Anno Domini

See also: anno domini and anno Domini

English

Alternative forms

• anno domini
• anno Domini

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”).

Adverb

Anno Domini (not comparable)

1. In the year of our Lord (often abbreviated A.D. or AD).
   • 1620, Mayflower Compact, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     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.

   • 1859, Charles Dickens, “Book the Second”, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:

     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.

Usage notes

• See AD.

Synonyms

(in the year of our Lord):

• AD (A.D., A. D., a.d.)
• CE: Common Era or Christian Era
• in the year of our Lord, in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “in the year of our Lord”):

• BC (B.C., bc): Before Christ
• BCE: Before Common Era or Before Christian Era

Translations

in the year of our Lord

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公元 (zh) (gōngyuán), 耶穌紀元／耶稣纪元 (Yēsū jìyuán)

• Czech: léta Páně, roku Páně (abbr. l.P., r.P., A.D.)
• Danish: Anno Domini
• Dutch: na Christus, in het jaar des Heren
• Estonian: Issanda aastal
• Finnish: Herran vuonna
• French: après Jésus-Christ (fr) (abbr. après JC, ap. J.-C., ap. JC, etc.)
• German: n. Chr. (de), im Jahre des Herrn, im Jahr des Herrn
• Greek: μετά Χριστόν (metá Christón) (abbr. μ.Χ. (el) (m.Ch.))
• Haitian Creole: apre Kris (abbr. ap. K.), apre Jezikri
• Hebrew: ספירת הנוצרים
• Icelandic: á því herrans ári, á því Guðs ári
• Indonesian: Tahun Masehi; Tahun Miladiyah (mainly used by Muslims)
• Italian: Anno Domini; dopo Cristo (abbr. d.C.)
• Japanese: 紀元 (ja) (きげん, kigen), 西暦 (ja) (せいれき, seireki)
• Khmer: គ្រិស្តសករាជ (krɨh sa’kraac), គ.ស. (km) (kɔɔ sɑɑ)
• Latin: annō Domini
• Malay: tahun Masihi
• Maltese: Wara Kristu (abbr. W.K.)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: anno Domini, AD (abbreviation), a.D. (abbreviation)

• Polish: Anno Domini (pl) n
• Portuguese: depois de Cristo (pt)
• Russian: на́шей э́ры (nášej éry) (abbr. н. э. (ru) (n. e.)); по́сле Рождества́ Христо́ва (pósle Roždestvá Xristóva) (abbr. после Р. Хр. (posle R. Xr.))
• Scottish Gaelic: an dèidh Chrìosda (abbr. AD)
• Sindhi: عيسوي سال (sd), ع (abbreviation)
• Slovak: roku Pána, anno Domini (abbr. r.P., A.D.)
• Spanish: después de Jesucristo (abbr. d. de J.C.), después de Cristo (abbr. d.C.)
• Swahili: baada ya Kristo
• Swedish: efter Kristus
• Tagalog: Mula Kay Kristo
• Tamil: அனோ டொமினி (aṉō ṭomiṉi)
• Telugu: క్రీస్తుశకం (krīstuśakaṁ)
• Thai: คริสต์ศักราช (th) (krít-sàk-gà-ràat)
• Vietnamese: Công Nguyên (vi)
• Welsh: Oed Grist

See also

• Anno Hegirae
• Wikipedia discussion of style