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.
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Pronunciation
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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