amper

• ampor, nanberry, anbury, anberry, ambury

From Middle English ampre, from Old English ampre (“a dilated vein, varix, tumour, swelling; dock, sorrel”). Related to aber.

amper (plural ampers)

1. A tumour, often accompanied by inflammation; pustule; varicose vein; pus; atter.
2. A defect or flaw, especially in cloth.

• ampered
• ampery

• perma-, prame, remap

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈam.pər/

amper

1. almost

   Jouself amper gekak!

   You almost shat yourself!

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑmpər/

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• Hyphenation: am‧per
• Rhymes: -ɑmpər

amper

1. scarcely, barely

   Dat is amper de moeite!

   That's barely worth it!

amper

1. (archaic) sour

• AMPER II, Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒmpɛr]
• Hyphenation: am‧per

amper (plural amperek)

1. ampere (unit of electrical current)

• IPA^(key): /ˈam̥pɛ(ː)r/

amper n (genitive singular ampers, nominative plural amper)

1. ampere (unit of electrical current)

Apparently from Middle Low German. Perhaps cognate with Old Norse apr (“hard, painful”).

amper (neuter singular ampert, definite singular and plural ampre, comparative amprere, indefinite superlative amprest)

1. (of people) petulant; easily aggravated

• hissig
• krakilsk
• irritabel
• opphisset
• stri
• vrang

• “amper” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “amper” in The Ordnett Dictionary

From the name of French physicist and mathematician André-Marie Ampère.

• IPA^(key): /ˈam.pɛr/

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amper m inan (abbreviation A)

1. ampere

• amperowy
• amperomierz
• amperosekunda

• amper in Polish dictionaries at PWN

àmpēr m (Cyrillic spelling а̀мпе̄р)

1. ampere (unit of electrical current)

• IPA^(key): /amˈpɛ́ːr/
• Tonal orthography: ampȇr

ampêr m inan (genitive ampêrja, nominative plural ampêrji)

1. ampere (unit of electrical current)

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈamper/

amper (comparative amprare, superlative amprast)

1. harsh, stern, particularly about older women

   En amper bondmora.

   A stern peasantwoman.

2. (of taste) pungent, biting, strong

   Till desserten serverades vi en synnerligen amper blåmögelost.

   At the dessert, we were served a very strong blue cheese.

Borrowed from French ampère.

amper (definite accusative amperi, plural amperler)

1. ampere (unit of electrical current)

amper

1. barely, hardly, scarcely
2. virtually

• “amper (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011