different between clime vs ambiance

English

Etymology

From Latin clima, from Ancient Greek ????? (klíma, “(zone of) latitude”, literally “inclination”), from ????? (klín?, “to slope, incline”). See also climate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kla?m/
• Rhymes: -a?m
• Homophone: climb

Noun

clime (countable and uncountable, plural climes)

1. A particular region defined by its weather or climate.

   After working hard all of his life, Max retired to warmer climes in Florida.

   • 1764, Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller, or a Prospect of Society, page 9:

     My ?oul turn from them, turn we to ?urvey
     Where rougher climes a nobler race di?play,

2. Climate.

   A change of clime was exactly what the family needed.

Anagrams

• melic

English

Alternative forms

• ambience

Etymology

Borrowed from French ambiance.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æm.bi.?ns/, /??m.bi.?ns/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æm.bi.?ns/, /??m.bi.?ns/

Noun

ambiance (countable and uncountable, plural ambiances)

1. A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.
2. (computer graphics, 3D models) A secondary color of a polygon that becomes more pronounced with shading.

Related terms

• ambient

Translations

See also

• atmosphere
• mood

French

Etymology

ambiant +? -ance

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.bj??s/
• Homophones: ambiancent, ambiances
• Hyphenation: am?biance
• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

ambiance f (plural ambiances)

1. ambiance, atmosphere

Verb

ambiance

1. first-person singular present indicative of ambiancer
2. third-person singular present indicative of ambiancer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of ambiancer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of ambiancer
5. second-person singular imperative of ambiancer

Further reading

• “ambiance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).