Standard Lemma guide

amongst

prep · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /əˈmʌŋst/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /əˈmɜŋst/ Southern US, African-American Vernacular, fronting
  • /əˈmɘ̞ŋst/ Southern US, African-American Vernacular, fronting
  • Ireland, Northern-England: /əˈmʊŋst/ without the foot-strut split
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /əˈmɐŋst/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /əˈmäŋst/
  • rhymes with -ʌŋst
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 M AH1 NG S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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prep

Meaning 1

Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. See usage note at amidst.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Janek feels very at ease amongst his friends, but gets incredibly nervous when meeting new people.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From amongs + -t (excrescent), from among + -s (genitive). By surface analysis, among + -st (excrescent). Root among from Old English ongemang, from on (“in”) + gemang (“assemblage, mingling”).

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: entre — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • Danish: iblandt — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • Dutch: tussen — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • Dutch: onder — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • Esperanto: inter — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • Finnish: keskellä — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • Finnish: seassa — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • French: parmi — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • German: zwischen — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • German: unter — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • Greek: ανάμεσα (anámesa) — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • Indonesian: antara — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • Korean: 가운데 (gaunde) — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • Korean: 사이 (sai) — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blant — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: iblant — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blant — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: iblant — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • Portuguese: entre — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • Portuguese: juntamente com — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • Russian: среди́ (sredí) — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • Spanish: entre — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • Swedish: bland — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • Swedish: ibland — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • Thai: ท่ามกลาง (tâam-glaang) — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • Turkish: arasında — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • Vietnamese: giữa — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
  • Vietnamese: trong số — Used to denote a mingling or intermixing
Real reading context

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