"ado" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈduː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ado.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: From Northern Middle English at do (“to do”), infinitive of do, don (“to do”), see do. Influenced by an Old Norse practice of marking the infinitive by using the preposition at, att (compare Danish at gå (“to go”)). More at at, do. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|at do|t=to do}} Middle English at do (“to do”), {{m|enm|do}} do, {{m|enm|don|t=to do}} don (“to do”), {{m|en|do}} do, {{m|non|at}} at, {{m|non|att}} att, {{cog|da|at gå||to go}} Danish at gå (“to go”), {{l|en|at}} at, {{l|en|do}} do Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} ado (uncountable)
  1. trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion Wikipedia link: Old Norse Tags: uncountable Synonyms: commotion Related terms: à deux, adieu Translations (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles): povyk [masculine] (Czech), zdržování [neuter] (Czech), gedoe [neuter] (Dutch), meteli (Finnish), mekkala (Finnish), älämölö (Finnish), cérémonies [feminine, plural] (French), manières [feminine, plural] (French), bruit [masculine] (French), histoire [feminine] (French), foin [masculine] (French), Getue [neuter] (German), hűhó (Hungarian), utiuti (Maori), Kracheel [masculine] (Plautdietsch), Puhu [masculine] (Plautdietsch), confusão (Portuguese), barulho (Portuguese), затруднение (zatrudnenije) [neuter] (Russian), hurhaj [masculine] (Slovak), zdržiavanie [neuter] (Slovak), gürültü (Turkish), patırtı (Turkish), telaş (Turkish), yaygara (Turkish)

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