ambiance
English
/ˈæm.bi.əns/, /ˈæm.bi.əns/
noun
Definitions
- A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.
- (computer graphics) A secondary color of a polygon that becomes more pronounced with shading.
Etymology
Borrowed from French ambiance root from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (go, move).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁ey-
Gloss
go, move
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
行
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- coitus English
- inition English
- itinerary English
- subitive English
- subitize English
- aere Latin
- ambitiosus Latin
- ambitiō Latin
- ambiēns Latin
- coitus Latin
- exeō Latin
- exitiabilis Latin
- exitialis Latin
- exitium Latin
- exitiālem Latin
- exitus Latin
- ianiculum Latin
- initiātiō Latin
- initiātus Latin
- iter Latin
- itineror Latin
- iānuārius Latin
- jānua Latin
- obitus Latin
- perīre Latin
- praeteritum Latin
- reditūrus Latin
- transitio Latin
- trānseō, transire Latin
- īre, eō, eo Latin
- iniziatico Italian
- ambiance French
- ambianceur French
- ambiant French
- εἶμι Ancient Greek
- ἰταμός Ancient Greek
- ἰόν Ancient Greek
- *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁i-tus Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁itós Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁én Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁éyti Proto-Indo-European
- *mew- Proto-Indo-European
- *mus(ā)- Proto-Indo-European
- *aidą Proto-Germanic
- अनुयायिन् Sanskrit
- *jьti Proto-Slavic
- initial Middle French
- *Háyti Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *eō Proto-Italic
- eiti Lithuanian
- *ainja Proto-Albanian
- *eika Proto-Albanian
- 𒄿𒅀𒀜𒋫 Hittite
- *jä- Proto-Tocharian
- 𐀂𐀍𐀳 Mycenaean Greek
- 𒄿𒋾 Luwian
- ειτου Phrygian