name
Meaning 1
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
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Standard Lemma guide
Ambrose
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈæmbɹoʊz/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæmbɹəʊz/
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/ˈæmbɹəʊz/
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name
Meaning 2
A surname originating as a patronymic.
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name
Meaning 3
A city in Coffee County, Georgia.
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name
Meaning 4
A city and village in North Dakota.
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name
Meaning 5
A town in Queensland, Australia.
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noun
Meaning 6
A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia (Dysphania botrys).
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noun
Meaning 7
(Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose
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Broader terms: bishop, Church Father, Father of the Church, Father, composer, Doctor of the Church, Doctor, saint, theologian, theologist, theologizer, theologiser
History
Etymology
From Latin saints' name Ambrosius, from Ancient Greek ἀμβρόσιος (ambrósios, “immortal, divine”). Compare Athanasius.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Breton: Ambroaz — male given name
- Bulgarian: Амвросий (Amvrosij) — male given name
- Catalan: Ambròs — male given name
- Czech: Ambrož — male given name
- Dutch: Ambrosius — male given name
- Esperanto: Ambrozio — male given name
- Estonian: Ambrosius — male given name
- Finnish: Ambrosius — male given name
- Finnish: Rossi — male given name
- French: Ambroise — male given name
- German: Ambrosius — male given name
- German: Ambros — male given name
- Bavarian German: Ambrosius — male given name
- Greek: Αμβρόσιος (Amvrósios) — male given name
- Ancient Greek: Ἀμβρόσιος (Ambrósios) — male given name
- Hungarian: Ambrus — male given name
- Irish: Ambrós — male given name
- Italian: Ambrogio — male given name
- Latin: Ambrosius — male given name
- Lombard: Ambròs — male given name
- Marathi: अँब्रोझ (aĕmbrojh) — male given name
- Piedmontese: Ambreus — male given name
- Polish: Ambroży — male given name
- Portuguese: Ambrósio — male given name
- Romanian: Ambrozie — male given name
- Russian: Амвро́сий (Amvrósij) — male given name
- Serbo-Croatian: Амброзије — male given name
- Serbo-Croatian: Ambrozije — male given name
- Sicilian: Amrociu — male given name
- Slovak: Ambróz — male given name
- Slovene: Ambrož — male given name
- Spanish: Ambrosio — male given name
- Venetan: Anbròxio — male given name
- Vietnamese: Ambrôsiô — male given name
- Welsh: Emrys — male given name
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