ad hoc

== English == === Alternative forms === ad-hoc === Etymology === Learned borrowing from New Latin ad hoc (“to this, for this”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæd ˈhɒk/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæd ˈhɑk/, /ˌæd ˈhɔk/ Rhymes: -ɒk === Adjective === ad hoc (comparative more ad hoc, superlative most ad hoc) For a particular purpose. Created on the spur of the moment; impromptu. (sciences, of a hypothesis) Postulated solely to save a theory from being falsified, without making any new predictions. (networking) Independent of previously instated network structure, like routers or access points. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === ad hoc (comparative more ad hoc, superlative most ad hoc) On the spur of the moment. For a particular purpose. ==== Synonyms ==== ad hocly ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “ad hoc”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “ad hoc, ad-hoc”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer. === Anagrams === choad, choda, Chado- == Danish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad hoc. === Adverb === ad hoc ad hoc (created for a particular purpose) Antonym: permanent === References === “ad hoc” in Den Danske Ordbog == Finnish == === Etymology === From Latin ad hoc. === Adjective === ad hoc (not comparable) (rare) ad hoc (for a particular purpose) ==== Usage notes ==== The Finnish term mainly used instead of "ad hoc committee" is työryhmä ==== Declension ==== Used only in uninflected form to modify a noun, as in ad hoc -komitea ("ad hoc committee"). == Indonesian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from New Latin ad hoc (“to this, for this”). === Adjective === ad hoc (not comparable) ad hoc for a particular purpose. (sciences) postulated solely to save a theory from being falsified, without making any new predictions. === Further reading === “ad hoc”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈad ˈhɔk] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈad ˈɔk] === Phrase === ad hoc to this end, for this, to this point, to this. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From the Latin phrase ad hoc (“for this”). === Adjective === ad hoc ad hoc === Adverb === ad hoc ad hoc == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From the Latin phrase ad hoc (“for this”). === Adjective === ad hoc ad hoc === Adverb === ad hoc ad hoc == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from New Latin ad hoc. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈat ˈxɔk/ Syllabification: ad hoc === Adverb === ad hoc (not comparable) ad hoc (on the spur of the moment) === Further reading === ad hoc in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN ad hoc in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad hoc. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔki === Adjective === ad hoc (invariable) ad hoc (created for a particular purpose) === Further reading === “ad hoc”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “ad hoc”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad hoc. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌad ˈok/ [ˌað̞ ˈok] Syllabification: ad hoc === Adverb === ad hoc ad hoc (for this particular purpose) ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “ad hoc”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025