different between abb vs amb

English

Etymology

From Middle English abb, from Old English ?web, ?b, ?web, from away + web (“warp thread”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /æb/
• Rhymes: -æb

Noun

abb (plural abbs)

1. A type of yarn for the warp.
2. A rough wool from the inferior parts of the fleece, used for the woof or weft. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]
3. (Britain) A filling pick used in weaving.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• B.B.A., BBA, bab

Irish

Noun

abb m (genitive singular abbadh, nominative plural abbaí)

1. Obsolete spelling of ab (“abbot”)

Mutation

Livonian

Alternative forms

• a'b (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *api.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b/

Noun

abb

1. help

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ap, abb, from Latin abb?s, from Ancient Greek ????? (abbâs), from Aramaic ???? (’abb?, “father”).

Noun

abb m (genitive singular abb, plural abbyn)

1. (Christianity) abbot

Old Irish

Noun

abb m

1. Alternative spelling of ap

Inflection

Mutation

Scots

Pronunciation

• (Orkney) IPA^(key): /ab/, /?b/

Noun

abb (plural abbs)

1. (countable) impediment, hindrance, objection

Verb

abb (third-person singular present abbs, present participle abbin, past abbt, past participle abbt)

1. to hinder

References

• Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

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

Anagrams

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

Catalan

Alternative forms

• ab (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Catalan ab (Compare Old Occitan ab), from Latin ab. The addition of an -m- is very old, but it was not reflected in spelling until Fabra's orthography in the twentieth century.

Pronunciation

• (Oriental)
  • (before a vowel) IPA^(key): /?mb/
  • (before a consonant) IPA^(key): /?m/
    • Homophone: em
• (Occidental)
  • (before a vowel) IPA^(key): /amb/, /an/, /en/
  • (before a consonant) IPA^(key): /am/, /an/, /en/
    • Homophone: en
  • Notes: the standard pronunciations are /amb/ and /am/. The pronunciation /en/ is typically used in the Valencian Country and parts of Catalonia, the pronunciation /an/ is used in some southern parts of the Valencian Country.

Preposition

amb

1. with

   Antonym: sense

Derived terms

Sources

• Pei, Mario A. 1948. Ab and the survival of the Latin genitive in Old Italian. Italica 25. 104–106.

Further reading

• “amb” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “amb” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “amb” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “amb” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Permic *amp?-. Cognate to Finnish ampua (“to shoot”).

Noun

amb (genitive ammu, partitive ambu)

1. crossbow

Occitan

Alternative forms

• ab (Guardiol)
• dab (Gascon)
• damb (Gascon, Aranese)
• ambé (Provençal)
• embé (Provençal, Niçard)

Etymology

From Old Occitan ab, from Latin ab.

Preposition

amb

1. with

Sources

• Pei, Mario A. 1948. Ab and the survival of the Latin genitive in Old Italian. Italica 25. 104–106.

Portuguese

Noun

amb m (plural ambs)

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