ad

English Online Dictionary. What means ad‎? What does ad mean?

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æd/
• Rhymes: -æd
• Homophone: add

Etymology 1

Clipping of advertise, advertising, advertisement, advertiser.

Noun

ad (plural ads)

1. Abbreviation of advertisement.

   Synonym: advert

2. Abbreviation of advertising.
3. Abbreviation of advertiser.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From a shortening of the word advantage.

Noun

ad (plural ads)

1. (tennis) Advantage; also, designating the left-hand side, from the player's point of view, of their half of the court, where the advantage point following a deuce is always played.
2. (debating) advantage

Derived terms

• ad in
• ad out

Etymology 3

From Latin ad (“to, on”).

Preposition

ad

1. to, toward

Related terms

Anagrams

• D. A., D.A., DA, Da, da

Alemannic German

Contraction

ad

1. Contraction of a + d.

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑd]

Noun

ad (definite accusative adı, plural adlar)

1. name, first name
2. (grammar) noun

   Synonym: isim

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Lezgi: ад (ad)

Blagar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad/

Noun

ad

1. fire

References

• A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1
• The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List
• Stokhof (1975)

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish at, from Old Norse at, from Proto-Germanic *at.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [að], [a]
• Homophone: af

Preposition

ad

1. by
2. at

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: ad

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaðˀ]

Interjection

ad

1. ew, bleah

Synonyms

• adr
• bvadr
• føj
• uf

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

ad m (plural ads, diminutive [please provide])

1. (in NL-HaNA_1.04.02) Abbreviation of annō Dominī.

Gagauz

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑd/, (final devoicing) /ɑt/
• Homophone: at (with final devoicing)

Noun

ad (definite accusative adı, plural adlar)

1. Alternative form of aad

Declension

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• ád (archaic or dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Uralic *ëmta-. Cognates include Finnish antaa and Estonian andma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒd]
• Rhymes: -ɒd

Verb

ad

1. (transitive) to give or shift (something) to or near someone or somewhere

   Synonyms: átad, juttat, helyez, nyújt

   Hyponyms: idead, odaad

   1. (transitive) to serve (food or drink) to someone (-nak/-nek); to set down (food or drink) to be consumed

      Reggelit adtunk a gyerekeknek. ― We gave breakfast to the children.

2. (transitive) to give (something) to someone (-nak/-nek) as a gift, donation etc.

   Synonyms: adományoz, ajándékoz

   Adtam Sándornak egy könyvet. ― I gave Sándor a book.

3. (transitive) to throw, organize, hold, give (a party/celebration/dinner, especially in honour of someone)

   Synonyms: rendez, szervez, tart, csap

   Vacsorát adtak a győztes tiszteletére. ― They held a dinner in the winner's honor.
4. (transitive, arithmetic) to add (-hoz/-hez/-höz)

   Synonym: hozzáad

5. (transitive) to perform (a play, show etc.); to screen (a film); to broadcast (a program)

   Synonyms: bemutat, játszik, előad, közvetít, sugároz

   A moziban nem adták az új filmet. ― The new film was not screened at the cinema.

   Melyik csatorna adja a mérkőzést? ― Which channel is broadcasting the match?

6. (transitive, slang) to rule, rock; to be giving [with null object]

   Nagyon adja az új lemez! ― The new album is really great!

7. (transitive, slang) to like, enjoy, dig; to vibe with; to agree with (something)

   Synonyms: élvez, kedvel, (informal) bír, (slang) csíp, (slang) szétad

   Nagyon adom ezt az ötletet. ― I am really into this idea.

Conjugation

Coordinate terms

• (arithmetic operations) művelet; összeadás ([össze-/hozzá-] ad); kivonás (kivon, elvesz); szorzás ([össze-/meg-] szoroz); osztás ([el-] oszt); hatványozás (hatványra emel); gyökvonás (gyököt von); logaritmálás (logaritmust számít/vesz/képez) ^{(Category: hu:Arithmetic)}

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

Further reading

• (to give): ad in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (for [prefix of numbered issues; formal]): ad in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• ad in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Ido

Alternative forms

• (apocopic form) a

Etymology

Borrowing from French à, Italian ad, Spanish a, all ultimately from Latin ad, from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad/

Preposition

ad

1. to (movement, tendency or position)

   Antonyms: de, ek

   Il iris a la kirko. ― He went to church.

