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-èd

UK/ˈəd/

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Early/ˈɛd/

-èd is the alternative spelling of -ed.

Meaning of -ed

Suffix (1)

-ed

Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.
- live + -ed → lived

Suffix (2)

-ed

Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.
- point + -ed → pointed

Suffix (3)

-ed

Used to form possessional adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun.
- point + -ed → pointed
Antonyms:

-less
As an extension of the above, used to form possessional adjectives from adjective-noun pairs.
- red + hair + -ed → red-haired

Questions about -èd

What is -èd the alternative spelling of?: -èd is the alternative spelling of -ed.
How do you pronounce -èd?: -èd is pronounced /ˈəd/ (UK).

Words near -èd in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: -èd (page history and authors); -ed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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