AMBIANCE

ambiance, ambience

(noun) the atmosphere of an environment

atmosphere, ambiance, ambience

(noun) a particular environment or surrounding influence; “there was an atmosphere of excitement”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ambiance (countable and uncountable, plural ambiances)

A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.

(computer graphics, 3D models) A secondary color of a polygon that becomes more pronounced with shading.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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Coffee Trivia

Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.

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