Abbreviation.
Pronunciation depends on if this is an initialism, in which case it is pronounced as the letters A and C, or if it is an abbreviation, in which case it is pronounced as the full word it abbreviates.
The pronunciation of the medical abbreviation depends on the preference of the user or reader, and whether it is translated from Latin or not.
ac (plural acs
account ; money of accountalicyclic Abbreviation ofacre Alternativeletter-case form ofAC ( “ air conditioning ” ) .( electricity ) Alternativeletter-case form ofAC ( “ alternating current ” ) .ac (notcomparable )
( medicine ) ante cibum , before mealsac
( Stenoscript ) Abbreviation ofaccompany accompanying accompanied accompaniment accompanist , or etc. ( Stenoscript ) Abbreviation ofaccomplish accomplishing accomplished accomplishment , or etc. FromLatin acus Romanian ac
ac n plural atsi /atse
needle FromProto-Turkic *āč ( “ hunger ” ) .[ 1] Old Turkic 𐰀𐰲 ( ač /*āç/ ,“ hungry ” ) ,[ 2] Turkish aç
ac (comparative daha acsuperlative ən ac
hungry Antonym: tox Acından ölürəm .I am starving; I am dyingof hunger . (literally, “of its hunger Acın andıand olmaz.An oath given bya hungry person is no oath. (proverb) Ac elə bilər hamı acdır ,tox elə bilərhamı toxdur.The hungry think that all arehungry , the sated think that all are sated.(proverb) ^ Starostin, Sergei ;Dybo, Anna ;Mudrak, Oleg (2003 ), “*ạ̄č”, inEtymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1] ^ Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008 ), “𐰀𐰲 TÜRIK BITIG: Ethno Cultural Dictionary , Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan ac
( Hong Kong Cantonese ) alternative form ofAC āc (plural ācihqueh or āquihqueh
who ?Karttunen, Frances (1983 ),An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl , Austin: University of Texas Press, page 1 Lockhart, James (2001 ),Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts , Stanford: Stanford University Press, page210 ac
( Quebec , informal ) pronunciation spelling ofavec ac
plural ofat ac
alternative form ofatque Usually found before words beginning withconsonants . Italian:a ( traces ) Sardinian:a ( traces ) “ac Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ),A Latin Dictionary “ac Charlton T. Lewis (1891 ),An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894 ),Latin Phrase-Book [2] Macmillan and Co. more than once; repeatedly:semel atque iterum; iterum ac saepius; identidem; etiam atque etiam the position of the lower classes:condicio ac fortuna hominum infimi generis the result has surprised me; I was not prepared for this development:res aliter cecidit ac putaveram to exert oneself very energetically in a matter:multum operae ac laboris consumere in aliqua re written records; documents:litterae ac monumenta monumenta a lifelike picture of everyday life:morum ac vitae imitatio to be an inexperienced speaker:rudem, tironem ac rudem exercitatum esse in dicendo to arrange and divide the subject-matter:res componere ac digerere to hold by the letter (of the law):verba ac litteras scriptum (legis) sequi sententia somebody's darling:mel ac deliciae alicuius to think one thing, say another; to conceal one's opinions:aliter sentire ac loqui (aliud sentire, aliud loqui) without any disguise, frankly:sine fuco ac fallaciis with moderation and judgment:modice ac sapienter a sound and sensible system of conduct:vitae ratio bene ac sapienter instituta to promise an oath to..:iureiurando ac fide se obstringere, ut to dwell in a certain place:domicilium (sedem ac domicilium) habere in aliquo loco to take up one's abode in a place, settle down somewhere:sedem ac domicilium (fortunas suas) constituere alicubi to live a luxurious and effeminate life:delicate ac molliter vivere to invite some one to one's house:invitare aliquem tecto ac domo domum suam to shun publicity:publico carere, forum ac lucem fugere to cause universal disorder:omnia turbare ac miscere a man who has held many offices:honoribus ac reipublicae muneribus perfunctus to trample all law under foot:ius ac fas omne delere the victory cost much blood and many wounds, was very dearly bought:victoria multo sanguine ac vulneribus stetit to keep the coast and harbours in a state of blockade:litora ac portus custodia clausos tenere so much for this subject...; enough has been said on..:ac (sed) de ... satis dixi, dictum est FromOld English ac Proto-West Germanic *ak Proto-Germanic *ak
ac
but c. 1250 Lofsong Louerde :Ich liuie, nout ich,auh crist liueð in me I don't live,but Christ lives in me. c. 1325 Harrowing of Hell , lines241–245 :louerd, for þi muchele grace / graunt vs in heouene one place; / Let vs neuer be forloren / for no sinne, crist ycoren /ah bring vs out of helle pyne[ …] Lord, for your great grace / give us a place in heaven; / Don't let us ever be lost / to any sin, chosen Christ /but bring us out of Hell's torment. [ …] c. 1340 Ayenbite of Inwyt Ac þe ilke / þet zuereþ hidousliche be god / oþer by his halȝen / and him to-breȝþ / and zayþ him sclondres / þet ne byeþ naȝt to zigge: þe ilke zeneȝeþ dyadliche[ …] But one who / hideously swears by God / or by his emissaries / and who tears him apart / while saying to him lies / that shouldn't be said: they sin grievously. [ …] c. 1380 Sir Firumbras , lines4413–4414 :"Lordes", quaþ Richard, "Buþ noȝt agast,Ac holdeþ forþ ȝour way / an hast & boldeliche doþ ȝour dede[ …] "Lords", said Richard, "Don't be frightened,but hold your way forwards / and quickly and boldy do your deed [ …] " ac
and ac
with FromProto-West Germanic *aik
āc f
oak (wood or tree)( poetic ) ( masculine ) ( Runic alphabet ) ᚪ a )Feminine senses relating to oak:
Strong consonant stem:
Strongō -stem:
Name of the rune:
Stronga -stem:
FromProto-Germanic *ak
ac
but Sēo æx forġiett,ac þæt trēow ġeman. The axe forgets,but the tree remembers. but instead : in this senseac should sometimes be translated as "but," but most often it is best left untranslatedNe ġēotaþ wē tēaras,ac blōd. We don't shed tears, we shed blood. c. 995 ,Ælfric ,Extracts on Grammar in English Nōn egō, sed tū: “Nā iċ,ac þū.” Nōn bōs est, sed equus: “Nis hit nā oxa,ac is hors.” Non ego, sed tu : “Not me, you.”Non bos est, sed equus : “It's not an ox, it's a horse.”late 10th century ,Ælfric ,"Memory of the Saints" and gif we forleosað þas lænan woruld-þingc, þonne sceole we witan þæt ure wunung nis na herac is on heofonum gif we hopiað to gode. and if we lose the transitory things of this world, then should we know that our dwelling is not here,but is in heaven, if we hope in God. ac
alternative form ofoc ac
alternative form ofak Inherited fromLatin acus Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- ( “ sharp ” ) .
ac n plural ace
needle FromOld Welsh (h)ac Proto-Brythonic *atkʷe Proto-Indo-European *h₂ét -kʷe (compareBreton hag Cornish hag atque Welsh ag
ac
prevocalic form ofa ( “ and ” ) 
