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ard¹

  • /ɑɹd/ US
  • /ɑːd/ UK

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)d

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Norwegian ard (“plough”), from Old Norse arðr, from Proto-Germanic *arþrą (“plough”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃trom (“plough”), whence also Latin aratrum.

noun ards

  1. A simple plough consisting of a spike dragged through the soil.

    Similar: ard plough, scratch plough

ard²

  • /ɑɹd/ US

Where it comes from

Contraction of all right, possibly influenced by regional Philadelphia English pronunciation.

adjective

  1. Philadelphia, abbreviation, contraction, not comparable, slang Contraction of all right
  2. Philadelphia, not comparable, slang Okay; average; nothing special.

adverb

  1. Philadelphia, abbreviation, contraction, not comparable, slang Contraction of all right

interjection

  1. Philadelphia, abbreviation, contraction, slang Contraction of all right

ARD³

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of acid reflux disease
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of acute respiratory disease
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of aftertreatment regeneration device (on Diesel engines manufactured by Caterpillar Inc.)

Ard⁴

Where it comes from

A Scottish habitational name from any of several places called Aird, whose names in turn derive from Scottish Gaelic àird (“promontory, height”) or àirde (“height”), from àrd (“high”).

proper noun

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ccd, dra, alliance, crd, dcc, ddc, acs, ri, acb, righ, plough, plow, trench-plow, drag, gangplough, spud

Translations

Every language

noun simple plough

Françaisaraire
DeutschRitzpflug
Русскийра́ло rálo, ора́ло orálo

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Chicago

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BibTeX
@misc{ard_2026,
  title = {ard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}