   Il venas de Paris a London. ― He is on his way from Paris to London.

   La hundo jetis su a la kato. ― The dog sprang at the cat.

   De la esto ad la westo. ― From east to west.

   De tempo a tempo. ― From time to time.

   De un dio a l'altra. ― From one day to another; From day to day.

   De la supro a l'infro. ― From top to bottom.

2. dative: indirect object

   Donez a me la bastono ― Give me the stick.

   Il parolis ad el. ― He spoke to her.

3. to (object of action, thought, desire)

   Il elevas su a la richeso e a la honori. ― He is rising to weather and honors.

   Atencema a la diskurso. ― Attentive to the discourse.

   Surda a la ditreso-krii. ― Deaf to the cries of distress.

   Amo a Deo. ― Love to God.

   Me deziras a vu omna feliceso. ― I wish you all happiness.

4. to (comparison or relation)

   Agreabla a la gusto. ― Agreeable to the taste.

   Ca okupo konvenas ad il. ― This occupation suits him.

5. proportion; total

   Tri raportas a non quale du a sis. ― Three is to nine as two is to six.

   Evaluar lua revenuo a 10.000 franki. ― To estimate his income as 10,000 francs.

   Taxar ol a 400 franki. ― To tax it at 400 francs.

Derived terms

• ad-
• al

Related terms

• ed (“and”)
• od (“or”)

See also

• vers
• til

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əd̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• dod, dod’, dot

Contraction

ad (triggers lenition)

1. (colloquial, dialectal) Contraction of do do (“to/for your sg”).

   Ní rabhas-sa ad phriocadh! ― I wasn't poking you!

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• id, it

Contraction

ad (triggers lenition)

1. (colloquial, dialectal) Contraction of i do (“in your sg”).

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.d‿/

Preposition

ad

1. (before vowels) Alternative form of a for euphony, especially before /a/; to, at, in

   Dallo ad Adamo. ― Give it to Adam.

Anagrams

• da, da', dà

Latin

Alternative forms

• at

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ad, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“near, at”). Cognates include English at.

The accusative is from the hypothesized pre-PIE allative (or 'directional'), which merged with the accusative case in Proto-Italic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ad/, [äd̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ad/, [äd̪]

Preposition

ad (+ accusative)

1. (direction) toward, to
2. up to (indicating direction upwards)
3. near, by, close by, at, to (indicating location)
4. against, on, upon (indicating position)
5. at, about, around, on, in (indicating a point in time)
6. until, to, up to, till (indicating the extent of time)
7. for, to, toward (indicating purpose or aim)

8. in order to, to, for (indicating means)

9. in comparison with, in comparison to, in relation to
10. according to (indicating conformity)
11. in consequence of
12. against, at (indicating movement 'toward' but in a hostile manner)
13. among, amongst (indicating the sharing of a characteristic)

Usage notes

• The word ad is an antithesis to ab (just as in is to ex; in a progressive order of relation, ad denotes, first, the direction toward an object; then the reaching of or attaining to it; and finally, the being at or near it.)
• Often used of geographical position of a place in reference to the points of compass, with the verbs iaceō (“lie, be situated”), vergō (“incline, slope”), spectō (“observe, see”) etc.:

  Asia iacet ad meridiem et austrum, Europa ad septentriones et aquilonem.

  Asia lies near the prime meridian and the south, Europe near the northern regions and northern wind. (There are two words for north.)

  Ad Atticam vergente.

  Inclining to Attic.

