am

See also: Variations of "am"

am - Translingual

Symbol

am

  1. (metrology) Symbol for attometer (attometre), an SI unit of length equal to 1018 meters (metres).
  2. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Amharic.

am - English

Pronunciation

  • (stressed) IPA: /æm/
    • (æ-tensing) IPA: [ẽə̯̃m], [ɛ̃ə̯̃m]
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: [am], [æm]
    • (New Zealand) IPA: [æ̝m], [ɛm], [e̞m]
  • (unstressed) IPA: /əm/

Verb

am

  1. first-person singular present indicative of be

Contraction

am

  1. (informal or dialectal) Contraction of I am.

Adverb

am (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of a.m.

Anagrams

am - Aromanian

Alternative forms

Verb

am (third-person singular present indicative ari/are, imperfect aveam, simple perfect avui, past participle avutã)

  1. I have.
  2. I own.
  3. (auxiliary, with past participles) I have...

am - Azerbaijani

Noun

am (definite accusative amı, plural amlar)

  1. (vulgar) cunt

Declension

    Declension of am
    Possessive forms of am

am - Baba Malay

Noun

am

  1. rice water

am - Chuukese

Pronoun

am

  1. First-person plural exclusive pronoun; us (exclusive)

am - Fula

Alternative forms

Determiner

am (singular)

  1. (possessive) my

Usage notes

am - Garo

Noun

am

  1. mat

Derived terms

  • amipang
  • ampatchi

am - German

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /am/

Contraction

am (+ adjective ending with -en + masculine or neuter noun)

  1. an + dem, at the, on the
    • am Endeat the end
    • am Randeon the margin(s)
    • am Lebenalive
  2. auf + dem, on the, at the
    • am Bergon the mountain
    • am Festat the festival
    • am Schirmon the screen
  3. Forms the superlative in adverbial and predicate use.

am - Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈɒmuːɟ]

Adverb

am

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of amúgy (otherwise, anyway; by the way).

am - Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈam/
  • Hyphenation: am

Adjective

am

  1. common, general.
  2. common (not expert).

Derived terms

  • diamkan
  • mengamkan

am - Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA: /aumˠ/
  • (Galway) IPA: /ɑːmˠ/, /amˠ/
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /amˠ/

Noun

am m (genitive singular ama, nominative plural amanna or amanta)

  1. time

Declension

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative am amanna
Vocative a am a amanna
Genitive ama amanna
Dative am amanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-am na hamanna
Genitive an ama na n-amanna
Dative leis an am

don am

leis na hamanna
Alternative declension

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative am amanta
Vocative a am a amanta
Genitive ama amanta
Dative am amanta

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-am na hamanta
Genitive an ama na n-amanta
Dative leis an am

don am

leis na hamanta

Derived terms


Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /əmˠ/

Contraction

am (triggers lenition)

  1. (colloquial, dialectal) Contraction of do mo (to/for my).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /əmˠ/

Contraction

am (triggers lenition)

  1. (colloquial, dialectal) Contraction of i mo (in my).

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
am n-am ham t-am
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

am - Kofyar

Noun

am

  1. water

am - Lagwan

Noun

am

  1. water

am - Luxembourgish

Contraction

am

  1. contraction of an + dem; in the

am - Malalí

Noun

am

  1. earth

am - Middle English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /am/, /ɛm/

Verb

am

  1. first-person singular present indicative of been

Usage notes

  • More common than be as a first-person singular form.

Descendants


Pronoun

am

  1. Alternative form of hem (them)

am - Middle Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /am/

Preposition

am (triggers lenition)

  1. about
  2. for, on account of
  3. concerning, as regards

Inflection

  • first-person singular: amdanaf
  • second-person singular: amdanat
  • third-person singular masculine: amdanaw, ymdanaw, ymdanw
  • third-person singular feminine: amdanei

Derived terms

  • am pen (upon)
  • gwiscaw am (to put on (clothes etc.))
  • y am (off; apart from)

am - Mwaghavul

Noun

àm

  1. water

am - Ngas

Noun

am

  1. water
  2. rain

am - Nigerian Pidgin

Pronoun

am

  1. him/her/it

(Where did you pick it?)

  • (please add an English translation of this quote)

am - Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

am

  1. imperative of amme

am - Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

am

  1. imperative of amme

am - Old English

Verb

am

  1. (Northumbrian) first-person singular present indicative of wesan

am - Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /am/

Verb

am

  1. first-person singular present indicative of is

am - Pero

Noun

ám

  1. water

am - Pumpokol

Noun

am

  1. mother

am - Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /am/

Verb

am

  1. first-person singular present indicative of avea
  2. first-person singular present subjunctive of avea

Verb

am

  1. (eu) am (modal auxiliary, first-person singular form of avea, used with past participles to form perfect compus tenses)
  2. (noi) am (modal auxiliary, first-person plural form of avea, used with past participles to form perfect compus tenses)

Verb

am

  1. (noi) am (modal auxiliary, first-person plural form of avea, used with infinitives to form conditional tenses)

am - Scottish Gaelic

Article

am

  1. inflection of an (the):
    1. nominative singular masculine preceding f-
    2. nominative singular masculine preceding b-, m-, p-

Declension

Variation of am (definite article)

Determiner

am

  1. Form of an (their) used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.

Preposition

am (+ dative)

  1. Form of an (in) used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.

Synonyms


Particle

am

  1. Form of an (interrogative particle) used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.

Verb

am

  1. Form of an (present interrogative copula) used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.

am - Spanish

Adverb

am

  1. a.m. (before noon)
    • Antonym: pm

am - Sumerian

Romanization

am

  1. Romanization of 𒄠 (am)

am - Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈʔam/, [ˈʔam]

Noun

am

  1. Alternative form of aam

am - Tangale

Noun

am

  1. water

am - Tày

Pronunciation

  • (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA: [ʔaːm˧˥]
  • (Trùng Khánh) IPA: [ʔaːm˦]

Adjective

am

  1. overly soft and sticky from having too much water; pasty; viscid; clammy; soggy
    • mỏ khảu bặng chảo amthe rice in the pot is overly soft like soup

am - Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɑm/
  • Hyphenation: am

Noun

am (definite accusative amı, plural amlar)

  1. (vulgar) cunt (genitalia)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative am
Definite accusative amı

am - Tzeltal

Noun

am

  1. spider

am - Uspanteco

Noun

am

  1. spider

am - Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cái) am

  1. small Buddhist temple, small pagoda, hermitage, secluded hut, cottage

Anagrams

am - War-Jaintia

Noun

am

  1. water

am - Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /am/

Preposition

am (triggers soft mutation)

  1. for, in exchange for
  2. (time) at
  3. (with siarad, sôn, or meddwl) about, concerning
  4. (in exclamations) what a (+noun), how (+adjective)
    • Am lanastr!What a mess!
    • Am annheg!How unfair!

Inflection

Singular Plural
First person amdana i amdanon ni
Second person amdanat ti amdanoch chi
Third person amdano fe/fo m amdani hi f amdanyn nhw

Derived terms

Conjunction

am

  1. because (followed by fod or a “that”-clause)
    • Fydd e ddim yma heddiw am ei fod e’n sâl.
      • He won’t be here today as he’s sick.

Synonyms

am - West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈam/

Verb

am

  1. (transitive) to eat

Usage notes

The verb am ("to eat") takes the same verbal prefixes that directional verbs do.

Conjugation

Conjugation of am (directional verb)

Alternative forms

am - Yola

Verb

am

  1. Alternative form of aam

am - Yucatec Maya

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈam]

Noun

am (plural amoʼob)

  1. spider
Meaning and Definition of am
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