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ambrose

Syllables: Am·brose/ˈæmbɹəʊz/US/ˈæmbɹoʊz/

ambrose noun: a sweet-scented herb; ambrosia (Dysphania botrys).

Noun

ambrose

  1. A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia (Dysphania botrys).
    • Stachys semeth to Gesner to be the herbe that we cal in english Ambrose , & I deni not but that it may be a kynde of it. Howe be it I haue sene the true Italian staches, whiche hath narower and whyter leaues then Ambrose hath.1548, William Turner, The Names of Herbes

Proper noun capitalized: Ambrose

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.

ambrose meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

ambrose in Hindi

एम्ब्रोस, एम्बरोज़

ambrose in Tamil

அம்ப்ரோஸ்

ambrose in Marathi

एम्ब्रोस, अंब्रोस, एम्ब्रोझ

ambrose in Urdu

امبروز, ایمبروز, امبروس
More languagesFewer languages
ambrose in Telugu
అంబ్రోస్
ambrose in Malayalam
ആംബ്രോസ്, അംബ്രോസ്
ambrose in Kannada
ಅಂಬ್ರೋಸ್
ambrose in Punjabi
ਐਂਬਰੋਜ਼, ਐਮਬਰੋਜ਼
ambrose in Gujarati
એમ્બ્રોઝ
ambrose in Odia
ଏମ୍ବ୍ରୋସ୍, ଅମ୍ବ୍ରୋସ୍
ambrose in Nepali
एम्ब्रोस

Origin of ambrose

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

Words formed from ambrose

Questions about ambrose

What does ambrose mean?
Ambrose means a sweet-scented herb; ambrosia (Dysphania botrys).
What is ambrose in Hindi?
Ambrose in Hindi is एम्ब्रोस, एम्बरोज़. See Ambrose meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is ambrose?
Ambrose can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ambrose?
Ambrose is pronounced /ˈæmbɹəʊz/.

Words near ambrose in the dictionary

  1. ambroid
  2. ambroids
  3. Ambroise
  4. Ambroises
  5. Ambrosden
  6. ambrose
  7. ambrosia
  8. ambrosia beetle
  9. ambrosia beetles
  10. ambrosia fungi
  11. ambrosia fungus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ambrose (page history and authors); Ambrose (page history and authors); ambrose (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ambrose (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ambrose (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ambrose (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ambrose (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ambrose (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ambrose (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ambrose (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ambrose (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ambrose (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ambrose (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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