ambiance
See also: ambiancé
English
Alternative forms
- ambience
Etymology
Borrowed from French ambiance.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæm.bi.əns/, /ˈɒm.bi.ɒns/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæm.bi.əns/, /ˈɑm.bi.ɑns/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (US) (file)
Noun
ambiance (countable and uncountable, plural ambiances)
- A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.
- (computer graphics, 3D models) A secondary color of a polygon that becomes more pronounced with shading.
Related terms
- ambient
Translations
particular mood or atmosphere of an environment
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secondary color of a polygon in 3D graphics
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See also
- atmosphere
- mood
French
Etymology
ambiant + -ance
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bjɑ̃s/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) Audio (file) - Homophones: ambiancent, ambiances
- Hyphenation: am‧biance
- Rhymes: -ɑ̃s
Noun
ambiance f (plural ambiances)
- ambiance, atmosphere
Descendants
- → Turkish: ambiyans
Verb
ambiance
- inflection of ambiancer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “ambiance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “ambiance” in Dictionnaire Français en ligne Larousse.
- “ambiance” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.