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amper
amper
English
Alternative forms
Noun
amper (plural ampers)
- A tumour, often accompanied by inflammation; pustule; varicose vein; pus; atter.
- A defect or flaw, especially in cloth.
Derived terms
- ampered
- ampery
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Indonesian hampir
Adverb
amper
- almost
- Jouself amper gekak!
- You almost shat yourself!
- Jouself amper gekak!
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑmpər/
Etymology
Whilst its current definition was long thought to have come from Indonesian hampir due to its exclusive presence in Dutch (and no other Germanic language), this would not explain its high and almost universal usage in Flemish. More likely would be if it originated on Dutch soil. In that case, the meaning would have changed somewhat from the earlier Middle Dutch amper "sour". This word, in turn, is Germanic, and a cognate to the Swedish amper.
Adverb
amper
Sources
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒmpɛr]
- Hyphenation: am‧per
Noun
amper (plural amperek)
- ampere (unit of electrical current)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | amper | amperek |
| accusative | ampert | ampereket |
| dative | ampernek | ampereknek |
| instrumental | amperrel | amperekkel |
| causal-final | amperért | amperekért |
| translative | amperré | amperekké |
| terminative | amperig | amperekig |
| essive-formal | amperként | amperekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | amperben | amperekben |
| superessive | amperen | ampereken |
| adessive | ampernél | ampereknél |
| illative | amperbe | amperekbe |
| sublative | amperre | amperekre |
| allative | amperhez | amperekhez |
| elative | amperből | amperekből |
| delative | amperről | amperekről |
| ablative | ampertől | amperektől |
| Possessive forms of amper | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | amperem | ampereim |
| 2nd person sing. | ampered | ampereid |
| 3rd person sing. | ampere | amperei |
| 1st person plural | amperünk | ampereink |
| 2nd person plural | amperetek | ampereitek |
| 3rd person plural | amperük | ampereik |
Icelandic
Noun
amper n (genitive singular ampers, nominative plural amper)
- ampere (unit of electrical current)
Declension
This Icelandic entry was created from the translations listed at ampere. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see amper in the Icelandic Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) November 2009
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Apparently from Middle Low German. Perhaps cognate with Old Norse apr (“hard, painful”).
Adjective
amper (masculine amper; feminine amper; neuter ampert; plural ampre; comparative amprere; superlative amprest)
- (of people) petulant; easily aggravated
Synonyms
References
Polish
Etymology
From the name of French physicist and mathematician André-Marie Ampère.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈampɛr/
Noun
amper m inan (abbreviation A)
Declension
Derived terms
- amperowy
- amperomierz
- amperosekunda
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
àmpēr m (Cyrillic spelling а̀мпе̄р)
- ampere (unit of electrical current)
Declension
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amˈpɛ́ːr/
- Tonal orthography: ampȇr
Noun
ampêr m inan (genitive ampêrja, nominative plural ampêrji)
- ampere (unit of electrical current)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ampêr | ampêrja | ampêrji |
| accusative | ampêr | ampêrja | ampêrje |
| genitive | ampêrja | ampêrjev | ampêrjev |
| dative | ampêrju | ampêrjema | ampêrjem |
| locative | ampêrju | ampêrjih | ampêrjih |
| instrumental | ampêrjem | ampêrjema | ampêrji |
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish amper. Nationalencyklopedins ordbok traces the word German Low German amper (“sharp; harsh”). According to Svenska Akademiens ordbok it is also related to Latin amarus (“bitter”) and Sanskrit अम्ल (amla, “sour”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈamper/
Adjective
amper (comparative amprare, superlative amprast)
- harsh, stern, particularly about older women
- En amper bondmora.
- A stern peasantwoman.
- En amper bondmora.
- (of taste) pungent, biting, strong
- Till desserten serverades vi en synnerligen amper blåmögelost.
- At the dessert, we were served a very strong blue cheese.
- Till desserten serverades vi en synnerligen amper blåmögelost.
Declension
| Inflection of amper | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite/attributive | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | amper | amprare | amprast |
| Neuter singular | ampert | amprare | amprast |
| Plural | ampra | amprare | amprast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | ampre | amprare | ampraste |
| All | ampra | amprare | ampraste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role. | |||
Turkish
Etymology
Noun
amper (definite accusative amperi, plural amperler)
- ampere (unit of electrical current)
This Turkish entry was created from the translations listed at ampere. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see amper in the Turkish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) October 2009