ambrosia

English

Ambrosia dessert

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ambrosia (“food of the gods”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek , from , from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βροτός (brotós, “mortal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æmˈbɹoʊʒə/

Noun

ambrosia (countable and uncountable, plural ambrosias)

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality.
2. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The anointing-oil of the gods.
3. Any food with an especially delicious flavour or fragrance.
4. Anything delightfully sweet and pleasing.
5. An annual herb historically used medicinally and in cooking, .
6. A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.
7. Any fungus of a number of species that insects such as ambrosia beetles carry as symbionts, "farming" them on poor-quality food such as wood, where they grow, providing food for the insect.
8. A dessert made of shredded coconuts and tropical fruits such as pineapples and oranges; some recipes also include ingredients such as marshmallow and cream.

Related terms

Category English terms derived from the Meru root ambrosia- not found

Derived terms

• ambrosia beetle
• ambrosia fungus
• ambrosial
• ambrosian

Translations

food of gods or delicious foods

• Armenian: ամբրոսիա (hy) (ambrosia), ամբրոս (hy) (ambros)

  Old Armenian: անուշակ կերակուր (anušak kerakur)

• Bulgarian: амбро́зия (bg) f (ambrózija)
• Catalan: ambrosia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神食 (zh) (shénshí), 神的食物 (shén de shíwù)

• Danish: ambrosia
• Dutch: ambrozijn (nl), godenbrood n
• Esperanto: ambrozio
• Estonian: ambroosia
• Finnish: ambrosia (fi)
• French: ambroisie (fr) f
• German: Ambrosia (de) f
• Greek: αμβροσία (el) f (amvrosía)

  Ancient: ἀμβροσία f (ambrosía)

• Hebrew: אמברוסיה (he)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: ambróise f
• Italian: ambrosia (it)
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• Japanese: アムブロシア (amuburoshia)
• Lithuanian: ambrozija
• Malay: ambrosia
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ambrosia (no) m

  Nynorsk: ambrosia m

• Polish: ambrozja (pl) f
• Portuguese: ambrosia (pt) f
• Russian: амбро́зия (ru) f (ambrózija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: амброзија f

  Roman: ambrozija (sh) f

• Slovene: ambrozija (sl)
• Spanish: ambrosía (es) f
• Swedish: ambrosia (sv)
• Tagalog: ambrosya
• Volapük: brosiam (vo)

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Translations to be checked

• Sanskrit: ^{(please verify)} अमृत (sa) m (amṛta)
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See also

• manna (noun)
• mead (noun)
• nectar (noun)

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “ambrosia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Saboraim

