amper
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
NounEdit
amper (plural ampers)
- A tumour, often accompanied by inflammation; pustule; varicose vein; pus; atter.
- A defect or flaw, especially in cloth.
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “ampra/ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 25
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
amper
- almost
- Jouself amper gekak!
- You almost shat yourself!
Ambonese MalayEdit
AdverbEdit
amper
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
amper
- scarcely, barely
- Dat is amper de moeite waard!
- That's barely worth the effort!
- Synonym: nauwelijks
DescendantsEdit
- Petjo: amper
AdjectiveEdit
amper
Further readingEdit
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
amper (plural amperek)
- ampere (unit of electrical current)
DeclensionEdit
| 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 readingEdit
- amper in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- amper in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2022)
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
Named after French physicist André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
amper n (genitive singular ampers, nominative plural amper)
- ampere (unit of electrical current)
DeclensionEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
Apparently from Middle Low German. Perhaps cognate with Old Norse apr (“hard, painful”).
AdjectiveEdit
amper (neuter singular ampert, definite singular and plural ampre, comparative amprere, indefinite superlative amprest)
- (of people) petulant; easily aggravated
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French ampère. Named after French physicist André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
amper m inan (abbreviation A)
- ampere (unit of electrical current)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- amper in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- amper in Polish dictionaries at PWN
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
amper m (plural amperi)
DeclensionEdit
Serbo-CroatianEdit
NounEdit
àmpēr m (Cyrillic spelling а̀мпе̄р)
- ampere (unit of electrical current)
DeclensionEdit
SloveneEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ampȇr m inan
- ampere (unit of electrical current)
InflectionEdit
| Masculine inan., soft o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | ampêr | ||
| gen. sing. | ampêrja | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | ampêr | ampêrja | ampêrji |
| accusative | ampêr | ampêrja | ampêrje |
| genitive | ampêrja | ampêrjev | ampêrjev |
| dative | ampêrju | ampêrjema | ampêrjem |
| locative | ampêrju | ampêrjih | ampêrjih |
| instrumental | ampêrjem | ampêrjema | ampêrji |
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
amper (comparative amprare, superlative amprast)
- harsh, stern, particularly about older women
- En amper bondmora.
- A stern peasantwoman.
- En amper bondmora.
- (of taste) pungent, biting, strong
- Till desserten serverades vi en synnerligen amper blåmögelost.
- At the dessert, we were served a very strong blue cheese.
- Till desserten serverades vi en synnerligen amper blåmögelost.
DeclensionEdit
| 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 | |||
AnagramsEdit
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
amper (definite accusative amperi, plural amperler)
- ampere (unit of electrical current)
DeclensionEdit
ReferencesEdit
- amper in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
West FrisianEdit
AdverbEdit
amper
Further readingEdit
- “amper (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011