. (slang) Asexual, not experiencing sexual attraction.

   Synonym: (slang) asexy

   • 2010, Amy Ebersole, "Asexuality, not to be confused with celibacy", The Daily Aztec (San Diego State University), 25 January 2010:

     “I was 14 when I first realized I had no interest in sex,” Jed Strohm, a happily satisfied, romantic asexual from upstate New York, said. “I identified as ace (asexual) and the group leader said I was too attractive.”

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ace.

Derived terms

Noun

ace (plural aces)

1. (slang) A person who is asexual.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ace.

See also

• (aromantic): aro

See also

• ace K

Anagrams

• AEC, CAE, CEA, Cea, EAC

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs/, /ɛjs/

Noun

ace m (plural aces)

1. (tennis) ace

Further reading

• “ace”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

From either or both:

• Hokkien 阿姊 (á-chí / á-ché, “elder sister”)
• Hakka 阿姊 (â-che, “elder sister”)

Compare Tagalog ate, Kapampangan atsi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈat͡ʃə/
• Hyphenation: acê

Noun

ace (plural ace-ace, first-person possessive aceku, second-person possessive acemu, third-person possessive acenya)

1. elder sister in Chinese communities.
2. a term of address to Chinese woman.

Further reading

• “ace” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English ace.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈejs/, /ˈɛjs/
• Rhymes: -ejs, -ɛjs

Noun

ace m (invariable)

1. (tennis, volleyball) ace

References

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.keː/, [ˈäkeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.t͡ʃe/, [ˈäːt͡ʃe]

Verb

acē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of aceō

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English ace.

Noun

ace m (plural aces)

1. (tennis) ace (tennis: point scored without the opponent hitting the ball)

Romanian

Noun

ace

1. plural of ac

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English as, from Old French as (“ace”), from Latin as, assis (“as (Roman coin)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es/
• (Mid Northern) IPA^(key): /is/
• (Southern) IPA^(key): /js/

Noun

ace (plural aces)

1. The smallest possible amount of something.
2. The best of a class of things.

References

• “ace, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

Spanish

Noun

ace m (plural aces)

1. (tennis) ace (point scored without the opponent hitting the ball)

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈat͡ʃe]

Noun

ace

1. a trace, mark

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh