jamb

English

Etymology

Middle English jambe, from Middle French jambe (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dʒæm/
• Homophones: jam

Noun

jamb (plural jambs)

1. (architecture, interior decorating, finish carpentry) The vertical components that form the sides of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace, or other opening in a wall.
2. (mining) Any thick mass of rock that prevents miners from following the lode or vein.

Translations

portion of door frame

• Finnish: pieli (fi)
• German: Türpfosten (de) m
• Irish: ursain (ga) f

  Old Irish: airsa f

• Maori: tuturu (mi), whakawai (mi)
• Russian: косяк (ru) (kosják) m
• Spanish: jamba (es) f

Hypernyms

• frame

Coordinate terms

• lintel
• sill

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Polish

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Noun

jamb m

1. iamb

Declension

    declension of jamb

	singular	plural
nominative	jamb	jamby
genitive	jambu	jambów
dative	jambowi	jambom
accusative	jamb	jamby
instrumental	jambem	jambami
locative	jambie	jambach
vocative	jambie	jamby

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jâmb/

Noun

jȁmb m (Cyrillic spelling ја̏мб)

1. iamb

Declension

    declension of jamb

	singular	plural
nominative	jȁmb	jambi
genitive	jamba	jȃmbā
dative	jambu	jambima
accusative	jamb	jambe
vocative	jambe	jambi
locative	jambu	jambima
instrumental	jambom	jambima