ado

English

Etymology

From Northern Middle English at do (“to do”), infinitive of do, don (“to do”), see do. Influenced by an Old Norse practice of marking the infinitive by using the preposition at, att (compare Danish at gå (“to go”)). More at at, do.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈduː/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

ado (uncountable)

1. trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:commotion

   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :

     Antonio:In sooth, I know not why I am so sad.
     It wearies me; you say it wearies you;
     But how I caught it, found it, or came by it,
     What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born,
     I am to learn;
     And such a wantwit sadness makes of me,
     That I have much ado to know myself.

   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience ‎, London: Longmans, Green & Co.:

     Probably a crab would be filled with a sense of personal outrage if it could hear us class it without ado or apology as a crustacean, and thus dispose of it. “I am no such thing,” it would say; “I am myself, myself alone.”

Usage notes

Ado is mostly used in set phrases, such as without further ado or much ado about nothing.

Translations

See also

References

• “ado”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• AOD, DAO, DOA, Dao, ODA, Oda, dao, oad, oda

Afar

Alternative forms

• (Southern dialects) aadó

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdo/,
• Hyphenation: a‧do

Noun

adó f 

1. (Northern dialects) generation
2. (Northern dialects) era

Declension

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ado”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Ambonese Malay

Lemma

ado

1. expression of annoyance

French

Etymology

Clipping of adolescent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.do/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

ado m or f by sense (plural ados)

1. (colloquial) teen, teenager

Gun

Etymology

Cognate with Saxwe Gbe ado, Adja edu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.dó/

Noun

àdó

1. wall

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

ado

1. second-person singular aorist active of dadāti (“to give”)

Scots

Verb

ado

1. Alternative form of adae

Noun

ado (plural adoes or ado's)

1. Alternative form of adae

References

• “ado” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji ada, Hadiyya ado and Kambaata ado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈado/
• Hyphenation: a‧do

Noun

ado f (uncountable)

1. milk

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 62
• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “ado”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

ado

1. (intransitive) to arrive

Conjugation

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Ye'kwana

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arroz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

ado

1. rice

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ado”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon