ED

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ed"

English

Etymology 1

Noun

ED (countable and uncountable, plural EDs)

1. Initialism of erectile dysfunction.
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     “He’d brag about how he would crush ED medicine and chase it with an energy drink so he could go all night,” Mullin said.

2. Initialism of emergency department.

   Synonyms: A&E, ER

3. Initialism of elimination diet.
5. Initialism of eating disorder.

Derived terms

• pro-ED

Translations

emergency department

Dutch: SEH m or f German: NA f, ZNA f Hungarian: SBO Polish: SOR (pl) m Romanian: UPU f

Phrase

ED

1. (cartography) Initialism of existence doubtful.

   Coordinate term: PD

Proper noun

ED

1. (US) Initialism of Education Department.

   Synonym: DOE (proscribed)

Usage notes

• The United States Government reserves DOE for the Department of Energy and uses ED as the abbreviation for the Department of Education.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese ED(エンディング) (endingu), from English ending.

Noun

ED (usually uncountable, plural EDs)

1. (film, television) Abbreviation of ending theme (end title sequence).

   Coordinate term: OP

Anagrams

• de-, D&E, dE, DE, de, De

Chinese

Etymology 1

From Japanese ED(エンディング) (endingu), from English ending.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): i¹ di¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìdì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-ti⁴
    • Yale: yì-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihdih
    • Palladius: иди (idi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 異地 / 异地 義帝 / 义帝 義弟 / 义弟

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: i¹ di¹
    • Yale: ī dī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: i¹ di¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: i¹ di¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iː⁵⁵ tiː⁵⁵/

Noun

ED

1. (ACG) ending theme (end title sequence)

Coordinate terms

• OP (ōupì)

Etymology 2

Irregular romanisation of 依啲 (ji1 di1).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ di¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹ di¹
    • Yale: yī dī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ di¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ di¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ tiː⁵⁵/

Pronoun

ED

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, leetspeak) alternative form of 依啲 (ji1 di1)

See also

• ed

Japanese

Etymology

From エンディング (endingu), from English ending.

Noun

ED(エンディング) • (endingu) 

1. abbreviation of エンディング (ending theme)

Coordinate terms

• OP(オープニング) (ōpuningu)

Descendants

• English: ED
• Chinese: ED