ambiance
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See also: ambiancé
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from French ambiance.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒm.bi.ɒns/, /ˈæm.bi.əns/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑm.bi.ɑns/, /ˈæm.bi.əns/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (US) (file)
Noun[edit]
ambiance (countable and uncountable, plural ambiances)
- A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.
- 1979 April 14, Roger L. Winters, “Gay Politics”, in Gay Community News, page 5:
- The pressures […] on a post-pubescent youngster, still half-child-half-man/woman, are difficult enough for someone whose sexuality fits into the accepted ambiance, i.e., heterosexuality.
- (computer graphics, 3D models) A secondary color of a polygon that becomes more pronounced with shading.
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Translations[edit]
particular mood or atmosphere of an environment
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secondary color of a polygon in 3D graphics
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See also[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bjɑ̃s/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) Audio (file) - Homophones: ambiancent, ambiances
- Hyphenation: am‧biance
- Rhymes: -ɑ̃s
Noun[edit]
ambiance f (plural ambiances)
Descendants[edit]
- → Turkish: ambiyans
Verb[edit]
ambiance
- inflection of ambiancer:
Further reading[edit]
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