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)

In the year of our Lord (often abbreviated A.D. or AD).
- 1620 — Mayflower Compact
  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 906152507:
  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

(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 (id); Tahun Miladiyah (id) (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. (n. e.)); по́сле Рождества́ Христо́ва (pósle Roždestvá Xristóva) (abbr. после Р. Хр. (posle R. Xr.))
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 (kreestuSakaM) (abbr. క్రీ.శ. (kree.Sa.))
Thai: คริสต์ศักราช (th) (krít-sàk-gà-ràat)
Vietnamese: Công Nguyên (vi)
Welsh: Oed Grist