different between around vs ard

English

Alternative forms

• arownd (obsolete), ron (Bermuda), 'round

Etymology

From Middle English around, arounde, from a- (from Old English a- (“on, at”)) + Middle English round (“circle, round”) borrowed from French, equivalent to a- +? round. Cognate with Scots aroond, aroon (“around”). Displaced earlier Middle English umbe, embe (“around”) (from Old English ymbe (“around”)). See umbe.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /???a?nd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???æwnd/
• Rhymes: -a?nd
• Hyphenation: a?round

Preposition

around

1. Defining a circle or closed curve containing a thing.
2. (of abstract things) Centred upon; surrounding.
3. Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.

4. Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.
5. Near; in the vicinity of.

6. At or to various places within.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

around (not comparable)

1. (informal, with the verb "to be") Present in the vicinity.

2. (informal, with the verb "to be") Alive; existing.

Derived terms

• be around

Translations

Adverb

around (not comparable)

1. So as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof.

   High above, vultures circled around.

2. So as to surround or be near.

   Everybody please gather around.

   There isn't another house for miles around.

3. Nearly; approximately; about.

4. From place to place.
5. From one state or condition to an opposite or very different one; with a metaphorical change in direction; bringing about awareness or agreement.

   (see bring around, come around)

   (see bring around, come around)

6. (with turn, spin, etc.) So as to partially or completely rotate; so as to face in the opposite direction.

7. Used with verbs to indicate repeated or continuous action, or in numerous locations or with numerous people.

8. Used with certain verbs to suggest unproductive activity.

   sit around, mess around, loaf around

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• round
• about

Middle English

Alternative forms

• arounde, aroun, o round, aronde

Etymology

a- +? round

Adverb

around

1. around

Preposition

around

1. around

Descendants

• English: around
• Scots: aroond, aroon
• Yola: arent

References

• “ar?und(e, adv. & prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian ard (“plough”), from Old Norse arðr.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d

Noun

ard (plural ards)

1. A simple plough consisting of a spike dragged through the soil. [20th c.]

Alternative forms

• ard-plough

Translations

Anagrams

• -dar, ADR, DAR, DRA, Dar, Dra, RAD, RDA, dar, rad, rad.

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Common Turkic *?rt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?rd]

Noun

ard (definite accusative ard?, plural ardlar)

1. back, rear

   Synonyms: arxa, dal

   Antonyms: qabaq, ön

2. sequel, continuation; something which is continued

   Synonyms: davam, dal

Declension

Derived terms

• ard?nca
• ard?c?l

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse arðr (“plough, ard”), from Proto-Germanic *arþr?, cognate with Swedish årder and Norwegian Bokmål ard (whence (English ard). The Germanic word is related to Latin ar?trum (“plough”) and Ancient Greek ??????? (árotron, “plough”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???d?]

Noun

ard c (singular definite arden, plural indefinite arder)

1. (historical) plough, ard

Inflection

Irish

Alternative forms

• arad (nonstandard)
• árd (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish ard, from Proto-Celtic *ardwos (compare Welsh ardd) from Proto-Indo-European *h?erd?- (compare Latin arduus).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /????d??/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /æ???d??/

Adjective

ard (genitive singular masculine aird, genitive singular feminine airde, plural arda, comparative airde)

1. high, tall
2. loud
3. ambitious

Declension

Derived terms

• airde f (“height; elevation; altitude; level; volume, pitch”)
• ard- (“high; arch-, chief; excellent, noble; advanced”)

Noun

ard m (genitive singular aird, nominative plural arda)

1. height, hillock
2. top, high part
3. elevation (of land)
4. head (of sand, clay)
5. rise
6. ascent

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "ard" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 ard”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “árd” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 16.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ard, from Proto-Celtic *ardwos (compare Welsh ardd) from Proto-Indo-European *h?erd?wós, from *h?erd?- (compare Latin arduus).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ø(r)d/

Adjective

ard (plural ardey, comparative yrjey)

1. high
2. tall

Noun

ard m (genitive singular ard, plural ardjyn)

1. height, high place

Noun

ard m (genitive singular ard, plural ardjyn)

1. compass point
2. pole

Derived terms

• ard-ard
• Ard y Jiass
• Ard y Twoaie
• bun-ard

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 ard”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian ???? (ârd).

Noun

ard ?

1. flour

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ardwos (compare Welsh ardd) from Proto-Indo-European *h?erd?wós, from *h?erd?- (compare Latin arduus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar?d/

Adjective

ard

1. high

Inflection

Noun

ard n

1. height

Inflection

Descendants

• Irish: ard
• Manx: ard
• Scottish Gaelic: àrd

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 ard”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Romanian

Verb

ard

1. first-person singular present indicative of arde
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of arde
3. third-person plural present indicative of arde