amper

See also: ampér

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English ampre, from Old English ampre (“a dilated vein, varix, tumour, swelling; dock, sorrel”). Related to aber.

Noun

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

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Indonesian hampir

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈam.pər/

Adverb

amper

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑmpər/
  • Audio(file)

Etymology

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". This word, in turn, is Germanic, and a cognate to the Swedish amper.

Adverb

amper

  1. scarcely, barely

Adjective

amper

  1. (archaic) sour

Sources

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

amper (plural amperek)

  1. ampere (unit of electrical current)

Declension

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
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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈam̥pɛ(ː)r/

Noun

amper n (genitive singular ampers, nominative plural amper)

  1. ampere (unit of electrical current)

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. (of people) petulant; easily aggravated

Synonyms

References

Polish

Etymology

From the name of French physicist and mathematician André-Marie Ampère.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

amper m inan (abbreviation A)

  1. ampere

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • amper in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

àmpēr m (Cyrillic spelling а̀мпе̄р)

  1. ampere (unit of electrical current)

Declension

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amˈpɛ́ːr/
  • Tonal orthography: ampȇr

Noun

ampêr m inan (genitive ampêrja, nominative plural ampêrji)

  1. ampere (unit of electrical current)

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈamper/

Adjective

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

Inflection of amper
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular amper amprare amprast
Neuter singular ampert amprare amprast
Plural ampra 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.

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ampère.

Noun

amper (definite accusative amperi, plural amperler)

  1. ampere (unit of electrical current)


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West Frisian

Adverb

amper

  1. barely, hardly, scarcely
  2. virtually
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