amb

English

Etymology

From ambit, from Latin.

Noun

amb ‎(plural ambs)

1. (palynology) The outline of a spore or pollen grain, as seen in a polar view.

Translations

outline of a spore or pollen grain

• Portuguese: amb m

Anagrams

• ABM
• bam
• BMA, B. M. A.
• MAb
• MBA

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Catalan

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) ab

Pronunciation

• (standard)

• (before a vowel) IPA^(key): /əmb/
• (before a consonant) IPA^(key): /əm/

• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /en/

• Homophone: en

Etymology

From Old Catalan ab (Compare Old Provençal 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.

Preposition

amb

1. with

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Latin

Numeral

amb

1. both

References

• amb in Charlton T. Lewis & 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 Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• ab (Guardiol)
• dab (Gascon)
• damb (Gascon, Aranese)
• ambé (Provençal)
• embé (Provençal, Niçard)

Etymology

Old Provençal ab, from Latin apud

Preposition

amb

1. with

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Portuguese

Noun

amb m (plural ambs)

1. (palynology) amb (outline of a spore or pollen grain)