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Finnish

Noun

ambrosia

1. ambrosia

Declension

Inflection of ambrosia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		ambrosia	ambrosiat
genitive		ambrosian	ambrosioiden ambrosioitten
partitive		ambrosiaa	ambrosioita
illative		ambrosiaan	ambrosioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		ambrosia	ambrosiat
accusative	nom.	ambrosia	ambrosiat
	gen.	ambrosian
genitive		ambrosian	ambrosioiden ambrosioitten ambrosiain rare
partitive		ambrosiaa	ambrosioita
inessive		ambrosiassa	ambrosioissa
elative		ambrosiasta	ambrosioista
illative		ambrosiaan	ambrosioihin
adessive		ambrosialla	ambrosioilla
ablative		ambrosialta	ambrosioilta
allative		ambrosialle	ambrosioille
essive		ambrosiana	ambrosioina
translative		ambrosiaksi	ambrosioiksi
abessive		ambrosiatta	ambrosioitta
instructive		—	ambrosioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of ambrosia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ambrosiani ambrosiani accusative nom. ambrosiani ambrosiani gen. ambrosiani genitive ambrosiani ambrosioideni ambrosioitteni ambrosiaini rare partitive ambrosiaani ambrosioitani inessive ambrosiassani ambrosioissani elative ambrosiastani ambrosioistani illative ambrosiaani ambrosioihini adessive ambrosiallani ambrosioillani ablative ambrosialtani ambrosioiltani allative ambrosialleni ambrosioilleni essive ambrosianani ambrosioinani translative ambrosiakseni ambrosioikseni abessive ambrosiattani ambrosioittani instructive — — comitative — ambrosioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ambrosiasi ambrosiasi accusative nom. ambrosiasi ambrosiasi gen. ambrosiasi genitive ambrosiasi ambrosioidesi ambrosioittesi ambrosiaisi rare partitive ambrosiaasi ambrosioitasi inessive ambrosiassasi ambrosioissasi elative ambrosiastasi ambrosioistasi illative ambrosiaasi ambrosioihisi adessive ambrosiallasi ambrosioillasi ablative ambrosialtasi ambrosioiltasi allative ambrosiallesi ambrosioillesi essive ambrosianasi ambrosioinasi translative ambrosiaksesi ambrosioiksesi abessive ambrosiattasi ambrosioittasi instructive — — comitative — ambrosioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ambrosiamme ambrosiamme accusative nom. ambrosiamme ambrosiamme gen. ambrosiamme genitive ambrosiamme ambrosioidemme ambrosioittemme ambrosiaimme rare partitive ambrosiaamme ambrosioitamme inessive ambrosiassamme ambrosioissamme elative ambrosiastamme ambrosioistamme illative ambrosiaamme ambrosioihimme adessive ambrosiallamme ambrosioillamme ablative ambrosialtamme ambrosioiltamme allative ambrosiallemme ambrosioillemme essive ambrosianamme ambrosioinamme translative ambrosiaksemme ambrosioiksemme abessive ambrosiattamme ambrosioittamme instructive — — comitative — ambrosioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ambrosianne ambrosianne accusative nom. ambrosianne ambrosianne gen. ambrosianne genitive ambrosianne ambrosioidenne ambrosioittenne ambrosiainne rare partitive ambrosiaanne ambrosioitanne inessive ambrosiassanne ambrosioissanne elative ambrosiastanne ambrosioistanne illative ambrosiaanne ambrosioihinne adessive ambrosiallanne ambrosioillanne ablative ambrosialtanne ambrosioiltanne allative ambrosiallenne ambrosioillenne essive ambrosiananne ambrosioinanne translative ambrosiaksenne ambrosioiksenne abessive ambrosiattanne ambrosioittanne instructive — — comitative — ambrosioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative ambrosiansa ambrosiansa accusative nom. ambrosiansa ambrosiansa gen. ambrosiansa genitive ambrosiansa ambrosioidensa ambrosioittensa ambrosiainsa rare partitive ambrosiaansa ambrosioitaan ambrosioitansa inessive ambrosiassaan ambrosiassansa ambrosioissaan ambrosioissansa elative ambrosiastaan ambrosiastansa ambrosioistaan ambrosioistansa illative ambrosiaansa ambrosioihinsa adessive ambrosiallaan ambrosiallansa ambrosioillaan ambrosioillansa ablative ambrosialtaan ambrosialtansa ambrosioiltaan ambrosioiltansa allative ambrosialleen ambrosiallensa ambrosioilleen ambrosioillensa essive ambrosianaan ambrosianansa ambrosioinaan ambrosioinansa translative ambrosiakseen ambrosiaksensa ambrosioikseen ambrosioiksensa abessive ambrosiattaan ambrosiattansa ambrosioittaan ambrosioittansa instructive — — comitative — ambrosioineen ambrosioinensa

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin ambrosia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμβροσίᾱ (ambrosíā, “immortality”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amˈbrɔ.zja/
• Hyphenation: am‧brò‧sia

Noun

ambrosia f (plural ambrosie)

1. ambrosia (all senses)
2. (figuratively) honeydew

Related terms

• Ambrogio

Anagrams

• arabismo

• bramosia

• brasiamo

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Latin

Etymology

From , from .

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /amˈbro.si.a/, [ämˈbrɔs̠iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /amˈbro.si.a/, [ämˈbrɔːs̬iä]

Noun

ambrosia f (genitive ambrosiae); first declension

1. The food of the gods; ambrosia.
2. The unguent of the gods.
3. The plant, artemisia, of the genus Artemisia.
4. An antidote to a poison.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ambrosia	ambrosiae
Genitive	ambrosiae	ambrosiārum
Dative	ambrosiae	ambrosiīs
Accusative	ambrosiam	ambrosiās
Ablative	ambrosiā	ambrosiīs
Vocative	ambrosia	ambrosiae

Derived terms

• ambrosiacus

Related terms

• ambrosius

Descendants

• English: ambrosia
• Finnish: ambrosia

• French: ambroisie
• Italian: ambrosia
• Russian: амбро́зия f (ambrózija)

References

• “ambrosia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ambrosia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ambrosia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “ambrosia”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “ambrosia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ambrosia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Portuguese

Noun

ambrosia f (plural s)

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) ambrosia (food of gods or delicious foods)