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Anno Domini en · ADV

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin annō Dominī (“in the year of the Lord”) from the word annō (“in the year”) the ablative of annus (“year”) + Dominī (“of the Lord”) the genitive of Dominus (“the Lord”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) In the year of our Lord (often abbreviated A.D. or AD).
   • In Witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape Cod the eleventh of November, in the Reign of our Sovereign Lord, King James of England, France and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini, 1620. 1620, Mayflower Compact, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
   • The scene was Mr. Cruncher’s private lodging in Hanging-sword-alley, Whitefriars: the time, half-past seven of the clock on a windy March morning, Anno Domini seventeen hundred and eighty. 1859, Charles Dickens, “Book the Second”, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:

Forms

Antonyms

Before Christian Era · Before Common Era · BC (Before Christ)

Relateds

Wikipedia discussion of style · Anno Hegirae

Synonyms

in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ · Common Era · AD · in the year of our Lord · Christian Era

Translations (53)

sk anno Domini (abbr. r.P., A.D.) (in the year of our Lord) · ms tahun Masihi (in the year of our Lord) · ht apre Jezikri (in the year of our Lord) · sw baada ya Kristo (in the year of our Lord) · cy Oed Grist (in the year of our Lord) · de n. Chr. (in the year of our Lord) · cmn 公元 (in the year of our Lord) · gu ઈસવીસન (in the year of our Lord) · mt Wara Kristu (abbr. W.K.) (in the year of our Lord) · el μετά Χριστόν (in the year of our Lord) · gd an dèidh Chrìosda (abbr. AD) (in the year of our Lord) · te క్రీస్తుశకం (in the year of our Lord) · cs roku Páně (abbr. l.P., r.P., A.D.) (in the year of our Lord) · sk roku Pána (in the year of our Lord) · nb AD (in the year of our Lord) · nl in het jaar des Heren (in the year of our Lord) · cs léta Páně (in the year of our Lord) · he ספירת הנוצרים (in the year of our Lord) · id Tahun Masehi (in the year of our Lord) · cmn 耶穌紀元 /耶稣纪元 (in the year of our Lord) · nb anno Domini (in the year of our Lord) · ru по́сле Рождества́ Христо́ва (in the year of our Lord) · km គ្រិស្តសករាជ (in the year of our Lord) · gu ઈસ્વીસન (in the year of our Lord) · ja 紀元 (in the year of our Lord) · de im Jahr des Herrn (in the year of our Lord) · it Anno Domini (in the year of our Lord) · it dopo Cristo (abbr. d.C.) (in the year of our Lord) · et Issanda aastal (in the year of our Lord) · ht apre Kris (abbr. ap. K.) (in the year of our Lord) · pl Anno Domini (in the year of our Lord) · is á því herrans ári (in the year of our Lord) · km គ.ស. (in the year of our Lord) · tl Mula Kay Kristo (in the year of our Lord) · id Tahun Miladiyah (in the year of our Lord) · vi Công Nguyên (in the year of our Lord) · ta அனோ டொமினி (in the year of our Lord) · es después de Cristo (abbr. d.C.) (in the year of our Lord) · da Anno Domini (in the year of our Lord) · sd عيسوي سال (in the year of our Lord) · sv efter Kristus (in the year of our Lord) · pt depois de Cristo (in the year of our Lord) · ja 西暦 (in the year of our Lord) · sd ع (in the year of our Lord) · ru на́шей э́ры (in the year of our Lord) · es después de Jesucristo (abbr. d. de J.C.) (in the year of our Lord) · de im Jahre des Herrn (in the year of our Lord) · la annō Domini (in the year of our Lord) · nb a.D. (in the year of our Lord) · is á því Guðs ári (in the year of our Lord) · th คริสต์ศักราช (in the year of our Lord) · fi Herran vuonna (in the year of our Lord) · nl na Christus (in the year of our Lord)