amb
English
Noun
amb (plural ambs)
- (palynology) The outline of a spore or pollen grain, as seen in a polar view.
Translations
outline of a spore or pollen grain
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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/
- 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.
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.
- “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”).
Latin
See also
References
- amb in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- amb in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- amb in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Portuguese
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