amper
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English ampre, from Old English ampre (“a dilated vein, varix, tumour, swelling; dock, sorrel”), from Proto-West Germanic *amprō, *amprā (“dock, sorrel”), which is related to Proto-Germanic *ampraz (“sharp”). Related to aber.
Alternative forms
- ampor, nanberry, anbury, anberry, ambury
Noun
amper (plural ampers)
- A tumour, often accompanied by inflammation; pustule; varicose vein; pus; atter.
- A defect or flaw, especially in cloth.
Derived terms
- ampered
- ampery
Noun
amper (plural ampers)
- Abbreviation of ampersand.
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References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “ampra/ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 25
Anagrams
- perma-, prame, remap
Afrikaans
Etymology
Inconclusive. Whilst its current definition was long thought to have come from Indonesian hampir due to its exclusive presence in Dutch (and no other Germanic language), this would not explain its high and almost universal usage in Flemish. More likely would be if it originated on Dutch soil. In that case, the meaning would have changed somewhat from the earlier Middle Dutch amper (“sour”) – compare the semantic development of German sehr (“very”), Alemannic German rüüdig (“very”). This word, in turn, is Germanic, and a cognate to the Swedish amper, German Ampfer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈam.pər/
Audio (file)
Adverb
amper
- almost
- Jouself amper gekak!
- You almost shat yourself!
Albanian
Noun
amper m (definite singular amperi)
- (physics) ampere (unit of electrical current)
Further reading
- “amper” on fjalorthi.com
- amper in Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe at shkenca.org
Ambonese Malay
Adverb
amper
- near
Dutch
Etymology
Inconclusive. Whilst its current definition was long thought to have come from Indonesian hampir due to its exclusive presence in Dutch (and no other Germanic language), this would not explain its high and almost universal usage in Flemish. More likely would be if it originated on Dutch soil. In that case, the meaning would have changed somewhat from the earlier Middle Dutch amper (“sour”) – compare the semantic development of German sehr (“very”), Alemannic German rüüdig (“very”). This word, in turn, is Germanic, and a cognate to the Swedish amper, German Ampfer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑmpər/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: am‧per
- Rhymes: -ɑmpər
Adverb
amper
- scarcely, barely
- Dat is amper de moeite waard!
- That's barely worth the effort!
- Synonym: nauwelijks
Descendants
- Petjo: amper
Adjective
amper
- (archaic) sour
Further reading
- AMPER II, Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒmpɛr]
- Hyphenation: am‧per
- Rhymes: -ɛr
Noun
amper (plural amperek)
- ampere (unit of electrical current)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | amper | amperek |
| accusative | ampert | ampereket |
| dative | ampernek | ampereknek |
| instrumental | amperrel | amperekkel |
| causal-final | amperért | amperekért |
| translative | amperré | amperekké |
| terminative | amperig | amperekig |
| essive-formal | amperként | amperekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | amperben | amperekben |
| superessive | amperen | ampereken |
| adessive | ampernél | ampereknél |
| illative | amperbe | amperekbe |
| sublative | amperre | amperekre |
| allative | amperhez | amperekhez |
| elative | amperből | amperekből |
| delative | amperről | amperekről |
| ablative | ampertől | amperektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | amperé | ampereké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | amperéi | amperekéi |
| Possessive forms of amper | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | amperem | ampereim |
| 2nd person sing. | ampered | ampereid |
| 3rd person sing. | ampere | amperei |
| 1st person plural | amperünk | ampereink |
| 2nd person plural | amperetek | ampereitek |
| 3rd person plural | amperük | ampereik |
Further reading
- amper in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- amper in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)
Icelandic
Etymology
Named after French physicist André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈam̥pɛ(ː)r/
Noun
amper n (genitive singular ampers, nominative plural amper)
- ampere (unit of electrical current)
Declension
| n-s | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | amper | amperið | amper | amperin |
| accusative | amper | amperið | amper | amperin |
| dative | amperi | amperinu | amperum | amperunum |
| genitive | ampers | ampersins | ampera | amperanna |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Apparently from Middle Low German. Perhaps cognate with Old Norse apr (“hard, painful”).
