English Online Dictionary. What means ambient? What does ambient mean?
English
Etymology
From Latin ambiēns (“going around”), from ambiō (“go around”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈæm.bi.ənt/
Adjective
ambient (comparative more ambient, superlative most ambient)
- Encompassing on all sides; surrounding; encircling; enveloping.
- (music) Evoking or creating an atmosphere: atmospheric.
- Relating to, or suitable for, storage at room temperature.
- (mathematics) Containing objects or describing a setting that one is interested in.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
ambient (countable and uncountable, plural ambients)
- Something that surrounds; encompassing material, substance or shape.
- (astrology) The atmosphere; the surrounding air or sky; atmospheric components collectively such as air, clouds, water vapour, hail, etc.
- 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
- It might be also, that attracted by that great void Vacuum ... all the ambients would be rarified, and particularly, the air.
- 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
- (uncountable, music) A type of modern music that creates a relaxing and peaceful atmosphere.
Synonyms
- (music): ambient music, chillout
Derived terms
- ambient device
- ambient findability
- ambient food
- ambient house
- ambient-like
- ambiently
- ambientness
- ambient pressure
- dark ambient
- illbient
- psybient
Descendants
- → Polish: ambient
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “ambient”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
References
- “ambient”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “ambient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ambientem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [əm.biˈen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əm.biˈent]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [am.biˈent]
Adjective
ambient m or f (masculine and feminine plural ambients)
- ambient
Derived terms
- ambiental
- ambientar
- medi ambient
Noun
ambient m (plural ambients)
- ambience, atmosphere
- environment
Further reading
- “ambient” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ambient”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “ambient” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ambient” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
ambient (strong nominative masculine singular ambienter, not comparable)
- (very rare, widely unintelligible) ambient
Declension
Ladin
Noun
ambient m (plural ambienc)
- environment
Latin
Verb
ambient
- third-person plural future active indicative of ambiō
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English ambient. First attested in 1996.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈam.bjɛnt/
- Rhymes: -ambjɛnt
- Syllabification: am‧bient
Noun
ambient m inan
- (music) ambient (type of modern music that creates a relaxing and peaceful atmosphere)
Declension
Derived terms
Adjective
ambient (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb)
- (relational, music) ambient (of or pertaining to the genre)
- Synonym: ambientowy
References
Further reading
- ambient in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ambient in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- ambient in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Portuguese
Noun
ambient m (uncountable)
- (music) ambient (genre of electronic music with a slow, atmospheric tone)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French ambient.
Noun
ambient n (plural ambienturi)
- ambiance, atmosphere, environment