amper

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See also: Amper and ampér

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English ampre, from Old English ampre (a dilated vein, varix, tumour, swelling; dock, sorrel), from Proto-West Germanic *amprō, *amprā (dock, sorrel), which is related to Proto-Germanic *ampraz (sharp). Related to aber.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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amper (plural ampers)

  1. A tumour, often accompanied by inflammation; pustule; varicose vein; pus; atter.
  2. A defect or flaw, especially in cloth.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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amper (plural ampers)

  1. Abbreviation of ampersand.
    • 2001 July 13, JimmyMac, “java and xml”, in comp.lang.java.help[1] (Usenet):
      While parseing an xml document( sax parser ), trying to replace ' | ' with ' & ' , it finds the pipe, but won't replace with amper.

References

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  • Guus Kroonen (2013) “ampra/ōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 25

Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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Inconclusive. Whilst its current definition was long thought to have come from Indonesian hampir due to its exclusive presence in Dutch (and no other Germanic language), this would not explain its high and almost universal usage in Flemish. More likely would be if it originated on Dutch soil. In that case, the meaning would have changed somewhat from the earlier Middle Dutch amper (sour) – compare the semantic development of German sehr (very), Alemannic German rüüdig (very). This word, in turn, is Germanic, and a cognate to the Swedish amper, German Ampfer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈam.pər/
  • Audio:(file)

Adverb

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amper

  1. almost
    Jouself amper gekak!
    You almost shat yourself!

Albanian

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Noun

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amper m (definite amperi)

  1. (physics) ampere (unit of electrical current)

Further reading

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  • amper”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
  • “amper”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe[3] (in Albanian), 1980

Ambonese Malay

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Adverb

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amper

  1. near

Dutch

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Etymology

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Inconclusive. Whilst its current definition was long thought to have come from Indonesian hampir due to its exclusive presence in Dutch (and no other Germanic language), this would not explain its high and almost universal usage in Flemish. More likely would be if it originated on Dutch soil. In that case, the meaning would have changed somewhat from the earlier Middle Dutch amper (sour) – compare the semantic development of German sehr (very), Alemannic German rüüdig (very). This word, in turn, is Germanic, and a cognate to the Swedish amper, German Ampfer.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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amper

  1. scarcely, barely
    Synonym: nauwelijks
    Dat is amper de moeite waard!
    That's barely worth the effort!

Descendants

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  • Petjo: amper

Adjective

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amper

  1. (archaic) sour

Further reading

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɒmpɛr]
  • Hyphenation: am‧per
  • Rhymes: -ɛr

Noun

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amper (plural amperek)

  1. ampere (unit of electrical current)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative amper amperek
accusative ampert ampereket
dative ampernek ampereknek
instrumental amperrel amperekkel
causal-final amperért amperekért
translative amperré amperekké
terminative amperig amperekig
essive-formal amperként amperekként
essive-modal
inessive amperben amperekben
superessive amperen ampereken
adessive ampernél ampereknél
illative amperbe amperekbe
sublative amperre amperekre
allative amperhez amperekhez
elative amperből amperekből
delative amperről amperekről
ablative ampertől amperektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
amperé ampereké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
amperéi amperekéi
Possessive forms of amper
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. amperem ampereim
2nd person sing. ampered ampereid
3rd person sing. ampere amperei
1st person plural amperünk ampereink
2nd person plural amperetek ampereitek
3rd person plural amperük ampereik

Further reading

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  • amper in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • amper in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Icelandic

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Etymology

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Named after French physicist André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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amper n (genitive singular ampers, nominative plural amper)

  1. ampere (unit of electrical current)

Declension

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    Declension of amper
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative amper amperið amper amperin
accusative amper amperið amper amperin
dative amperi amperinu amperum amperunum
genitive ampers ampersins ampera amperanna

Mokilese

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Noun

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amper

  1. umbrella

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Apparently from Middle Low German. Perhaps cognate with Old Norse apr (hard, painful).

