English

Noun

amb ‎(plural ambs)

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

Translations

Anagrams

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

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

Latin

Numeral

amb

1. both

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “amb”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

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

Portuguese

Noun

amb m (plural ambs)

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