• When appended to the beginning of a word beginning with a consonant, ad- often assimilates, e.g. becoming ap- in appretiō, from pretium, or ac- in accēdō, from cēdō. Note that unassimilated forms such as adpretiō are also found.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Romanian: a
• Dalmatian:
  • a
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: à
  • Italian: a(d) (see there for further descendants)
  • Sicilian: a
• Western Romance of N. Italy:
  • Friulian: a
  • Ligurian: a
  • Romagnol: a
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: a
  • Franco-Provençal: a
  • Old French: a
    • French: à (see there for further descendants)
  • Occitan: a
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: a
  • Old Leonese: a
    • Asturian: a
    • Extremaduran: a
    • Leonese: a
    • Mirandese: a
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: a (see there for further descendants)
  • Spanish: a
• Borrowings:
  • → English: ad

References

• "ad", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "ad", in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ad in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Manx

Pronoun

ad

1. third person plural pronoun; they, them

Meriam

Noun

ad

1. story

Mokilese

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *acan (“name”), from Proto-Austronesian *ŋajan, *ajan (“name”). Cognate with Pohnpeian ahd.

Noun

ad

1. name

Possessive forms

Related terms

• adanki (“to name”)

References

• Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *ajan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aidaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːd/

Noun

ād m

1. funeral pyre

Declension

Strong a-stem:

Descendants

• Middle English: ād

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin ad.

Preposition

ad

1. Alternative form of a (to; towards)

Etymology 2

From Latin habet.

Verb

ad

1. Alternative form of a; third-person singular present indicative of avoir

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English ad.

Pronunciation

Noun

ad m (plural ads)

1. (Brazil, chiefly Internet slang) ad (short for advertisement)

   Synonym: anúncio

Pumpokol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *axʷ (“I”). Compare Assan aj and Arin aj and Kott ai.

Pronoun

ad

1. I (first-person subjective singular)

Related terms

• adɨŋ
• etnɨn
• ádɨŋ

Romanian

Noun

ad n (plural aduri)

1. Obsolete form of iad.

Declension

References

• ad in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āt.

Pronunciation

• (Mengda, Jiezi, Gaizi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [ɑt]
• (Chahandusi, Jiezi, Gaizi, Daisho, Baizhuang, Tashapo (Mengda), Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Samuyuzi, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [ɑːt]

Noun

ad (3rd person possessive adı, plural adlar)

1. name

References

• Potanin, G.N. (1893) “миниң адимь Яхія дур”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 433
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “at, a:t”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 296
• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “ad”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[1], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 8
• She, Xiu Cun (2015) “ɑt, ɑtʰ”, in 撒拉语语音研究 [Kunlun academic Series: Salar Phonetic Research]‎^[2], China: 上海大学出版社, →ISBN
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “ad”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 3
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “ad”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 81
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “a:d”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[3], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 32
• “adını” in Ölmez, Mehmet (2012 December) “Oğuzların En Doğudaki Kolu: Salırlar ve Dilleri [The Easternmost Branch of the Oghuzs: Salars and Their Language]”, in Türk Dili (in Turkish), volume CII, number 732, pages 38-43

Sardinian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad/, [að]

Preposition

ad

1. Alternative form of a, sometimes used before vowels

References

• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “a²”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

Sassarese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad/

Preposition

ad

1. Alternative form of a, found before a vowel

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from English hat (compare Irish hata).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [at̪]

Noun

ad f (genitive singular aide, plural adan or adaichean)

1. hat

   ad a' bhile òir ― the gold-rimmed hat

   bile na h-aide ― the rim of the hat

Sumerian

Romanization

ad

1. Romanization of 𒀜 (ad)

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آد (ad, “name”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (ad, “name”), from Proto-Turkic *āt (“name”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑd/

Noun

ad (definite accusative adı, plural adlar)

1. name, first name, last name
2. noun
3. reputation, fame, name, repute

Declension

Synonyms

• isim
• san

Related terms

• adlı
• adsız
• adamak
• atamak

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ад (ad), from Old Church Slavonic адъ (adŭ), from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hā́idēs).

Noun

ad

1. hell, underworld

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “ад”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[5], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Volapük

Preposition

ad

1. for, in order to, to

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːd/

Verb

ad

1. Soft mutation of gad.

Mutation

Yola

Etymology 1

Verb

ad

1. Alternative form of hadh (“had”)

Etymology 2

Preposition

ad

1. Alternative form of adh

References