Adjective
amper (neuter singular ampert, definite singular and plural ampre, comparative amprere, indefinite superlative amprest)
- (of people) petulant; easily aggravated
Synonyms
- hissig
- krakilsk
- irritabel
- opphisset
- stri
- vrang
References
- “amper” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “amper” in The Ordnett Dictionary
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French ampère. Named after French physicist André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836).[1][2] First attested in the 19th century.[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈam.pɛr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ampɛr
- Syllabification: am‧per
Noun
amper m inan (abbreviation A)
- ampere (unit of electrical current)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | amper | ampery |
| genitive | ampera | amperów |
| dative | amperowi | amperom |
| accusative | amper | ampery |
| instrumental | amperem | amperami |
| locative | amperze | amperach |
| vocative | amperze | ampery |
Derived terms
- amperogodzina
- amperometr
- amperometria
- amperomierz
- amperosekunda
- amperowoltomierz
- amperozwój
Related terms
- amperaż
References
- Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “amper”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “amper”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 32
Further reading
- amper in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- amper in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- amper in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Romanian
Etymology
From French ampère.
Noun
amper m (plural amperi)
- ampere
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) amper | amperul | (niște) amperi | amperii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) amper | amperului | (unor) amperi | amperilor |
| vocative | amperule | amperilor | ||
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
àmpēr m (Cyrillic spelling а̀мпе̄р)
- ampere (unit of electrical current)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | amper | amperi |
| genitive | ampera | ampera |
| dative | amperu | amperima |
| accusative | amper | ampere |
| vocative | amperu | amperi |
| locative | amperu | amperima |
| instrumental | amperom | amperima |
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ampɛ́ːr/
Noun
ampȇr m inan
- ampere (unit of electrical current)
Inflection
| Masculine inan., soft o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | ampêr | ||
| gen. sing. | ampêrja | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) | ampêr | ampêrja | ampêrji |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) | ampêrja | ampêrjev | ampêrjev |
| dative (dajȃlnik) | ampêrju | ampêrjema | ampêrjem |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) | ampêr | ampêrja | ampêrje |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) | ampêrju | ampêrjih | ampêrjih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | ampêrjem | ampêrjema | ampêrji |
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish amper. Nationalencyklopedins ordbok traces the word to German Low German amper (“sharp; harsh”). According to Svenska Akademiens ordbok it is also related to Latin amarus (“bitter”) and Sanskrit अम्ल (amla, “sour”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈampɛr/
Adjective
amper (comparative amprare, superlative amprast)
- harsh, stern, particularly about older women
- En amper bondmora.
- A stern peasantwoman.
- En amper bondmora.
- (of taste) pungent, biting, strong
- Till desserten serverades vi en synnerligen amper blåmögelost.
- At the dessert, we were served a very strong blue cheese.
- Till desserten serverades vi en synnerligen amper blåmögelost.
Declension
| Inflection of amper | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | amper | amprare | amprast |
| Neuter singular | ampert | amprare | amprast |
| Plural | ampra | amprare | amprast |
| Masculine plural3 | ampre | amprare | amprast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | ampre | amprare | ampraste |
| All | ampra | amprare | ampraste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Anagrams
- ampre
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from French ampère.
Noun
amper (definite accusative amperi, plural amperler)
- ampere (unit of electrical current)
Declension
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| Nominative | amper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Definite accusative | amperi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | amper | amperler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Definite accusative | amperi | amperleri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dative | ampere | amperlere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | amperde | amperlerde | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ablative | amperden | amperlerden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | amperin | amperlerin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
- amper in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
West Frisian
Adverb
amper
- barely, hardly, scarcely
- virtually
Further reading
- “amper (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011