jamb

English

Alternative forms

• jaum (obsolete)

Etymology

Middle English jambe, from Middle French jambe (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba. Doublet of gamba, gamb, and gam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒæm/
• Homophone: jam

Noun

jamb (plural jambs)

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

Hypernyms

• frame

Hyponyms

• (architecture): doorjamb, doorpost

Coordinate terms

• lintel
• sill

Derived terms

• doorjamb
• strike jamb

Translations

vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall

• Catalan: brancal (ca) m
• Esperanto: fosto, pordfosto
• Finnish: pieli (fi)
• French: jambage (fr) m
• Galician: ucheira (gl) f
• Georgian: წირთხლი (ფანჯრის) (c̣irtxli (panǯris)), ამყოლი(კარის) (amq̇oli(ḳaris))
• German: Türpfosten (de) m
• Greek: κάσα (el) f (kása)

• Irish: ursain f

  Old Irish: airsa f

• Latvian: stendere f
• Maori: tuturu, whakawai
• Polish: węgar (pl) m, węgarek m
• Portuguese: ombreira (pt) f
• Russian: кося́к (ru) m (kosják)
• Spanish: jamba (es) f, marco (es)

Verb

jamb (third-person singular simple present jambs, present participle jambing, simple past and past participle jambed)

1. (transitive) To fix or attach a jamb to.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jamp/

Noun

jamb m inan

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^(key): /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