ac
See also: Variations of "ac"
ac - English
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
ac - Aromanian
Alternative forms
Noun
ac n (plural atsi/atse)
ac - Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ɑd͡ʒ], [ɑd͡z]
- (Tabriz) IPA: [ɑʒ], [ad͡z]
Adjective
ac (comparative daha ac, superlative ən ac)
- hungry
- Acından ölürəm. ― I am starving; I am dying of hunger. (literally, “of its hunger”)
- Acın andı and olmaz. ― An oath given by a hungry person is no oath. (proverb)
- Ac elə bilər hamı acdır, tox elə bilər hamı toxdur. ― The hungry think that all are hungry, the sated think that all are sated. (proverb)
- Antonym: tox
Derived terms
ac - Chinese
Pronunciation
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ei1 si1
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ei1 si1
- Yale: ēi sī
- Cantonese Pinyin: ei1 si1
- Guangdong Romanization: éi1 xi1
- Sinological IPA : /ei̯⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
ac
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of AC
Related terms
ac - Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
- IPA: /aːk/
Pronoun
āc (plural āc ihqueh or āquihqueh)
- who?
Related terms
ac - French
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ak/
Preposition
ac
- (Quebec, informal) Pronunciation spelling of avec.
ac - Ladin
Noun
ac
- plural of at
ac - Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA: /ak/, [äk]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ak/, [äk]
- Note: the consonant is geminate /kː/ if a vowel follows.
Conjunction
ac
- Alternative form of atque
Usage notes
- Usually found before words beginning with consonants.
Descendants
- Sardinian: a
ac - Middle English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ak/
Conjunction
ac
ac - Middle Welsh
Alternative forms
Conjunction
ac
Preposition
ac
ac - Old English
Alternative forms
- ǣċ, aac
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɑːk/
Noun
āc f
Declension
Feminine senses relating to oak:
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | āc | ǣċ |
accusative | āc | ǣċ |
genitive | ǣċ, āce | āca |
dative | ǣċ | ācum |
Name of the rune:
Descendants
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɑk/
Conjunction
ac
- but
- Sēo æx forġiett, ac þæt trēow ġeman.
- The axe forgets, but the tree remembers.
- but instead: in this sense ac should sometimes be translated as "but," but most often it is best left untranslated
- Ne ġēotaþ wē tēaras, ac blōd.
- We don't shed tears, we shed blood.
Descendants
ac - Old Irish
Preposition
ac
- Alternative form of oc
ac - Old Saxon
Conjunction
ac
- Alternative form of ak
ac - Romanian
Noun
ac n (plural ace)
Declension
Related terms
ac - Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ak/
Conjunction
ac
- Prevocalic form of a (“and”)