What does ai in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word ai in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use ai in Italian.

The word ai in Italian means to the, take the sacraments, take the sacraments, authorized personnel, secretariat services clerk, secretariat services officer, secretariat services clerk, secretariat services officer, grilled, char-grilled, in chains, in shackles, at each other's throats, for the purposes of, back in the day, on the border, on the edge, at a historical low, at the foot of the bed, at the feet of, at the foot of, to the four winds, to the wind, from the housetops, to the four winds, to the wind, in accordance with the law, in this regard, according to the law, the olden days, armed to the teeth, be at loggerheads, exact, detail-oriented, run like the wind, have foot ache, to announce to the world, to batten down the hatches, get on one's nerves, to feed to the lions, be at loggerheads with s.o., argue bitterly with sbd, be attached to money, someone who has nothing to do with it, someone who is totally innocent, exasperates, go up against, honor one's flag, throw at 's feet, throw your pearls to the pigs, throw pearls before swine, blare, trumpet, out in the sticks, out in the middle of nowhere, sodium vapour lamp, make room for the youth, knit, attack someone from the side, influence someone indirectly, drive crazy, drive mad, vote on , put to the vote, put the cart in front of the horse, put the cart before the horse, unauthorized personnel, not believe your eyes, results orientation, to speak in vain, to put into action, put words into action, to mind one's business, to lose on points, preach to the choir, restrictions on movements, reduce to lowest terms, neither saying yay or nay, waiting service, the service of the waiting staff, stick to the agreement, keep one's side of the bargain, give answers to classmates, give hints to classmates, reach the point of fighting with sbd over, win on points. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word ai

to the

preposizione o locuzione preposizionale (a i)

(preposition: Relates noun or pronoun to another element of sentence--for example, "a picture of John," "She walked from my house to yours.")
Il maestro distribuì i compiti ai bambini.
The teacher passed the homework out to the children.

take the sacraments

take the sacraments

authorized personnel

(US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Questo libro è troppo complicato e solo gli addetti ai lavori lo possono capire.
ⓘQuesta frase non è una traduzione della frase inglese. Only authorized personnel are allowed in this part of the airport.

secretariat services clerk, secretariat services officer

sostantivo maschile

secretariat services clerk, secretariat services officer

aggettivo (impiegato)

grilled, char-grilled

(cotto alla griglia)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

in chains, in shackles

(imprigionato, arrestato)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

at each other's throats

(litigare, essere in cattivi rapporti)

Io e mio fratello siamo ai ferri corti.
My brother and I are at each other's throats.

for the purposes of

(adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.")
Questi dati sono raccolti ai fini del censimento.
This data is collected for the purposes of the survey.

back in the day

on the border, on the edge

(preposition: Relates noun or pronoun to another element of sentence--for example, "a picture of John," "She walked from my house to yours.")
Persone come lui sono sempre vissute ai margini della società.

at a historical low

(adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.")

at the foot of the bed

(preposition: Relates noun or pronoun to another element of sentence--for example, "a picture of John," "She walked from my house to yours.")

at the feet of

preposizione o locuzione preposizionale (di persona)

at the foot of

preposizione o locuzione preposizionale (figurato (di monte, ecc.)

to the four winds, to the wind, from the housetops

locuzione avverbiale (idiomatico (segreto: diffondere) (idiomatic)

(adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.")

to the four winds, to the wind

locuzione avverbiale (idiomatico (mostrare a tutti) (idiomatic)

(adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.")

in accordance with the law

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

in this regard

preposizione o locuzione preposizionale (formale (secondo, nel rispetto di)

according to the law

the olden days

(adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.")

armed to the teeth

be at loggerheads

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

exact, detail-oriented

run like the wind

have foot ache

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

to announce to the world

to batten down the hatches

get on one's nerves

to feed to the lions

be at loggerheads with s.o.

argue bitterly with sbd

be attached to money

someone who has nothing to do with it, someone who is totally innocent

exasperates

go up against

honor one's flag

throw at 's feet

throw your pearls to the pigs, throw pearls before swine

(Biblical reference)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
Sarah is far too good for Mark. What a waste!

blare, trumpet

out in the sticks, out in the middle of nowhere

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

sodium vapour lamp

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

make room for the youth

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

knit

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

attack someone from the side, influence someone indirectly

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

drive crazy, drive mad

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (figurato (esasperare) (informal)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

vote on , put to the vote

put the cart in front of the horse, put the cart before the horse

(figurative)

unauthorized personnel

(US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

not believe your eyes

results orientation

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

to speak in vain

to put into action

(idea, plan, etc.)

put words into action

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

to mind one's business

to lose on points

(boxing)

preach to the choir

restrictions on movements

sostantivo plurale femminile

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

reduce to lowest terms

neither saying yay or nay

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

waiting service, the service of the waiting staff

(restaurant)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il nostro bar non effettua servizio ai tavoli.
Our bar does not offer a waiting service.

stick to the agreement, keep one's side of the bargain

give answers to classmates, give hints to classmates

reach the point of fighting with sbd over

win on points

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Italian (italiano) is a Romance language and is spoken by about 70 million people, most of whom live in Italy. Italian uses the Latin alphabet. The letters J, K, W, X and Y do not exist in the standard Italian alphabet, but they still appear in loanwords from Italian. Italian is the second most widely spoken in the European Union with 67 million speakers (15% of the EU population) and it is spoken as a second language by 13.4 million EU citizens (3%). Italian is the principal working language of the Holy See, serving as the lingua franca in the Roman Catholic hierarchy. An important event that helped to the spread of Italian was Napoleon's conquest and occupation of Italy in the early 19th century. This conquest spurred the unification of Italy several decades later and pushed the language of the Italian language. Italian became a language used not only among secretaries, aristocrats and the Italian courts, but also by the bourgeoisie.