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

• -mab, ABM, B. M. A., BMA, MAb, MBA, Mab, Mba, bam, mab

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Catalan

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) ab

Pronunciation

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

Further reading

• “amb” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Latin

Numeral

amb

1. both

See also

• ambo

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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)

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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)