amb
See also: amb.
English
Etymology
From ambit, from Latin.
Noun
amb (plural ambs)
- (palynology) The outline of a spore or pollen grain, as seen in a polar view.
- 1970, Robert Max Kosanke, editor, Symposium on Palynology of the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary:
- This genus is distinguished from Duplopollis Krutzsch, 1959a, and Cupanieidites Cookson and Pike, 1954, by being syncolpate rather than syncolporate and by the islands at the angles of the amb.
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Translations
outline of a spore or pollen grain
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Anagrams
- -mab, ABM, B. M. A., BMA, Bam, MAb, MBA, Mab, Mba, bam, mAb, mab
Catalan
Alternative forms
- ab (archaic)
Etymology
From Old Catalan ab (Compare Old Occitan ab), from Latin apud. The addition of an -m- is very old, but it was not reflected in spelling until Fabra's orthography in the twentieth century.
Pronunciation
- (Oriental)
- (before a vowel) IPA(key): /əmb/
- (before a consonant) IPA(key): /əm/
Audio (file) - Homophone: em
- (Occidental)
- (before a vowel) IPA(key): /amb/, /an/, /en/
- (before a consonant) IPA(key): /am/, /an/, /en/
- Homophone: en
- Notes: the standard pronunciations are /amb/ and /am/. The pronunciation /en/ is typically used in the Valencian Country and parts of Catalonia, the pronunciation /an/ is used in some southern parts of the Valencian Country.
Preposition
amb
- with
- Antonym: sense
Derived terms
- amb tot
References
- Pei, Mario A. 1948. Ab and the survival of the Latin genitive in Old Italian. Italica 25. 104–106.
Further reading
- “amb” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “amb”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “amb” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “amb” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Permic *ampɜ-. Cognate to Finnish ampua (“to shoot”).
Noun
amb (genitive ammu, partitive ambu)
- crossbow
Occitan
Alternative forms
- ab (Guardiol)
- dab (Gascon)
- damb (Gascon, Aranese)
- ambé (Provençal)
- embé (Provençal, Niçard)
- emb (limousin)
- ambo (vivaro-alpine)
- 'mbo (east vivaro-alpine)
Etymology
From Old Occitan ab, from Latin apud.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Preposition
amb
- with
References
- Pei, Mario A. 1948. Ab and the survival of the Latin genitive in Old Italian. Italica 25. 104–106.
Portuguese
Noun
amb m (plural ambs)
- (palynology) amb (outline of a spore or pollen grain)