Ambrose

See also: ambrose

English

Etymology

From Latin saints' name Ambrosius, from Ancient Greek ἀμβρόσιος (ambrósios, “immortal, divine”). Compare Athanasius.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæmbɹoʊz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæmbɹəʊz/
• Hyphenation: Am‧brose

Proper noun

Ambrose

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A city in Coffee County, Georgia.
4. A city and village in North Dakota.
5. A town in Queensland, Australia.

Quotations

• 1951, Rosamond Du Jardin, Class Ring, Lippincott, page 140:

  Take poor Brose, who was actually christened Ambrose. A thing like that could simply warp a person's life, if he wasn't a good enough fighter to make the other kids start calling him by some nickname at an early age.

Translations

male given name

• Bavarian: Ambrosius
• Breton: Ambroaz (br)
• Bulgarian: Амвросий m (Amvrosij)
• Catalan: Ambròs (ca) m
• Czech: Ambrož (cs) m
• Dutch: Ambrosius (nl) m
• Esperanto: Ambrozio
• Estonian: (historical) Ambrosius
• Finnish: (historical) Ambrosius
• French: Ambroise (fr) m
• German: Ambrosius (de), Ambros (de) m
• Greek: Αμβρόσιος (el) m (Amvrósios)

  Ancient: Ἀμβρόσιος m (Ambrósios)

• Hungarian: Ambrus (hu)
• Irish: Ambrós m
• Italian: Ambrogio (it)
• Latin: Ambrosius m
• Lombard: Ambròs m
• Marathi: अँब्रोझ (aĕmbrojh)
• Piedmontese: Ambreus
• Polish: Ambroży (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ambrósio m
• Romanian: Ambrozie m
• Russian: Амвро́сий (ru) m (Amvrósij)
• Serbo-Croatian: Амброзије m, Ambrozije m
• Sicilian: Amrociu m
• Slovak: Ambróz
• Slovene: Ambrož
• Spanish: Ambrosio (es) m
• Venetan: Anbròxio (vec) m
• Vietnamese: Ambrôsiô
• Welsh: Emrys

Anagrams

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