Adjective

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amper (neuter singular ampert, definite singular and plural ampre, comparative amprere, indefinite superlative amprest)

  1. (of people) petulant; easily aggravated

Synonyms

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References

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Borrowed from French ampère. Named after French physicist André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836).[1][2] First attested in the 19th century.[3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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amper m inan (abbreviation A)

  1. ampere (unit of electrical current)

Declension

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Derived terms

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nouns
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noun

References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “amper”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “amper”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. ^ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “amper”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 32

Further reading

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  • amper in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • amper in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • amper in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French ampère.

Noun

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amper m (plural amperi)

  1. ampere

Declension

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Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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àmpēr m (Cyrillic spelling а̀мпе̄р)

  1. ampere (unit of electrical current)

Declension

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Slovene

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ampȇr m inan

  1. ampere (unit of electrical current)

Inflection

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing. ampêr
gen. sing. ampêrja
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
ampêr ampêrja ampêrji
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
ampêrja ampêrjev ampêrjev
dative
(dajȃlnik)
ampêrju ampêrjema ampêrjem
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
ampêr ampêrja ampêrje
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
ampêrju ampêrjih ampêrjih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
ampêrjem ampêrjema ampêrji

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish amper. Nationalencyklopedins ordbok traces the word to German Low German amper (sharp; harsh). According to Svenska Akademiens ordbok it is also related to Latin amarus (bitter) and Sanskrit अम्ल (amla, sour).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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amper (comparative amprare, superlative amprast)

  1. harsh, stern, particularly about older women
    En amper bondmora.
    A stern peasantwoman.
  2. (of taste) pungent, biting, strong
    Till desserten serverades vi en synnerligen amper blåmögelost.
    At the dessert, we were served a very strong blue cheese.

Declension

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Inflection of amper
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular amper amprare amprast
Neuter singular ampert amprare amprast
Plural ampra amprare amprast
Masculine plural3 ampre amprare amprast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 ampre amprare ampraste
All ampra amprare ampraste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French ampère.

Noun

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amper (definite accusative amperi, plural amperler)

  1. ampere (unit of electrical current)

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative amper
Definite accusative amperi
Singular Plural
Nominative amper amperler
Definite accusative amperi amperleri
Dative ampere amperlere
Locative amperde amperlerde
Ablative amperden amperlerden
Genitive amperin amperlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular amperim amperlerim
2nd singular amperin amperlerin
3rd singular amperi amperleri
1st plural amperimiz amperlerimiz
2nd plural amperiniz amperleriniz
3rd plural amperleri amperleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular amperimi amperlerimi
2nd singular amperini amperlerini
3rd singular amperini amperlerini
1st plural amperimizi amperlerimizi
2nd plural amperinizi amperlerinizi
3rd plural amperlerini amperlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular amperime amperlerime
2nd singular amperine amperlerine
3rd singular amperine amperlerine
1st plural amperimize amperlerimize
2nd plural amperinize amperlerinize
3rd plural amperlerine amperlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular amperimde amperlerimde
2nd singular amperinde amperlerinde
3rd singular amperinde amperlerinde
1st plural amperimizde amperlerimizde
2nd plural amperinizde amperlerinizde
3rd plural amperlerinde amperlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular amperimden amperlerimden
2nd singular amperinden amperlerinden
3rd singular amperinden amperlerinden
1st plural amperimizden amperlerimizden
2nd plural amperinizden amperlerinizden
3rd plural amperlerinden amperlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular amperimin amperlerimin
2nd singular amperinin amperlerinin
3rd singular amperinin amperlerinin
1st plural amperimizin amperlerimizin
2nd plural amperinizin amperlerinizin
3rd plural amperlerinin amperlerinin

References

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  • amper”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

West Frisian

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Adverb

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amper

  1. barely, hardly, scarcely
  2. virtually

Further reading

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  • amper (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011