ambient

== 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. (uncountable, music) A type of modern music that creates a relaxing and peaceful atmosphere. ==== Synonyms ==== (music): ambient music, chillout ==== Derived terms ==== ==== 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 === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ambient”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “ambient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ambientem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [əm.biˈe̞n] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əm.biˈent] IPA(key): (Central) [əm.biˈen] IPA(key): (Valencia) [am.biˈent] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [am.biˈen] === Adjective === ambient m or f (masculine and feminine plural ambients) ambient ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === ambient m (plural ambients) ambience, atmosphere environment === Further reading === “ambient”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “ambient”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “ambient” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “ambient”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == 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[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “ambient”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) 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 ==== Declension ====