different between amb vs amby

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)

English

Etymology

Shortening of ambidextrous +? -y, after the pattern of rightie and leftie.

Noun

amby (plural ambies)

1. (informal) An ambidextrous person.
   • 1999, Cliff Gromer (ed.), "Great Stuff", Popular Mechanics, August 1999:

     The slim design makes for easy one-hand opening for righties, lefties and ambies.

   • 2001, Rita Robinson, Discover Yourself Through Palm Reading, New Page Books (2001), ?ISBN, page 41:

     Medical scientists speculate that lefties and ambies exercise their brains more and grow more cells.

See also

• leftie
• rightie

Anagrams

• Byam