ambient

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• UK, US: /ˈæm.bi.ənt/
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• CMU ARPABET: AE1 M B IY0 AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin ambiēns (“going around”), from ambiō (“go around”).

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: околен (okolen) — encompassing on all sides
• Bulgarian: заобикалящ (zaobikaljašt) — encompassing on all sides
• Catalan: ambient — encompassing on all sides
• Czech: obklopující — encompassing on all sides
• Czech: okolní — encompassing on all sides
• Finnish: ympäröivä — encompassing on all sides
• Finnish: ympäristön — encompassing on all sides
• Georgian: გარშემორტყმული (garšemorṭq̇muli) — encompassing on all sides
• Icelandic: umlykjandi — encompassing on all sides
• Icelandic: allt um kring — encompassing on all sides
• Icelandic: umhverfis- — encompassing on all sides
• Latvian: visaptverošs — encompassing on all sides
• Latvian: ietverošs — encompassing on all sides
• Latvian: apkārt esošs — encompassing on all sides
• Malay: sekitar — encompassing on all sides
• Malay: sekeliling — encompassing on all sides
• Marathi: नी घेरलेले (nī gherlele) — encompassing on all sides
• Persian: محیط — encompassing on all sides
• Persian: محیطی — encompassing on all sides
• Polish: otaczający — encompassing on all sides
• Portuguese: ambiente — encompassing on all sides
• Russian: окружа́ющий (okružájuščij) — encompassing on all sides
• Swedish: omgivande — encompassing on all sides
• Chinese Mandarin: 氛圍 /氛围 (fēnwéi) — (music) evoking or creating an atmosphere
• Finnish: tunnelmallinen — (music) evoking or creating an atmosphere
• Georgian: ემბიენტი (embienṭi) — (music) evoking or creating an atmosphere
• Georgian: ემბიენტური მუსიკა (embienṭuri musiḳa) — (music) evoking or creating an atmosphere
• Greek: άμπιεντ (ámpient) — (music) evoking or creating an atmosphere
• Italian: ambientale — (music) evoking or creating an atmosphere
• Latvian: ambientā mūzika — (music) evoking or creating an atmosphere
• Marathi: वातावरण (vātāvraṇ) — (music) evoking or creating an atmosphere
• Persian: امبینت — (music) evoking or creating an atmosphere
• Polish: atmosferyczny — (music) evoking or creating an atmosphere
• Portuguese: ambiente — (music) evoking or creating an atmosphere
• Catalan: ambient — Something that surrounds
• Czech: prostředí — Something that surrounds
• Finnish: ympäristö — Something that surrounds
• Finnish: ympäröivä — Something that surrounds
• Polish: otoczenie — Something that surrounds
• Portuguese: ambiente — Something that surrounds
• Russian: окружа́ющая среда́ (okružájuščaja sredá) — Something that surrounds
• Swedish: omgivande — Something that surrounds
• Chinese Mandarin: 氛圍 /氛围 (fēnwéi) — Type of modern music
• Esperanto: etosmuziko — Type of modern music
• Finnish: ambient-musiikki — Type of modern music
• Italian: ambient — Type of modern music
• Japanese: 環境 (kankyō) — Type of modern music
• Japanese: アンビエント (anbiento) — Type of modern music
• Latvian: ambientā mūzika — Type of modern music
• Polish: ambient — Type of modern music
• Portuguese: ambient — Type of modern music
• Russian: эмбие́нт (embijént) — Type of modern music